Provincial
Romblon women gain livelihood skills via DOLE-TUPAD program
June 10, 2024, 9:15 pm
LOOC, Romblon – Some 40 women from this town are currently engaged in short-term employment contracts that will allow them to pick up new livelihood skills courtesy of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD)… Read More
Prices in Negros Oriental not affected by Kanlaon eruption
June 10, 2024, 8:46 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – There is no monitored rise in the prices of basic and prime commodities in Canlaon City following the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on June 3, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental said Monday.There is also enough supply of commodities in the mountain city,… Read More
DTI ensures stable food prices in NegOcc LGUs under state of calamity
June 10, 2024, 8:33 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ensured stable prices of basic necessities in four local government units (LGUs) under a state of calamity in Negros Occidental due to the El Niño phenomenon and Mt. Kanlaon eruption. The state of calamity was declared in La Castellana… Read More
Legazpi's Ibalong Festival back after 3 years
June 10, 2024, 8:33 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – After three years of cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic and eruption of Mayon Volcano, the Legazpi City government is now in the thick of preparations for the 33rd Ibalong Festival celebration. City Tourism officer Agapita Pacres, in an interview on Monday, said they… Read More
Davao Oro landslide victims to receive houses in July
June 10, 2024, 7:59 pm
MACO, Davao de Oro – Eighty families from the landslide site that hit Barangay Masara here early this year will receive their own housing units next month, an official said Monday. In an interview, Vice Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy said 80 housing units will be built on a 1.6-hectare land in… Read More
Comelec sets off-site registration in Antique capital on June 12
June 10, 2024, 7:53 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique –The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in San Jose de Buenavista, this province’s capital town, will hold a satellite registration in Barangay Badiang on June 12. San Jose de Buenavista Election Officer III Johnna Catilo said services like registration,… Read More
Over 6-M liters of water rationed to 70 villages in Iloilo City
June 10, 2024, 7:53 pm
ILOILO CITY – Over six million liters of water were delivered to around 70 barangays in the city as the rationing continues to augment supply in villages suffering from water scarcity amid the onset of the rainy season. The water rationing through the “Oplan Bulig Tubig sa Syudad” comes from… Read More
Agusan Sur cops get bomb disposal robot from US
June 10, 2024, 7:38 pm
BUTUAN CITY – The Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office (ADSPPO) has bolstered its counterterrorism capabilities by acquiring an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robot from the United States Department of State Antiterrorism Assistance Program. On Monday, the ADSPPO presented the EOD robot to… Read More
637 drug suspects nabbed January-May in Bicol
June 10, 2024, 7:34 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) reported on Monday that it arrested 637 illegal drug suspects from January to May in various operations in the six provinces of the region. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said the arrests are 146.44 percent higher compared… Read More
C. Visayas records over 12K traffic violations in 5 months
June 10, 2024, 7:09 pm
CEBU CITY – More than 12,000 vehicle and motorcycle drivers were apprehended for traffic law violations in the first five months of 2024, a transportation official said Monday. Glen Galario, regional director of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas, said 12,243 apprehensions were made… Read More
Davao Oriental among 10 richest provinces in Mindanao
June 10, 2024, 6:20 pm
DAVAO CITY – Davao Oriental is seventh on the list of Mindanao's ten wealthiest provinces. In a Facebook post on Monday, the provincial government information office said Davao Oriental has a PHP408 million income in 2023. The recognition was based on the Bureau of Local Government Finance's… Read More
First-time job applicants told to avail of free employment docus
June 10, 2024, 6:05 pm
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the Cordillera Administrative Region is encouraging fresh graduates and first-time job seekers to avail of the free pre-employment documents that government offices provide as they start to join the income-earning sector. Among the… Read More
Monitoring of Mt. Kanlaon’s unrest unhampered despite challenges
June 10, 2024, 6:04 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Monitoring of the restive Mt. Kanlaon in Negros continues without delay despite the challenges that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is facing, an official said Monday. Ma. Antonio V. Bornas, chief of the Volcano Monitoring and Eruption… Read More
Iloilo City eyes expansion of community college
June 10, 2024, 5:17 pm
ILOILO CITY – The city government here is opening a new site for Iloilo City Community College (ICCC) to accommodate its growing population. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said the new site will occupy a portion of the 2.5-hectare city government property just vacated by the Iloilo City… Read More
BFAR trains Bicol fisherfolk on post-harvest tech, financial literacy
June 10, 2024, 4:48 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bicol (BFAR-5) is training fisherfolk organizations on post-harvest technologies and financial literacy to improve their income and financial management. In an interview on Monday, Rowena Briones, BFAR spokesperson, said at least… Read More
Ilocos cops seize P1.7-M shabu, marijuana
June 10, 2024, 4:18 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Authorities seized PHP1.4 million worth of marijuana and PHP306,000 worth of suspected shabu in two operations in Pangasinan and La Union on Monday. Ilocos Police Regional Office information office chief Lt. Col. Benigno Sumawang, in a phone interview, said the 45… Read More
Borongan City survival fund project draws Makati’s attention
June 10, 2024, 3:55 pm
BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar – Local government officials here welcomed their counterparts from Makati City to discuss the PHP118.86-million Lo-om River Flood Protection, Reforestation and Livelihood project supported by the People’s Survival Fund (PSF). The city government here shared Monday… Read More
NPA rebel slain in clash with military in S. Kudarat
June 10, 2024, 3:28 pm
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao Norte – The military here announced a successful operation against communist rebels in an upland town in Sultan Kudarat province over the weekend, which left one rebel dead. Maj. Gen. Alex Rillera, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said soldiers under the… Read More
La Union gears up for La Niña, allots P12M for early warning systems
June 10, 2024, 3:20 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The province of La Union has raised the blue alert status and allocated PHP12-million fund for the establishment of early warning system (EWS) in preparation for the La Niña phenomenon. Governor Raphaelle Veronica Ortega-David, in a statement on Monday, said the blue… Read More
22 ex-rebels in E. Samar tapped to persuade remaining NPAs to yield
June 10, 2024, 2:01 pm
BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar – The Philippine Army is counting on 22 former rebels who recently surrendered to the government to persuade the remaining New People's Army (NPA) fighters operating in the boundaries of Samar and Eastern Samar provinces. During a meeting on Monday in Locso-on… Read More
