Provincial
More studes complete senior high this year in CDO
April 5, 2018, 5:04 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – At least 75 percent of the 16,390 first graders who enrolled in this city in 2006, have successfully completed senior high school last month. They are composed of the first batch of the K-12 graduates coming from Cagayan de Oro under the new Philippine basic education… Read More
No shortage of rice in NegOcc: NFA
April 5, 2018, 4:59 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- The National Food Authority (NFA) has a low supply of government rice in Negros Occidental, but this does not translate into shortage in stocks, provincial manager Marianito Bejemino has said. As of Wednesday, buffer stocks of NFA rice in the province were estimated at 4,000 to… Read More
72 families flee as troops, NPA rebels clash in Sarangani
April 5, 2018, 4:56 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- At least 72 families of a remote village in Alabel town in Sarangani province have evacuated after fierce fighting erupted in the area on Wednesday between government troops and suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels. 1Lt. Daryl Cansancio, company commander of the… Read More
Cebu mayor not on PNP list as drug coddler
April 5, 2018, 4:56 pm
CEBU CITY -- Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa reiterated on Thursday that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is not on the PNP’s list as a drug protector. “So far, we do not have any evidence linking the mayor to illegal drugs,” dela Rosa said during a… Read More
CvSU professor back after topping post-graduate studies in Japan
April 5, 2018, 4:51 pm
INDANG, Cavite -- An Associate Professor of Cavite State University (CvSU) is back in town to resume his professorial stint at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) after topping his post-graduate studies in Japan. Allan Robert C. Solis, CvSU Director for Public… Read More
Batangas H2O to protect highland, coastal resources
April 5, 2018, 3:40 pm
BATANGAS CITY -- The provincial government is set to craft this year its Highlands to Oceans (H2O) policy framework in the implementation of concrete steps to conserve the rich highland and marine protected areas of Batangas. According to Batangas provincial public information office chief Jenelyn… Read More
PSA-Laguna to conduct 2018 geo-tagging of building structures
April 5, 2018, 3:34 pm
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna -- The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Laguna office will conduct its 2018 geo-tagging of building structures in selected areas in the province starting this month until December this year. Magdalena T. Serqueña, PSA-Laguna Provincial Statistics Officer, said Thursday… Read More
NegOr registered voters reach 1-M mark
April 5, 2018, 3:33 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY -- The number of registered voters as of latest count in Negros Oriental has already reached the one million mark, an official of the Commission on Elections here said Thursday. Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Eddie Aba said the total registered voters, to include… Read More
PRRD should not be blamed for drug problem: Dino
April 5, 2018, 3:28 pm
CEBU CITY -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte should not be blamed for the proliferation of illegal drugs in the country, said Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino. Dino made the statement after Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the government won’t be able to rid the country… Read More
Clark Airport's passengers seen to reach 2-M this year
April 5, 2018, 3:25 pm
CLARK, Pampanga -- Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) president and chief executive officer Alexander Cauguiran has expressed optimism that the number of passengers passing through the airport would reach two million this year. Cauguiran said there is a big chance Clark Airport would… Read More
Displaced workers in Palawan undergo labor orientation
April 5, 2018, 2:39 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Some 3,300 people in seven municipalities in Palawan who lost their jobs due to typhoons in December last year are undergoing labor orientation to help them find work.“This is to support Palaweños who lost their jobs due to typhoons in December 2017. We… Read More
Multisectoral pact to save Balili River signed
April 5, 2018, 2:26 pm
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The local government of this capital town, the Environment Management Bureau in the Cordillera Administrative Region (EMB-CAR), and the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus (KC) signed Wednesday a three-year memorandum of agreement (MOA) to save the Balili River from… Read More
Iloilo City opens P1.5-M comfort room inside public market
April 5, 2018, 1:26 pm
ILOILO CITY -- A comfort room inside a public market – the first of its kind in this metropolis – opened at the Iloilo Central Market on Wednesday. Funded by the city government with more or less PHP1.5 million, the tiled comfort room offers separate provisions for males and females and is… Read More
DILG to orient elected youth council officials
April 5, 2018, 1:19 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office here will hold a mandatory orientation for elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials. The orientation will be held within 15 days before the official assumption of SK or the youth council of their… Read More
NPA recruitment targets youth in Panay – Army
April 5, 2018, 1:15 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The New People’s Army (NPA) is recruiting young people in Western Visayas, according to the Philippine Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade (IB) based in Dingle, Iloilo. Colonel Pio Diñoso, commanding officer of the 301st IB, on Wednesday said flyers have circulated in some barangays… Read More
Manhunt launched vs killers of IP rep in North Cotabato
April 5, 2018, 12:34 pm
COTABATO CITY – Authorities are pursuing a communist hit squad who shot dead an Indigenous People Municipal Representative (IPMR) and wounded two others Wednesday in Magpet, North Cotabato. Supt. Bernard Tayong, spokesperson for North Cotabato, identified the slain victim as Magpet IPMR Antonio… Read More
Agri advisory body okays P727-M projects for 4 Bicol provinces
April 5, 2018, 12:16 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Agriculture’s advisory body has approved seven sub-projects worth PHP727 million for four provinces in the Bicol region, among them farm-to-market roads (FMR) meant to increase farm productivity. The Philippine Rural Development Project’s (PRDP) Regional… Read More
DOH rehab center offers ALS, computer training to clients
April 5, 2018, 12:00 pm
DAGUPAN CITY—The Department of Health has opened Alternative Learning System (ALS) and computer literacy training programs for some drug-dependent "residential or in-house clients" to address educational deficiency as part of their holistic rehabilitation approach. In an interview with the… Read More
Police seize guns, ammo in NegOr town
April 5, 2018, 11:55 am
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- Police operatives in Bacong town in Negros Oriental province seized several firearms, ammunition and explosive during a raid Wednesday morning. The Bacong Police carried out the raid by virtue of a search warrant for violation of Republic Act No. 10591, or the… Read More
South Korean firm offers to modernize Cagayan's Port Irene
April 5, 2018, 11:54 am
TUGUEGARAO CITY -- A South Korean company, through its Philippine subsidiary, has offered to undertake the expansion and modernization of Port Irene in Santa Ana, Cagayan in a proposal to dredge its harbor and reinforce its pier that would allow large cargo and cruise vessels to dock there. Saying… Read More
