Provincial
Zamboanga Sibugay launches tree growing project
March 26, 2018, 8:29 pm
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay -- All school heads in this province have been directed to incorporate the “Zamboanga Sibugay Lunhaw Nga Damgo: Tree Growing Project” in their school improvement plan (SIP). Gov. Wilter Yap Palma issued the order as he envisioned to institutionalize the project, which… Read More
14 NPA leaders abandoned movement in Q1: Eastmincom
March 26, 2018, 7:47 pm
DAVAO CITY -- The Eastern Mindanao Command recorded 17 leaders of the New People's Army (NPA) who abandoned the communist movement while five were arrested by Army troops during the first quarter of the year. The 17 leaders were among the 315 rebels who surrendered to the different units of the… Read More
P51.3-M rubber wood processing center to rise in Zamboanga Sibugay
March 26, 2018, 7:38 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY --The Department of Science and Tecchnology (DOST) inked a Memorandum of Agreement with a rubber cooperative for the establishment of a PHP51.3-million processing center in Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay. The project will be implemented through the DOST’s Forest Products Research and… Read More
Itogon sets rules, safety nets for hikers, visitors
March 26, 2018, 7:35 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- A popular destination for its hot springs and mountains, the town of Itogon in Benguet province is now ready for the influx of local and foreign tourists this Holy Week. “We have agreed in a meeting with the (town's) tourism committee that there should be lifeguards and signage to… Read More
PNP on full alert for Holy Week break in Region 12
March 26, 2018, 7:34 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Police units in Region 12 have been placed under full alert in connection with the observance of the Holy Week. Supt. Aldrin Gonzales, public information officer of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-12, said Monday all police personnel in the region are currently on full… Read More
PDEA-12 steps up surveillance vs. drug groups from other regions
March 26, 2018, 7:31 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Anti-drug operatives in Region 12 have intensified their surveillance operations against emerging drug groups from other regions that have reportedly transferred to the area. Valente Cariño, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 12 director, said Monday they have… Read More
159 villages in Maguindanao declared ‘drug-free’
March 26, 2018, 7:26 pm
COTABATO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) declared 159 of 508 barangays in Maguindanao as “drug-cleared.” In a report, Juvenal Azurin, PDEA-ARMM director, also bared that some 11, 000 drug-dependent individuals in the… Read More
20 cops receive ‘Medalya ng Kagalingan’ in Region 9
March 26, 2018, 7:22 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Police Regional Office (PRO-9) has awarded “Medalya ng Kagalingan” (Medal of Merit) to 20 officers and personnel for exemplary performance in the campaign against lawless elements in the region. Chief Supt. Edwin De Ocampo, Deputy Regional Director for Administration… Read More
DOST to build PH largest antenna in Davao
March 26, 2018, 7:14 pm
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology in Davao Region (DOST-11) will build the largest tracking antenna in the Philippines in Davao City as part of its strong commitment in providing innovative solution through research and development. DOST 11 director Anthony Sales said the… Read More
Research body eyes new roadmap for Region 8
March 26, 2018, 5:55 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- A newly-formed committee of the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) is eyeing to draft the 2018-2022 Regional Research Development Research Agenda (RDRA) by June in a bid to identify necessary researches to support the attainment of the region’s development plan.… Read More
Ex-solon Roque Ablan Jr. dies at 85
March 26, 2018, 5:41 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Lawyer Roque Ablan Jr., a former Ilocos Norte congressman for eight terms, has passed away on Monday at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City at the age of 85. His son, Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Kristian Ablan, confirmed his father's death in a Facebook… Read More
Negros governors agree on 'federal state'
March 26, 2018, 5:07 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY -- Negros Island Region is not at all gone, even if President Rodrigo R. Duterte had officially announced its abolition, because the governors from both Negros provinces are proposing to make the two become a state under a federal form of government. Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo… Read More
Crime rate in Central Luzon down by 36.19%
March 26, 2018, 3:51 pm
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga -- Crime rate in Central Luzon went down by 36.19 percent in the first two and a half months of the year as a result of the intensified campaign against criminality and illegal drugs. Chief Supt. Amador Corpus, director of the Police Regional Office 3, said the implementation… Read More
5 Bicol police chiefs relieved
March 26, 2018, 2:13 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- Five chiefs of police in the Bicol region had been relieved from their posts for failure to stop illegal gambling operations in their areas of responsibility, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office 5 said on Monday. In an interview, Police Senior… Read More
Restoration work starts on 207-year-old church in Ilocos Norte
March 26, 2018, 1:58 pm
LAOAG CITY -- The restoration of the 207-year old St. Anne Parish in Piddig, Ilocos Norte is now in full swing, church officials said on Monday. Fr. Carlito “Joey” Ranjo Jr., head of the restoration committee of the Diocese of Laoag said in an interview that it took about two years for experts… Read More
P17-M marijuana plants uprooted in Kalinga
March 26, 2018, 12:50 pm
CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Isabela -- Authorities have discovered and uprooted PHP17-million worth of marijuana plants in 15 plantation sites in Barangays Buscalan and Loccong in Tinglayan, Kalinga province on March 24, the military said. Joint operatives from the military's 50thInfantry Battalion,… Read More
Agreement inked to build fishermen's shelter in Mavulis Island
March 26, 2018, 10:06 am
TUGUEGARAO CITY -- The Batanes provincial government, a private cement company, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines have signed a memorandum of agreement to build a multi-functional fishermen's shelter in Mavulis Island, the farthest island-town of Itbayat in Batanes province, the military… Read More
Internet link, power supply providers tapped for CEZA
March 26, 2018, 9:59 am
TUGUEGARAO CITY -- The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a communications technology firm which will build the freeport’s “digitally-enabled” backbone to spur its full-scale development. Raul Lambino, CEZA administrator and Chief Executive… Read More
Catholics begin Holy Week with Palm Sunday
March 26, 2018, 9:56 am
GAMU, Isabela -- Carrying palm fronds, the Catholic faithful in Gamu and Alicia towns trooped to the centuries-old and miraculous Our Lady of the Visitation of Guibang and the Our Lady of Atocha Parish, respectively, on Palm Sunday, March 25, as they join their fellow devotees nationwide in… Read More
Grab vows to improve services amid new competitor in Davao City
March 25, 2018, 9:13 pm
DAVAO CITY –- Grab Philippines in Davao is optimistic that it will remain as the leading on-demand transportation and financial technology platform even with the launch of the new taxi-hailing app, Hirna. Raenald de Jesus, deputy country marketing head of Grab, said the company has continued to… Read More
