Provincial
Quezon boosts inclusive, sustainable programs for farmers, agri sector
July 31, 2018, 10:20 pm
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) assured on Tuesday to intensify programs for farmers and the agriculture sector. Governor David C. Suarez has directed to make these programs sustainable through the Serbisyong Suarez sa Agrikultura and multi-sector… Read More
NPA no longer enjoys mass base support, says Army General
July 31, 2018, 10:06 pm
CAMP GENERAL MATEO CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal – The New People’s Army (NPA) communist terrorist group no longer enjoys mass base support in the province of Batangas, Brig. Gen. Arnulfo Marcelo B. Burgos Jr, commander of the 202nd Brigade of the Philippine Army’s 2nd Infantry “Jungle Fighter”… Read More
Bomb blast injures trike driver, passenger in Antipolo City
July 31, 2018, 10:02 pm
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) exploded shortly before noon Tuesday along the roadside in Calumpang, Barangay San Jose in Antipolo City, damaging a tricycle and injuring its driver and passenger. Police Supt. Chitadel Gaoiran, Police Regional… Read More
Cavite solon asks DPWH to preserve heritage bridge
July 31, 2018, 9:57 pm
GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite – Cavite 6th District Representative Luis Ferrer IV on Monday appealed to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to “preserve whatever can be preserved, without compromising the viability of the project” on the heritage bridge that will be affected by the… Read More
San Juan is new Trece Martires police chief
July 31, 2018, 9:27 pm
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite –Chief Insp. Lyman O. San Juan, former Calabarzon Regional Protective Security Unit chief, was designated the new officer-in-charge (OIC) of the City Component Police Station here, replacing Supt. Reynan Patam, according to the Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO).… Read More
Shooting victim on 'Reload' drug list: Dumaguete police
July 31, 2018, 9:10 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Philippine National Police (PNP) authorities in Dumaguete City have confirmed that the latest shooting victim in this capital city is on the agency’s "Tokhang Reload" list of drug personalities. Shot dead was Roseller Monopollo, 30 years old, a resident of GK3 in Barangay… Read More
New ABC prexy vows to support Ilocos Norte gov't
July 31, 2018, 8:31 pm
LAOAG CITY — The newly-elected president of the Association of Barangay Council (ABC) in Ilocos Norte has vowed to support the current projects and programs of the Ilocos Norte government led by Governor Imee Marcos. San Lorenzo village chief Elmer Faylogna of Bangui town secured his seat as… Read More
Pangasinan health office steps up dengue watch after floods
July 31, 2018, 8:28 pm
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has intensified its dengue watch to prevent, at the very least, the expected massive spike of the disease, after the province experienced widespread flooding recently. “Areas which are flood-prone, or were flooded in our case, are… Read More
DOLE distributes P3-M business kits in Albay town
July 31, 2018, 8:23 pm
LEGAZPI CITY --– At least PHP3-million worth of business kits were distributed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office, through its Albay Provincial Field Office, to 180 target beneficiaries in two villages of Polangui town on Tuesday. Rovelinda A. Dela Rosa, OIC… Read More
6 NegOcc scholars to study hospitality management in Australia
July 31, 2018, 8:22 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- Six Negrenses will leave for Australia on Aug. 5 to study Hospitality Management and Commercial Cookery at the International College of Advanced Education (ICAE) in the Northern Territory’s capital city of Darwin. Karen Dinsay, head of the Negros Occidental Scholarship Program… Read More
DOST-Bicol urges students to apply for 'Pisay' scholarship
July 31, 2018, 8:20 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) office in Region 5 (Bicol) is encouraging promising students to avail of scholarships being offered at the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) - Bicol Campus, which attained a 100-percent passing rate in the recently held… Read More
Ex- Antique congressman and governor succumbs to illness
July 31, 2018, 8:16 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- Former Antique congressman and governor Jovito Plameras, Jr. passed away Tuesday noon at the age of 83 at the Antique Medical Center here due to a lingering illness. Plameras, a lawyer, served the province of Antique as governor from 1985-1998, and as congressman… Read More
Mayor’s bodyguard shot dead in Negros Oriental
July 31, 2018, 8:15 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY -- A 63-year-old bodyguard of Guihulngan City Mayor Guido Reyes was shot dead by two unidentified armed men in Barangay Bulado, Guihulngan City Tuesday morning. Policarpio E. Bulado, a resident of Sitio Kinayan in the said village, succumbed to gunshot wounds when two unidentified… Read More
25 drug reformists in Pampanga finish rehab program
July 31, 2018, 8:13 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A new life awaits 25 drug reformists in this city after they successfully completed their four-month community drug abuse rehabilitation program at the "Bahay Pagbabago" here. In his message to the reformists on Tuesday, Mayor Edwin Santiago said they should… Read More
LTFRB approves P8.50 minimum fare for PUJs in Iloilo
July 31, 2018, 8:10 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The new minimum fare for public utility jeepneys (PUJs) in the city and the province of Iloilo is expected to take effect second week of August, according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Western Visayas (LTFRB-6). In a media interview Tuesday, Richard… Read More
20 NutriAsia protesters in violent clash arrested
July 31, 2018, 8:08 pm
CAMP GEN ALEJO S. SANTOS, Bulacan -- Twenty workers and supporters of a labor protest against NutriAsia Inc. were arrested by police following a violent clash outside the company’s factory in Barangay Pantoc, Meycauayan City, this province Monday afternoon. Senior Supt. Chito G. Bersaluna,… Read More
Antique releases salaries of 165 student-workers
July 31, 2018, 7:59 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao led the release of salaries for 165 beneficiaries of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) at her office at the Provincial Capitol here Tuesday. Myra Pe, Antique Public Employment Service Officer who assisted… Read More
‘Modernized’ jeeps start plying Iloilo routes
July 31, 2018, 7:55 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Fifteen modernized jeepneys of the Metro Express Connect Inc. (MCI) started to ply selected routes in the city and province of Iloilo on Tuesday. In cooperation with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), MCI… Read More
Pampanga turns over agripreneurship building to State U
July 31, 2018, 7:14 pm
MAGALANG, Pampanga –- The provincial government of Pampanga has turned over a PHP17.9-million agripreneurship building to Pampanga State Agricultural University (PSAU) here as part of its continuing effort to uplift the quality of education in the province. Governor Lilia Pineda, during the… Read More
DLSU trains 40 Ilocos Norte teachers on statistics
July 31, 2018, 7:12 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Forty Senior High School (SHS) teachers from Ilocos Norte are set to graduate at the De La Salle University in Manila this week from a short-term training course on basic probability and statistics. The training is in support of the continuing professional development of Department… Read More
