Provincial

Western Visayas gets P92.3-M El Niño response projects

Western Visayas gets P92.3-M El Niño response projects

March 21, 2024, 3:48 pm

ILOILO CITY – Seventeen municipalities in Western Visayas stand to benefit from the Project Local Adaptation to Water Access (LAWA) and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished (BINHI) funded with PHP92.32 million as part of the risk resiliency program of the… Read More

Army verifying identity of slain N. Samar rebel before burial

Army verifying identity of slain N. Samar rebel before burial

March 21, 2024, 3:31 pm

TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army assured proper burial for a New People’s Army fighter who was killed in a clash with soldiers on the outskirts of Palapag, Northern Samar. His identity is being verified by authorities. “The male fighter is in his 30s,” Capt. Jefferson Mariano,… Read More

DepEd to establish learner protection desk during sports meet

DepEd to establish learner protection desk during sports meet

March 21, 2024, 8:17 am

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Antique will establish a learner rights and protection desk (LRPD) to promote safe interaction and fun sports for the estimated 2,000 learner-athletes who will compete during the Antique Provincial Athletic… Read More

Iloilo wants improved agri productivity to ease inflation

Iloilo wants improved agri productivity to ease inflation

March 20, 2024, 10:13 pm

ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government is working hard to boost the agriculture industry to help ease the impact of inflation. “As much as we can, we help agriculture so that we can address the supply side but there are other factors that are beyond our control, especially those that… Read More

Service caravan to serve 3K N. Samar island town residents

Service caravan to serve 3K N. Samar island town residents

March 20, 2024, 10:10 pm

TACLOBAN CITY – The Northern Samar provincial government will provide services to at least 3,199 poor families in the island town of Biri in its service caravan on March 22. The provincial government said the second caravan this year would cover all eight villages of Biri, a 5th-class island… Read More

BFP assures fire stations for 12 municipalities in Abra

BFP assures fire stations for 12 municipalities in Abra

March 20, 2024, 10:00 pm

BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the Cordillera region will build a fire station in each of 12 municipalities in Abra that lack one, within five years under its 10-year modernization program. BFP-Cordillera Fire Senior Supt. Robert Pacis, in an interview on Wednesday on the… Read More

SEC, Antique biz group team up for investor’s education, advocacies

SEC, Antique biz group team up for investor’s education, advocacies

March 20, 2024, 9:12 pm

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Antique Chapter signed an agreement Wednesday to strengthen their collaboration on the conduct of investor’s education and advocacies. SEC Iloilo Director… Read More

DOH, stakeholders in Bicol step up child immunization activities

DOH, stakeholders in Bicol step up child immunization activities

March 20, 2024, 8:24 pm

LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) and various national and local government agencies are working together to achieve herd immunity for children's immunization programs in the region this year.During a consultative meeting on Wednesday, Dr.… Read More

MCIA transitions to ‘silent airport’ for serene but enjoyable travel

MCIA transitions to ‘silent airport’ for serene but enjoyable travel

March 20, 2024, 8:24 pm

CEBU CITY – The Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is now transitioning into a “silent airport” that would provide a serene atmosphere among travelers using the Central Visayas’ airport. Athanasios Titonis, MCIA’s chief executive officer, said the transition would make the travel… Read More

Council approves Dagupan City’s P1.3-B budget

Council approves Dagupan City’s P1.3-B budget

March 20, 2024, 8:22 pm

DAGUPAN CITY – The local chief executive of this city was elated by the Sangguniaang Panlungsod’s (SP) (City Council) approval last Monday of the city’s PHP1.385 billion budget for this year, noting financing for various government programs will now push through. In an interview on… Read More

More renewable energy projects to be developed in Negros

More renewable energy projects to be developed in Negros

March 20, 2024, 8:06 pm

BACOLOD CITY – Several renewable energy (RE) projects, totaling more than 1,000 megawatts, are being proposed across Negros Occidental in the next 15 years, data from the Department of Energy (DOE) showed. Those were among the developments discussed during the Negros Island Power Forum organized… Read More

Children of slain NPA rebel in Negros to get educational aid

Children of slain NPA rebel in Negros to get educational aid

March 20, 2024, 8:05 pm

BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) has assured the children of the slain remnant of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental of educational assistance for them to finish school. Jose Caramihan, a member of an anti-crime volunteer group before joining… Read More

February inflation modestly higher in El Niño-hit Occidental Mindoro

February inflation modestly higher in El Niño-hit Occidental Mindoro

March 20, 2024, 7:42 pm

MAMBURAO, Occidental Mindoro – Inflation in this El Niño-stricken province rose slightly to 4.2 percent in February from a tamer 3.9 percent the previous month. In a special release report on Wednesday, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) traced the uptick to the faster rate of price… Read More

NorMin academe eyes more 'CommUNITY' collab with PCO

NorMin academe eyes more 'CommUNITY' collab with PCO

March 20, 2024, 6:58 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Academic stakeholders see the potential of continuing collaboration with the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) after its four-day "CommUNITY" Caravan in Northern Mindanao.In an interview Wednesday, Dr. Joy Mirasol, president of Bukidnon State University (BukSU), said… Read More

Dagupan City holds Women’s Summit with over 3K participants

Dagupan City holds Women’s Summit with over 3K participants

March 20, 2024, 6:57 pm

DAGUPAN CITY – Over 3,000 women in this city availed of free medical, dental, and legal services held in a mall here Wednesday, targeted to gather information on how to further ensure women’s welfare. In an interview on the sidelines of the Women’s Summit, Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez… Read More

Bantay Dagat to boost Iloilo’s anti-drug campaign

Bantay Dagat to boost Iloilo’s anti-drug campaign

March 20, 2024, 6:57 pm

ILOILO CITY – Iloilo’s Bantay Dagat will boost the anti-drug campaign as it focuses on coastal and shoreline areas of the northern and southern parts of the province. Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. said Bantay Dagat, whose principal task is to go after illegal fishing, could be tapped into the… Read More

DAR brings local products of ARBOs to PNP-Bicol headquarters

DAR brings local products of ARBOs to PNP-Bicol headquarters

March 20, 2024, 6:53 pm

LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to showcase fresh and affordable local farm products from different agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) at the regional headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP).In an interview on Wednesday, Christine… Read More

Ilocos students develop entrepreneurial mindset with mentors

Ilocos students develop entrepreneurial mindset with mentors

March 20, 2024, 6:20 pm

LAOAG CITY – Readying yourself for any challenge and not being afraid to fail will help one persevere and become successful in business, company owners told senior high school students who attended a mentoring session Wednesday. Around 200 students from San Nicolas National High School (SNHS)… Read More

1 NPA dead, firearms seized in Northern Samar clash

1 NPA dead, firearms seized in Northern Samar clash

March 20, 2024, 5:23 pm

TACLOBAN CITY – A series of clashes between soldiers and the New People’s Army (NPA) ensued Tuesday in the upland village of Bagacay, Palapag, Northern Samar, killing a rebel and also led to the recovery of three high-powered firearms. The Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division reported on… Read More

DOST pushes science tourism in Leyte

DOST pushes science tourism in Leyte

March 20, 2024, 4:03 pm

TACLOBAN CITY – At least 15 sites in Leyte province have been identified for science tourism meant to raise awareness and appreciation of science, technology, and innovation through educational tourism. Department of Science and Technology Leyte provincial director John Glenn Ocaña said these… Read More