Provincial

30 firearms surrendered in Maguindanao

30 firearms surrendered in Maguindanao

April 21, 2018, 8:53 am

COTABATO CITY -- Civilians of Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao on Friday yielded 30 assorted firearms in support of the government’s “Balik Baril” program. The turnover ceremony, held at the headquarters of the Army’s 34th Infantry Battalion based in Barangay Salunayan, Midsayap, North… Read More

Election gun ban violator nabbed in NegOr

Election gun ban violator nabbed in NegOr

April 21, 2018, 12:25 am

 DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental --  Police operatives in Negros Oriental arrested a man during a search at his residence on Wednesday night for allegedly violating the election gun ban. A police report identified the suspect as Albert Garayan Amoreso, 28, resident of Barangay Elecia in La… Read More

Bulacan rice farm project raises crop yields

Bulacan rice farm project raises crop yields

April 21, 2018, 12:02 am

PLARIDEL, Bulacan -- Farmers in the province started seeing increased rice yields, owing to rice farm project of the provincial government. Almario Sinulungan of barangay Pulong Gubat in Balagtas town reported an increase in palay harvest from his two-hectare land from 217 sacks to 399 sacks this… Read More

Palawan to focus on IPs to bring down 55% poverty index

Palawan to focus on IPs to bring down 55% poverty index

April 20, 2018, 10:36 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) has listed an estimated 62,000 tribal families in southern Palawan who could be involved in the promotion of the tourism industry to bring them out of poverty. In a statement released by the Provincial… Read More

Antique guv tells TESDA recipients to use tool kits for livelihood

Antique guv tells TESDA recipients to use tool kits for livelihood

April 20, 2018, 10:30 pm

SAN JOSE De BUENAVISTA, Antique -- Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao on Friday told the 1,700 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) trainees to use their tool kits for livelihood and not sell them for easy money. Cadiao, who led the distribution of the tool kits with TESDA-Antique… Read More

Rookie cop in Bacolod shooting faces raps

Rookie cop in Bacolod shooting faces raps

April 20, 2018, 10:25 pm

BACOLOD CITY – A rookie policeman is facing charges for violation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban as well as criminal and administrative cases for firing at two men during a traffic altercation here on Thursday night. The suspect, 26-year-old Police Officer 1 Ely Agonace,… Read More

Army in Negros tags another UP Cebu graduate as NPA member

Army in Negros tags another UP Cebu graduate as NPA member

April 20, 2018, 10:21 pm

BACOLOD CITY -- Another graduate of the University of the Philippines’ (UP) campus in Cebu has been tagged by the Philippine Army in Negros Island as a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) under the Northern Negros Front (NNF). Capt. Ruel Llanes, civil-military operations officer of the… Read More

13 dead, 58 nabbed in anti-drug ops

13 dead, 58 nabbed in anti-drug ops

April 20, 2018, 10:17 pm

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan -- At least 13 people were killed while 58 others were arrested in Friday’s province-wide simultaneous police operations on illegal drugs. Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr., Bulacan police director, said that as of Friday noon, 49 police operations were conducted -- 46… Read More

Bataan town marks 377th founding year

Bataan town marks 377th founding year

April 20, 2018, 10:00 pm

SAMAL, Bataan -- This second oldest town in Bataan on Friday kicked off the celebration of its 376th founding year with an early morning long parade. Barangay officials from 14 villages and beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) joined the parade along with Mayor Gene dela… Read More

80 exhibitors to join Laoag trade fair

80 exhibitors to join Laoag trade fair

April 20, 2018, 9:58 pm

LAOAG CITY -- At least 80 exhibitors from the 21 towns and two cities of Ilocos Norte will gather at the Laoag Centennial Arena from May 21 to 26 to showcase the latest innovative products of the province. Edison Natividad, head of the Small and Medium Enterprise Office under the provincial… Read More

