Provincial

Pour more funds into conflict-stricken areas in Leyte, Samar urged

Pour more funds into conflict-stricken areas in Leyte, Samar urged

March 15, 2018, 7:20 pm

TACLOBAN CITY -- Eastern Visayas officials have reiterated their call to the national government to give more attention to 37 areas in Leyte and Samar provinces affected by conflicts. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Director Marivel Sacendoncillo said agencies need… Read More

Intensified link with LGUs, lawmakers urged for environment protection

Intensified link with LGUs, lawmakers urged for environment protection

March 15, 2018, 7:12 pm

TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Calabarzon Regional Director Dr. Sofio B. Quintana on Thursday urged the regional officials here to intensify coordination with legislators and local government units (LGUs) on the agency's plans, programs and… Read More

4,500 informal settler families in Coron Bay to be relocated

4,500 informal settler families in Coron Bay to be relocated

March 15, 2018, 7:00 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The environment department’s clean-up drive against violators of the environment law is set to remove the houses of some 4,500 informal settler families in Coron, built either on the water or encroaching on easement zones and mangrove areas. The Department of… Read More

BFAR to turn over P6-M fish landing centers in Capiz towns

BFAR to turn over P6-M fish landing centers in Capiz towns

March 15, 2018, 6:08 pm

ILOILO CITY -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will turn over two community fish landing centers in Capiz on Friday. The towns of Pontevedra and Sapian are the first two recipients of fish landing centers in Capiz from BFAR. Five other fish landing centers will be constructed… Read More

Cebu guv inaugurates P1.3-M projects in Argao town

Cebu guv inaugurates P1.3-M projects in Argao town

March 15, 2018, 6:04 pm

CEBU CITY -- Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III turned over three agriculture projects worth PHP1.3 million to barangays Alambijud and Anajao in the southern town of Argao on Wednesday. The governor inaugurated a PHP450,000 small water-impounding concrete tank and a PHP350,000 greenhouse unit in… Read More

Benguet lawmakers approve mining town's land use plan

Benguet lawmakers approve mining town's land use plan

March 15, 2018, 5:29 pm

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The Provincial Board of Benguet has approved the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of Itogon, one of the 13 municipalities of this vegetable-producing upland province. Provincial Resolution No. 198-121, a copy of which was obtained on Thursday, has been issued under the… Read More

DILG to help recall cop security assigned to barangay execs

DILG to help recall cop security assigned to barangay execs

March 15, 2018, 5:17 pm

ILOILO CITY -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will help in the recall of police bodyguards assigned to barangay officials in Western Visayas. In an interview Thursday, DILG-6 (Western Visayas) Regional Director Anthony Nuyda, said they are still waiting for a written… Read More

Ilocos Norte PNP lays down security preps for summer

Ilocos Norte PNP lays down security preps for summer

March 15, 2018, 5:15 pm

LAOAG CITY -- With the expected influx of tourists to the northern gateway of Luzon this summer vacation, the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Ilocos Norte said it has started crafting security plans to achieve zero crime incident particularly affecting visitors. Director Jose Melencio Nartatez… Read More

1,280 senior citizens get pensions sans fanfare in Laguna town

1,280 senior citizens get pensions sans fanfare in Laguna town

March 15, 2018, 5:03 pm

ALAMINOS, Laguna -- The local government distributed Thursday PHP1,500 each to 1,280 Senior Citizens of this town sans the pomp, pageantry and fanfare by politicians stealing the show for election mileage. Alaminos Mayor Loreto M. Masa has directed both the concerned town officials of the Office… Read More

 Boy dies from snake bite in Leyte

Boy dies from snake bite in Leyte

March 15, 2018, 4:29 pm

KANANGA, Leyte -- A 12-year-old boy from a remote village in this town died few hours after a venomous snake bit him in a rice field two kilometers from their house on Wednesday. Victim Jason Tasan, a fifth grader of the town’s Libertad Elementary School, accompanied his mother in picking some… Read More

Cebu mayor calls for drug education in schools

Cebu mayor calls for drug education in schools

March 15, 2018, 4:20 pm

CEBU CITY -- Schools should educate children about the ill effects of illegal drugs, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said Thursday. “I would rather teach children about the ill effects of drugs inside the classroom rather than outside the classroom,” the mayor told participants of the Anti-Drug… Read More

NegOr biz group submits truck ban position paper to city council

NegOr biz group submits truck ban position paper to city council

March 15, 2018, 3:52 pm

DUMAGUETE CITY -- The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) on Wednesday formally presented to the Dumaguete City Council its position paper/proposal on the proposed truck ban -- which the city government plans to implement in this capital city. This, as a proposed truck ban in… Read More

DPWH 12 fields 7 new equipment

DPWH 12 fields 7 new equipment

March 15, 2018, 3:26 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) deployed seven additional road construction and maintenance equipment to Region 12 as part of its continuing re-fleeting program. Ellen Torino, DPWH-Region 12 public information officer, said Thursday the new batch of… Read More

ARMM holds Bangsamoro women’s economic, dev't summit

ARMM holds Bangsamoro women’s economic, dev't summit

March 15, 2018, 2:56 pm

COTABATO CITY -- Women frontrunners in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) kicked off here Wednesday a two-day summit aimed at empowering women assuming various roles for the development of the region. Dubbed as the 2nd ARMM Bangsamoro Women’s Economic and Development Summit, the… Read More

Easement zone survey starts in Puerto Princesa Underground River

Easement zone survey starts in Puerto Princesa Underground River

March 15, 2018, 2:54 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Around 50 out of over 100 commercial establishments at the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP) here were found to be in violation of the government prescribed 30-meter easement zone and coastal setback area on Wednesday. The survey team from… Read More

RTWPB reviews minimum wage for Soccsksargen

RTWPB reviews minimum wage for Soccsksargen

March 15, 2018, 2:41 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of Region 12 is set to conduct a public hearing and consultation for possible adjustment of the region’s minimum wage rates. Sisinio Cano, RTWPB-12 chair, on Thursday said the move is part of the board’s… Read More

Each day is fire prevention day: Power utility

Each day is fire prevention day: Power utility

March 15, 2018, 2:32 pm

COTABATO CITY – The Cotabato Light and Power Company (Colight) here has issued safety tips to prevent household fire to be observed consistently by the public as the country observes “Fire Prevention Month.” “These tips are to be observed all year round, not only during this month so we… Read More

More guns surrendered to Army in Maguindanao

More guns surrendered to Army in Maguindanao

March 15, 2018, 2:22 pm

SULTAN SA BARONGIS, Maguindanao -- Another batch of 20 loose firearms were handed over by local officials of Maguindanao to the Army’s 40th Infantry Battalion and the Army’s 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion at the municipal gymnasium here Wednesday. In simple ceremonies, Mayor Ramdatu Angas… Read More

ARMM exec seeks clearer BBL transition provision for workers

ARMM exec seeks clearer BBL transition provision for workers

March 15, 2018, 2:15 pm

COTABATO CITY -- The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), now undergoing deliberations in both Houses of Congress, needs to be clear on its provisions, specifically those that pertain to the transition period, a member of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim… Read More

ARMM opens more than 1,400 summer jobs for studes, OSYs

ARMM opens more than 1,400 summer jobs for studes, OSYs

March 15, 2018, 1:27 pm

COTABATO CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOLE-ARMM) has opened 1,411 summer jobs for students and out-of-school youths (OSYs) across the region. DOLE-ARMM Secretary Muslimin Jakilan said the program is open to all qualified high school,… Read More