Provincial
I will not resign: CJ Sereno
March 2, 2018, 10:09 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- Supreme Court Chief Justice (CJ) Maria Lourdes Sereno said Friday she will not resign and would rather be given a day in the Senate impeachment court to see if there is probable cause to impeach her. “That is what I am consistently saying to those who have asked me to resign. I do… Read More
Complaint vs boat captain over death of Chinese diver dismissed
March 2, 2018, 8:39 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Negros Oriental has issued a resolution dismissing the complaint filed against the skipper of a commercial motorboat that hit a Chinese national while diving in Apo Island in Dauin town that resulted in the latter’s death. Assistant… Read More
Bulacan PDRRMO intensifies fire prevention, safety drive
March 2, 2018, 8:37 pm
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan – In line with the observance of Fire Prevention Month this March, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) - Bulacan Rescue on Friday visited the departments and district hospitals in this province to enhance the knowledge and information of the… Read More
Ilocos Norte seeks more ambulances from PCSO
March 2, 2018, 8:33 pm
LAOAG CITY—The Ilocos Norte government is seeking more ambulances from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). In an out of Capitol session held in Manalpac village, Solsona town, on Friday, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP or Provincial Board) unanimously approved a… Read More
UPLB reports discovery of species in Cagayan town anew
March 2, 2018, 8:28 pm
SANTA TERESITA, Cagayan – The University of the Philippines Los Banos-Museum of Natural History (UPLB-MNH) has reported on Thursday the sightings of two rare bat species plus other flora and fauna within the cave areas of this municipality. Nida Dela Cruz, municipal environment and natural… Read More
Shut violators, not entire Boracay: Senators
March 2, 2018, 8:14 pm
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- Only violating establishments should be closed and not the entire island. This was the recommendation made during a four-hour joint Senate public hearing held in Boracay on Friday afternoon. Senator Cynthia Villar, head of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural… Read More
3 Abu Sayyaf arrested in Zamboanga
March 2, 2018, 8:08 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government forces arrested three Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members in separate law enforcement operations in this city, the police reported Friday. Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, identified them as: Daud Bulan Sabdani, who is also… Read More
Bacolod’s one-stop-shop registers 19,000 biz establishments
March 2, 2018, 7:57 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 19,007 establishments in this city applied for business permits during the Business One-Stop-Shop operations from January 3 to February 28 this year. Data released by the Bacolod City Permits and Licensing Division as of Friday showed the business permits applications… Read More
Iligan creates reward system for terror informants
March 2, 2018, 7:54 pm
ILIGAN CITY—A reward of PHP10,000 await informants of terrorist activities in the city, Mayor Celso G. Regencia said. Regencia said the reward system was necessary to arrest terrorist elements, or foil attacks similar to what occurred in Marawi City last year. Citing intelligence report,… Read More
Drilon hopes for immediate resolution of SC mess
March 2, 2018, 7:53 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Senator Franklin M. Drilon on Friday expressed hope that the issue at the Supreme Court will be resolved immediately “before permanent damage is done to the institution”. In a press conference here, Drilon admitted he has never seen the “kind of spectacle in my 50 years as a… Read More
Abu Sayyaf arms keeper surrenders
March 2, 2018, 7:47 pm
Ronnie Jamaari alias Apo Eting, 50, an arms keeper of the Abu Sayyaf Group shakes hand with a Marine officer when he surrendered on Friday, March 2, in Omar, Sulu. (Photo courtesy of Joint Task Force Sulu)ZAMBOANGA CITY – An arms cache keeper of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrendered to military… Read More
DTI-Bicol files raps vs. 7 stores violating price tag rule
March 2, 2018, 7:09 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office in Albay has recently filed formal charges against seven erring stores in Albay, a top official of the agency said Friday. Jocelyn Blanco, regional director of DTI-Bicol, in an interview said the charges were issued… Read More
PIA to strengthen gov' info hubs nationwide: Clavite
March 2, 2018, 7:07 pm
CAMP GEN. CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal – Philippine Information Agency (PIA) will be rolling out more government information centers as the agency embarks on its rebranding strategy by calling all its offices as the Government Information Centers, PIA Director General Undersecretary Harold E. Clavite… Read More
Number of Hundred Islands visitors up this year: tourism office
March 2, 2018, 6:53 pm
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan — Some 100,000 tourists visited the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here in the first two months of the year – a proof of continuous tourism boost in the city. Michelle Segundera, city executive assistant, said Friday HINP hosted some 83,000 tourists for the same… Read More
Iloilo’s P11.2-B dam project to break ground in June
March 2, 2018, 6:45 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Ilonggo Senator Franklin M. Drilon on Friday announced that Iloilo’s Jalaur River Multi-Purpose (JRMP) dam Stage II project is all set for groundbreaking this June. The construction, which will be undertaken by the Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company Limited, is expected… Read More
Reds kill 2 police assets in Palawan
March 2, 2018, 6:42 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Two police assets were believed to have been killed Friday morning by members of the communist-terrorist group New People’s Army (NPA) in a remote village in southern Palawan. Senior Superintendent Gabriel Lopez, director of the Palawan Provincial Police Office… Read More
5 drug suspects nabbed in NegOcc
March 2, 2018, 6:39 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- Two anti-drug operations in the cities of Bacolod and Silay in Negros Occidental this week netted PHP820,000 worth of shabu, and arrested 5 drug suspects, police reports showed. In Silay, two separate operations conducted by joint operatives of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency… Read More
Baby dies, parents hurt in Zamboanga fire
March 2, 2018, 6:20 pm
Firemen clear one side of the compound of the Pacific Hardware Corporation's warehouse to enable them to manuever and put off the blaze. A 2-month old baby died while his parents were injured during the incident. (Photo courtesy of Remus ZAMBOANGA CITY--- A two month-old baby perished while his… Read More
Rabies kills 14 in west Visayas in 2017
March 2, 2018, 5:55 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Fourteen people died of rabies in Western Visayas in 2017, almost double of the number of fatalities recorded in the previous year. The increase in the number of deaths due to rabies has prompted health authorities here to urge other local government units (LGUs) in the region to… Read More
Thousands await St. Therese’ relics
March 2, 2018, 5:47 pm
IMUS CITY, Cavite – Thousands of pilgrims, devotees and Cavite parishes, diocesan schools, religious institutions and communities here are expected to flock to the Diocese of Imus and its cathedral to view the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus on March 7-9.Bishop Reynaldo G. Evangelista… Read More
