Provincial
Mayor Sara breaks bread with street sweepers, garbage collectors
February 28, 2018, 11:56 pm
DAVAO CITY – In a rare occasion, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio broke bread with the street sweepers and garbage collectors who keep the city streets clean all day. It was her way of thanking them and other personnel of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) for doing… Read More
Music company, gov’t partner to promote music, sports
February 28, 2018, 11:52 pm
DAVAO CITY -- A 44-year-old music company has teamed up with the city government to reach out to kids in promoting music and sports especially in remote areas. Jericho Fernando, the chief operating officer of JB Music who was with Stephen Speaks singer, Rockwell Ryan Ripperger, in Davao City for… Read More
Corn, palay production in NegOcc up in 2017
February 28, 2018, 10:39 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Corn and palay production in Negros Occidental increased in 2017. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data showed for corn, production grew by 12.73 percent in 2017 to 146,742 metric tons compared to the 130,167 metric tons produced in 2016. Area planted also increased from… Read More
1 dead, 4 hurt in Iloilo Bantay Dagat encounter with illegal fishers
February 28, 2018, 10:13 pm
ILOILO CITY -- One was killed while four others were injured during an encounter between the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force and crews of a trawl boat off Baliguian Island, the farthest island of Concepcion, Iloilo afternoon of Tuesday. Raul Banias, chairman of the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task… Read More
Tolentino forms anti-lahar intervention task group in Albay
February 28, 2018, 10:09 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- Secretary Francis Tolentino, Presidential Political Adviser and Mayon Crisis manager, created an "Anti-Lahar Intervention Task Group" during their meeting Tuesday with goverment regional directors and local government unit mayors at the conference room of Police Regional… Read More
NegOr RTC judge 'rests his case' at 70
February 28, 2018, 10:04 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY -- After 31 long years of government service as a presiding judge of Regional Trial Court Branch 34 in Negros Oriental, Judge Rosendo Bandal, Jr. finally rests his case on March 1 at the compulsory retirement age of 70 years old. In his 31 years of service, Bandal has rendered… Read More
Health management on shrimps taught at DOST-PCAARRD
February 28, 2018, 9:13 pm
Participants during the lecture and workshop exercises (Photo by IARRD, PCAARRD)LOS BAÑOS, Laguna - Some 29 participants composed of researchers, technical staff, and private practitioners/stakeholders from state universities and colleges (SUCs), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources… Read More
DICT-Cordillera sets up training center for entrepreneurs
February 28, 2018, 9:10 pm
COMPUTER LITERACY CENTER. Director William Rojas (standing, left,) of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Cordillera, explains the importance of the ICT center that was launched in partnership with Benguet province at the provincial capitol in La Trinidad on… Read More
Children hurt in ambush by Reds in Quezon town
February 28, 2018, 9:09 pm
LUCENA CITY, Quezon - Two children were wounded when New People's Army (NPA) rebels ambushed military forces in Barangay Bacong Ibaba, General Luna town in Quezon, Tuesday morning.Two children, Kimberly Macalalad, 6, and brother Albert, 2, and their mother, Hazel Macalalad, were wounded from the… Read More
Measles claims two in Zamboanga City
February 28, 2018, 8:51 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two children were reported to have died due to suspected cases of measles in this city. This was learned through the conduct of the door-to-door catch-up immunization for Mumps, Measles and Rubella (MMR). The City Health Office launched the MMR catch-up immunization in a bid to… Read More
Davao on alert amid report on presence of terrorists
February 28, 2018, 8:47 pm
DAVAO CITY -- Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio assured Dabawenyos the city police and security forces are always on their toes amid reports that 40 foreign terrorists managed to infiltrate the country via the maritime route. The city mayor said the Task Force Davao was doing its best and pushing its men… Read More
DPWH allots P93-M for Zamboanga airport road widening
February 28, 2018, 8:42 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has allocated PHP93.1 million for road widening project in this city. First district Rep. Celso Lobregat on Wednesday said the project forms part of the Build, Build, Build program of President Rodrigo Duterte. Lobregat, the House… Read More
Cebu airport sees more passengers from Mindanao
February 28, 2018, 8:40 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY--The management of Mactan International Airport in Cebu is bracing for an influx of passengers from Mindanao with the opening of a new passenger terminal this June. Avigael Maningo, spokesperson for Cebu Airport Corporation that manages the facility, said they were targeting… Read More
Another Abu Sayyaf surrenders
February 28, 2018, 8:26 pm
ASG member Jupakkal Usman (center) poses together with two Philippine Marine officers when he surrenders on Tuesday in Omar, Sulu. (Photo courtesy of Westmincom)ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Another member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrendered amid the intensified combat operations against them in the… Read More
Ex-rebels from Sarangani seek audience with PRRD
February 28, 2018, 8:13 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Fifteen former communist rebels who surrendered to the government in Sarangani province will be flown to Malacañang soon to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte. The rebels who turned in their rifles to the Army’s 73rd Infantry Battalion and 1002nd Infantry Brigade on… Read More
Spare kids from protest rallies: SoCot guv
February 28, 2018, 8:00 pm
KORONADAL CITY -- Children should be spared from protest rallies. In a strongly worded statement, South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes said the protest rally organizers were putting the children at risk. “It is clearly a violation of human rights of children and minors,” Fuentes said.… Read More
Davao dad pushes transformation program for kids at risk
February 28, 2018, 7:56 pm
DAVAO CITY -- A Davao City councilor is proposing for the development of a transformation program for children at risk in the city. Councilor Maria Belen Acosta filed a resolution to enact an ordinance for the development of the program to ensure the protection of the children, especially those… Read More
NorMin grains production up in 2017
February 28, 2018, 7:52 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Northern Mindanao's rice and corn production experienced growth last year, thanks to the government's effort to promote the use of high-yield seeds among local farmers. Rice and corn production grew at 3.57 percent and 4.01 percent, respectively, in 2017, according to the… Read More
PhilRice tells farmers to adopt practices vs. La Niña
February 28, 2018, 7:51 pm
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija -- Experts of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have asked farmers to adopt practices that would help mitigate the effects of the La Niña weather phenomenon. Dr. Jasper G. Tallada, climate change expert and supervising science research specialist… Read More
Village exec in Duterte drug list arrested in Panabo City
February 28, 2018, 7:49 pm
DAVAO CITY – A barangay official was arrested by joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-11) and Panabo City police on Tuesday night. PDEA 11 identified the suspect as John T. Nardo, 36, councilman of Barangay New Visayas, Panabo City, Davao del Norte. A PDEA 11 report… Read More
