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PRO-3 to deploy over 5K cops for Holy Week, summer vacation
March 22, 2018, 6:17 pm
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga -- More than 5,000 police personnel will be deployed in various key areas in Central Luzon to implement public safety measures for the entire summer season. Chief Supt. Amador V. Corpus, Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) director, said he already directed all provincial and… Read More
Cash-for-work program benefits 417 Laoag coastal residents
March 22, 2018, 6:14 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Some 417 coastal residents in Metro Gabu this city have received their five-day work pay on Thursday through the provincial government’s continuing cash-for-work (CFW) program. During the salary distribution held here, 40-year-old Rona Sampayan, a household mom with three… Read More
5 arrested, P864K shabu seized in Legazpi City
March 22, 2018, 5:37 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- Anti-drug operatives arrested five suspected drug pushers and seized 144 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” with a street value of PHP864,000 in a “one-time, big-time operation” conducted here Wednesday. Arrested by virtue of a warrant during a raid in their… Read More
NOCCI eyes Dumaguete as study, tourist haven
March 22, 2018, 5:31 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) is eyeing the city to become a study and tourist destination. New NOCCI president Francisco Martinez on Wednesday cited the group’s “dreams” for Dumaguete, namely to make it a study haven… Read More
Lanao Sur, Maguindanao residents get P25M agri assistance
March 22, 2018, 5:31 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – At total of P25 million in agricultural assistance was given to residents in some areas of Lanao del Sur, including Marawi City, and Maguindanao who were affected by conflicts. Nearly 500,000 were displaced during the five-month siege of Marawi City and hundreds more… Read More
Abu Sayyaf seizes Sulu public school teacher
March 22, 2018, 5:28 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY—The military’s Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) said government forces are exhausting all means to rescue a public school teacher seized by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in the province of Sulu, officials said. Capt. Jo-ann Petinglay, Westmincom information officer,… Read More
Davao, Taiwanese bizmen hold one-on-one business matching
March 22, 2018, 5:23 pm
DAVAO CITY – Davao traders and members of a Taiwanese business group held a one-on-one business matching in Davao City on Thursday to explore possible trade partnerships.Mindanao Business Council (MinBC) executive director Rolando Torres said the Taiwanese businessmen were on a trade mission for… Read More
Entry of imported meat in Iloilo markets monitored
March 22, 2018, 5:00 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The Veterinary Quarantine Office of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) have intensified their monitoring of meat being sold in markets here due to reported “importation” to meet the demands. “Meat importation is allowed” due… Read More
Gov’t takes control of foreign ship that sank off N. Samar
March 22, 2018, 4:57 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- The government has assumed ownership of the foreign cargo ship that drifted off the coastal waters of Pambujan in Northern Samar province last January. The crew has abandoned the vessel Jing-Ming No. 16 and decided to return to their respective countries, said Philippine Coast… Read More
Maguindanao PNP issues safety tips during Holy Week
March 22, 2018, 3:33 pm
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao—Police authorities in Maguindanao have issued safety tips during the observance of Holy Week by the Catholic faithful starting Palm Sunday on March 25. Senior Supt. Agustin Tello, provincial police director, said the best way to avoid being robbed or victimized by… Read More
DOLE gives out P7.8-M livelihood aid to Cebu workers, drivers
March 22, 2018, 3:12 pm
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) office in Central Visayas has turned over nearly PHP7.8 million worth of livelihood assistance to several workers and drivers in Cebu. DOLE-7 (Central Visayas) officer-in-charge Regional Director Cyril Ticao said Thursday they have… Read More
Zamboanga City produces 9,499 Grade 12 graduates
March 22, 2018, 3:01 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY—The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that 9,499 students will comprise the first batch of Senior High School (Grade 12) graduates this year. Dr. Felix Rony Triambulo, City Division of Schools OIC-superintendent, told the Philippine News Agency that 3,550 of the first… Read More
Couple killed in vehicular collision in Iloilo City
March 22, 2018, 2:41 pm
ILOILO CITY -- A couple died and two were injured in a collision between an ambulance and a private vehicle at the intersection of the Circumferential Road in Barangay Hibao-an Norte, Mandurriao here early Thursday morning. Dead were Ramon Sampani and his wife, Rosalyn, both 54, of San Miguel,… Read More
1 killed, 21 hurt in Sultan Kudarat grenade attack
March 22, 2018, 1:43 pm
LAMBAYONG, Sultan Kudarat--Police here have launched a massive manhunt against a man who shot dead a teenager and injured 21 others in a grenade attack during a birthday party Wednesday evening. Senior Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat Police director, said a still unidentified attacker shot… Read More
DSWD releases P276-M grant to 4Ps beneficiaries in Bicol
March 22, 2018, 1:11 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Social and Welfare Development (DSWD) regional office has released PHP276 million for the first batch of 115,356 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Bicol for the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) Program. Arnel Garcia, regional director of… Read More
Maguindanao cops repulse BIFF attempt to overrun station
March 22, 2018, 12:55 pm
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao—Policemen in Datu Salibo town thwarted an attempt by a suspected IS-linked group to overrun their station on Wednesday night. Senior Supt. Agustin Tello, police director for Maguindanao, said about 10 heavily armed men, using M-79 grenades and high-powered weapons,… Read More
Temporary port opened in Boracay to reduce traffic
March 22, 2018, 12:40 pm
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- The Aklan Jetty Port administration has set up an alternative port in the northern part of Boracay to decongest the island’s port and traffic along the main road. The port, at the far end of Station 1 of White Beach, opened for operation Wednesday morning. It will… Read More
Coffee growers urged to learn agri-entrepreneurship
March 21, 2018, 10:08 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- Senator Cynthia Villar has urged local coffee farmers to venture into "agri-preneurship", agri-tourism, and take trainings related to agriculture to improve their lot. “Increasing production and farm productivity alone cannot move them permanently out of poverty. We must also… Read More
Japan universities pledge support to Batac school
March 21, 2018, 9:08 pm
BATAC CITY-- Four reputable universities in Japan have agreed to support the modernization of renewable energy facilities of the state-run Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in this city. Officials of the Ashikaga Institute of Technology (AIT), Gifu University (GU), Shizouka University (SU),… Read More
Carpenter yields 11 sachets of ‘shabu’ in Bataan buy-bust op
March 21, 2018, 9:05 pm
BALANGA CITY, Bataan -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Wednesday arrested a carpenter and confiscated 11 sachets of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Hermosa town, this province. PDEA agent Marlou Ordona said carpenter Ronel Matilde, 47, of Hermosa was caught in the act… Read More
