Provincial
P7.3-M marijuana plants destroyed in Ilocos Sur town
April 13, 2024, 7:01 pm
LAOAG CITY – Fully grown marijuana plants with a total estimated value of PHP7.5 million were destroyed in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur over the weekend. Joel Plaza, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1 (Ilocos) Director, said 37,700 marijuana plants were uprooted from seven plantation sites on… Read More
Over 1K officers to secure 2024 Panaad Sa Negros Festival
April 13, 2024, 6:24 pm
BACOLOD CITY – At least 1,102 personnel from various security forces and force multiplier groups led by the Philippine National Police (PNP) were deployed Saturday to secure the Panaad Sa Negros Festival on April 15 to 21. Negros Occidental's "festival of all festivals," whose name is derived… Read More
400 TESDA scholars graduate in Albay
April 13, 2024, 10:23 am
LEGAZPI CITY – A total of 400 scholars from Albay province received their training certificates from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in a ceremony held in this city on Friday afternoon. In her message, TESDA-Albay Director Mariglo Macabuhay-Sese said the… Read More
Remains of Ilocano teen up for sainthood draw crowds in Sarrat church
April 12, 2024, 9:44 pm
LAOAG CITY – The remains of Niña Ruiz Abad, 13, a candidate for sainthood in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, has been transferred from the municipal public cemetery to the Santa Monica Church. The transfer was made on April 7 and has been drawing visitors since then. In a church advisory posted on… Read More
Eastern Visayas records lowest inflation rate in six months
April 12, 2024, 8:13 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas recorded a 3.4 percent inflation rate in March, the region's slowest in six months and sixth among all regions, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Friday. The previous slowest rate of price increase in the region was 4.9 percent in September 2023,… Read More
Calabarzon's 6th 'most wanted' nabbed in San Pablo City
April 12, 2024, 8:09 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A murder suspect who was also listed as Calabarzon Region’s sixth most wanted fugitive was nabbed in San Pablo City, this province on Thursday. The suspect, identified only as “Jake,” was also found possessing shabu when police intelligence agents armed with an… Read More
76 C. Visayas villages cleared from illegal drugs
April 12, 2024, 7:56 pm
CEBU CITY – An additional 76 villages in Central Visayas have been declared drug-cleared as of Friday, bringing to 1,744 or over half of the 3,003 barangays the total number that were cleared from illegal drugs, an anti-narcotics agency official said. Of the 76 barangays, 36 are from Cebu… Read More
Army chief bats for more 'substantive' ROTC program
April 12, 2024, 7:39 pm
TANAY, Rizal – The Philippine Army (PA) leadership is exploring possible areas of improvement in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program ahead of its proposed reinstitution as a compulsory course for college students. In an interview on Friday, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding… Read More
Over P2.9-M shabu seized in Iloilo City drug sting
April 12, 2024, 7:35 pm
ILOILO CITY – Anti-drug operatives arrested a 49-year-old suspect considered a high-value individual after he was caught for the third time selling shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Caingin in this city’s La Paz district on Friday. Recovered from the suspect's possession was 430… Read More
CDO State U mulls onsite class suspension due to heat
April 12, 2024, 7:28 pm Updated on April 12, 2024, 7:30 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The state-run University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) is the first school in Northern Mindanao to issue an advisory on suspending work and classes amid the rising heat index. In a statement Friday, the USTP's Incident Management Team (IMT) issued… Read More
29 ex-rebels, residents in Caraga get financial aid from gov’t
April 12, 2024, 6:38 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Twenty-nine former combatants of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were provided with needed intervention from the government in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte, on Thursday. In a statement Friday, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga Region (DSWD-13)… Read More
Iloilo fetes best food security, tourism garden program implementers
April 12, 2024, 6:08 pm
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government on Friday awarded the best implementers of the MoRProGRes (Movement for a Robust Garden, Progressive and Globally competitive and Resilient Province of Iloilo) Gardens program, the brainchild of Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. aimed at creating… Read More
Davao Region inflation for March remains at 4.8%
April 12, 2024, 5:37 pm
DAVAO CITY – The year-on-year headline inflation of Davao Region remained at 4.8 percent in March this year, just like in the previous month, the Philippine Statistics Authority in Davao Region (PSA-11) said Friday. In March 2023, the region’s inflation was at a much higher 9.0 percent, the… Read More
PRO-12 arrests 71 wanted persons, seizes P1.5-M shabu in SACLEO
April 12, 2024, 2:59 pm
KORONADAL CITY – Seventy-one wanted persons with warrants of arrest issued by various local courts were arrested during the daylong Simultaneous Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) in the Soccsksargen Region on Thursday. “It was a resounding success,” said Brig. Gen. Percival Augustus… Read More
Duterte denies 'gentleman’s agreement' between PH, China on WPS
April 12, 2024, 1:00 pm Updated on April 12, 2024, 1:19 pm
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte has denied the “gentleman’s agreement” between the Philippines and China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) during his term. In a late-night press briefing Thursday, he said that having a “gentleman’s agreement” is not a practice of the… Read More
Imee urges LGUs to help farmers enlist with RSBSA
April 12, 2024, 11:07 am
ILOILO CITY – Senator Imee Marcos said local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo need to help their farmers enlist with the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA), so they get their “rightful share” from the assistance provided by the Department of Agriculture (DA),… Read More
Iloilo City implements selective immunization vs. spread of pertussis
April 11, 2024, 10:24 pm
ILOILO CITY – The city health office (CHO) has vaccinated 1,200 children here as the outbreak response immunization (ORI) continues to stop the possible spread of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough. “Currently, we conduct selective immunization because of the scarcity of vaccines. We… Read More
LGUs urged to open electronic biz one-stop shops to boost economy
April 11, 2024, 9:47 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is encouraging all local government units (LGUs) in the Bicol region to open an electronic business one-stop shop (eBOSS), not just to comply with the law but mainly to boost their local economy. ARTA Secretary Ernesto Perez said Thursday such a… Read More
DA-Cordillera reports P444.94-M agri damage due to El Niño
April 11, 2024, 9:30 pm
BAGUIO CITY – About PHP444.94 million worth of agricultural damage has been recorded in the Cordillera region as of March 22 due to the dry spell, a report from the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed on Thursday. DA-Cordillera Director Jennilyn Dawayan, in a report,… Read More
Reduction in Manila Water's allocation deferred amid good supply
April 11, 2024, 9:29 pm
ANTIPOLO CITY – The reduction of Manila Water’s allocation by the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), which was originally scheduled on April 16, is being put off until May 1 amid better-than-expected water supply in reservoirs despite the El Niño dry spell. Raymond Maymay, corporate… Read More
