Provincial
Kid Red fighter surrenders
April 30, 2018, 6:28 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- A 16-year-old child, who had been recruited into the communist insurgency under the Leonardo Pacsi Command, surrendered in Mountain Province on Saturday, the Public Affairs Office (PAO) of the military's 5th Infantry Division reported on Monday. YOUNG SURRENDERER. Sixteen-year-old… Read More
Signing of peace covenant for bets set in Eastern Visayas
April 30, 2018, 5:41 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have initiated the signing of peace covenant by all candidates for the May 14 village and youth council elections in Eastern Visayas region. Senior Supt. Leonardo Suan, PNP Eastern Visayas deputy… Read More
Thriving industry lures senior HS students into fruit wine business
April 30, 2018, 5:37 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Inspired by the thriving wine industry here, some senior high school students of the Adams National High School (ANHS) are into wine-making business. Jessie Bayeng, teacher at ANHS, said Grade 11 and 12 students taking up Entrepreneurship subject are taught how to process fruit… Read More
Dumaguete diocesan electoral board convenes members for BSK 2018 polls
April 30, 2018, 5:34 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- The Diocesan Electoral Board (DEB) of the Diocese of Dumaguete will convene Wednesday for a full-body coordinating meeting in preparation for the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) elections this May 14. DEB convenor Msgr. Julius Perpetuo… Read More
Bohol cops seize P1.9-M shabu in 4 months
April 30, 2018, 5:30 pm
TAGBILARAN CITY -- Bohol Police hauled close to PHP1.9 million worth of shabu from 44 operations in the first four months of this year. The arrest of an incumbent kagawad of barangay Madangog in Pangangan Island, Calape, Bohol, during a buy-bust operation on April 14, marred the opening salvo of… Read More
Employers’ forum kicks off 3-day Labor Day observance in Region 6
April 30, 2018, 5:27 pm
ILOILO CITY -- A forum that gathered more than 120 employers from Western Visayas kicked off the three-day celebration of the Labor Day celebration here Monday. Amy Judicpa, Information Officer at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Western Visayas, said the forum, in partnership with… Read More
Cordi farmers get easy market with 'TienDA' in Benguet
April 30, 2018, 4:48 pm
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Cordillera farmers now have an easy market for their produce, such as Tabuk rice, strawberry jams, wines, and coffee, with the newly-established "TienDa" in the capital town of La Trinidad in Benguet province. TIENDA IN BENGUET. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol… Read More
Manhunt on vs. 'extremist' suspects behind Koronadal blast
April 30, 2018, 3:52 pm
KORONADAL CITY -- Authorities have launched a manhunt against several personalities with alleged links to "extremist groups," in connection with the bomb explosion beside a Catholic church and the recovery of another improvised explosive here on Sunday.City Mayor Peter Miguel said Monday… Read More
Suspects in Maguindanao beheading 'identified, being hunted'
April 30, 2018, 3:50 pm
PARANG, Maguindanao -- Authorities have identified the perpetrators behind the brutal deaths of two farmers here over the weekend. The suspects, according to Supt. Ibrahim Jambiran, Parang town police chief, are residents of Barira, a town next to Parang, also in Maguindanao. Jambiran said the… Read More
DOLE-12 to release P12.7-M livelihood grants on Labor Day
April 30, 2018, 3:48 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12 will release around P12.7 million worth of livelihood assistance to disadvantaged workers in different parts of the region as the country marks Labor Day on Tuesday. Sisinio Cano, DOLE-12 regional director, said… Read More
Maguindanao guv lauds scholar for passing bar exams
April 30, 2018, 3:46 pm
BULUAN, Maguindanao -- Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu on Monday expressed pride and elation for a provincial government scholar who was among the 2017 Bar exams passers.Faiza Gladys Karon-Tejero's success in passing the bar exams was an indication that the government's scholarship program has… Read More
Reelectionist village councilor, husband nabbed in GenSan drug raid
April 30, 2018, 3:45 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Anti-narcotics agents arrested a reelectionist barangay councilor and her husband after yielding around P142,000 worth of illegal drugs in an operation in a village here on Monday. Joni Ress Layso, acting public information officer of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency… Read More
Virgin Island’s ‘blatant degradation’ alarms Bohol execs
April 30, 2018, 1:18 pm
TAGBILARAN CITY -- Garbage now litter the once unspoiled Virgin Island, prompting the Bohol provincial government to call on the local government unit (LGU) of Panglao to stop playing blind on its blatant degradation. A team sent by Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto found out about the island's state… Read More
Palawan to push for creation of federation for parents of PWDs
April 30, 2018, 11:07 am
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The provincial government of Palawan is taking the initiative to form a federation of parents of persons with disabilities (PWDs) to make them partners in strengthening the provision of basic services for them. Helen Bundal, population program officer of the… Read More
Part of landslide-prone subdivision in Bataan declared off-limits
April 29, 2018, 8:06 pm
DINALUPIHAN, Bataan -- An interagency task force here has declared a portion of a subdivision located at the foot of a hill here as danger zone and off limits for occupancy until found safe against landslide and mudflow. Mayor Maria Angela Garcia announced Saturday that the task force composed of… Read More
P300-M China-Cotabato friendship school breaks ground
April 29, 2018, 6:32 pm
COTABATO CITY -- A PHP300-million China-Cotabato Friendship Technical School will soon rise in this city. City government officials and representatives from the Chinese Engineering Construction Company (CECC) joined the school groundbreaking ceremony at Barangay Tamontaka Mother on Saturday. The… Read More
Eastmincom urges NPA to stop use of child soldiers
April 29, 2018, 6:28 pm
DAVAO CITY -- The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) has reiterated its call to the New People's Army (NPA) to stop using minors as combatants. This came after a 15-year-old boy from Barangay Old Bulatukan, Makilala, North Cotabato and a member of the rebel group, was killed in an encounter in… Read More
Koronadal City blast hurts 2
April 29, 2018, 4:35 pm
KORONADAL CITY -- Two persons were injured after a suspected improvised bomb exploded beside the main Catholic church here Sunday noon. Supt. Ronald Allan Penaverde, Koronadal City police chief, said the explosion occurred at around 12:05 p.m. near the side entrance of the St. Anthony de Padua… Read More
Davao City gears up for Kadayawan festival
April 29, 2018, 11:19 am
DAVAO CITY -- This early, the Davao City government is gearing up for this year's Kadayawan festival, an annual showcase of culture and abundance of resources held every month of August. This, after Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio signed an executive order creating the executive committee (Execom) and… Read More
NoKor’s Kim Jong-un now PRRD’s idol
April 29, 2018, 10:07 am
DAVAO CITY -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as the “man of the hour” after he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met to discuss denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and plant a pine tree on the demarcation line in the east Asian nation's… Read More