EDC launches new automated nursery in Negros Oriental

EDC launches new automated nursery in Negros Oriental

April 20, 2018, 9:48 pm

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — Geothermal power leader Energy Development Corp. (EDC) launched Friday at Southern Negros Geothermal Project (SNGP) in Valencia, Negros Oriental its Vegetative Materials Reproduction (VMR) facility, an automated nursery that propagates endangered native trees… Read More

Andanar urges Dagupeno campus journalists to fight fake news

Andanar urges Dagupeno campus journalists to fight fake news

April 20, 2018, 9:45 pm

DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan—Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar urged campus journalists here to fight fake news. Andanar told some 80 campus journalists from different schools in this city on Thursday that the first step to do away with fake news is by… Read More

Few bets for barangay, SK in Bataan avail of last minute filing

Few bets for barangay, SK in Bataan avail of last minute filing

April 20, 2018, 9:43 pm

ORION, Bataan — Only a handful of candidates in Bataan for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on May 14, 2018 availed of the last minute filing of Certificate of Candidacy (COC) on Friday. Most of the municipal offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had only few… Read More

Guv vows to lure more investors, create jobs for 'Rich Batangas'

Guv vows to lure more investors, create jobs for 'Rich Batangas'

April 20, 2018, 9:40 pm

BATANGAS CITY – Governor Hermilando Mandanas vowed to lure more investors and business institutions into Batangas to boost the province economy and create more jobs in pursuit of his local governance thrust on “Rich Batangas.” Batangas Public Information Office chief Jenelyn A. Aguilera said… Read More

Baguio wants dropping of terrorist tag vs. IP rights advocates

Baguio wants dropping of terrorist tag vs. IP rights advocates

April 20, 2018, 8:26 pm

BAGUIO CITY -- The Baguio City government is asking Malacañang to drop the terrorist tag on seven residents who are known advocates of indigenous people's rights. Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan this week affirmed the City Council resolution calling for such move. Resolution No. 92 urges the… Read More

Sereno says no reason to rush quo warranto decision

Sereno says no reason to rush quo warranto decision

April 20, 2018, 7:46 pm

ILOILO CITY -- Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno reacted to an information that the Supreme Court en banc will already decide on the quo warranto petition filed against her in May. Sereno, in a press conference here Friday, said there is no reason for the SC to rush its decision. She said May is… Read More

Army, Navy forces augment security in Boracay

Army, Navy forces augment security in Boracay

April 20, 2018, 7:42 pm

ILOILO CITY -- Some 200 personnel of the Philippine Army and the Philippine Navy are now in Boracay island in Malay, Aklan to help maintain peace and order during its six-month closure and rehabilitation. Colonel Pio Diñoso, commanding officer of the Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade based in… Read More

88 Iloilo barangays under poll watch list

88 Iloilo barangays under poll watch list

April 20, 2018, 6:57 pm

ILOILO CITY -- Less than a month before the May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, 88 villages in Iloilo province were declared under the election watch list areas (EWAs), director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) said Friday. Senior Supt. Marlon Tayaba said town of… Read More

Evasco to launch Duterte's flagship anti-poverty program in Cebu

Evasco to launch Duterte's flagship anti-poverty program in Cebu

April 20, 2018, 6:32 pm

CEBU CITY -- Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. will lead the launch of the administration’s anti-poverty program in the Visayas at the Cebu Technological University (CTU) grounds here on April 21. The “Biyaya ng Pagbabago Tungo sa Masagana at Matiwasay na Buhay Pilipino” or “Biyaya ng… Read More

Sustainability mapping sought for Palawan seaweed industry

Sustainability mapping sought for Palawan seaweed industry

April 20, 2018, 6:13 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Palawan’s Livelihood Project Management Unit (LPMU) has requested the Department of Agriculture (DA) to conduct a sustainability mapping to determine which part of the province would be appropriate for seaweed production. Dr. Myrna Lacanilao, head of the LMPU,… Read More