Provincial
Over 11K to join Iloilo City’s advocacy run vs. illegal drugs
April 17, 2024, 5:59 pm
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City seeks to raise awareness against illegal drugs with around 11,400 stakeholders joining the Buhay Ingatan Druga’y Ayawan (BIDA) RISE and Run advocacy run covering the over five-kilometer stretch of the city road on April 20. “This program is the advocacy of the LGU… Read More
DHSUD to help build 3K houses in Tabuk, Kalinga
April 17, 2024, 5:29 pm
BAGUIO CITY – The city government of Tabuk is set to start the construction of at least 2,000 condominium-style housing units with the help of the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) as it prepares for the possibility of becoming a regional center. “I am about to… Read More
P2.3-M citation tickets issued vs. violators in 1 week
April 17, 2024, 5:20 pm
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has issued PHP2.3 million worth of citation tickets and temporary operators permit (TOP) against motorcycle violators from April 7 to 13.In an interview Wednesday, DCPO Director Col. Richard Bad-ang said he instructed the DCPO’s Traffic… Read More
8 Antique LGUs recipients of P41-M multipurpose halls
April 17, 2024, 4:33 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Eight local government units in Antique are recipients of multipurpose halls with costs totaling PHP41 million funded by the national government and facilitated by the Uswag Ilonggo Partylist. Partylist Representative James Ang, who led the inauguration of the… Read More
Iloilo eyes tents as temporary classrooms
April 17, 2024, 3:30 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government is studying the possibility of using tents as catch-up classrooms while the construction of permanent structures is ongoing. “(The strategy is) to have a facility that can help us catch up soon while we are constructing classrooms,” Governor… Read More
Northern part of Bacolod City gets additional water supply
April 17, 2024, 3:29 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Households in the northern part of this city experiencing water shortage are benefiting from an additional 2 million liters of water per day (MLD) from the newly developed water source of private firm PrimeWater Infrastructure, Inc., the joint venture agreement (JVA) partner of… Read More
Drought destroys over P173-M rice, corn crops in Negros Occidental
April 17, 2024, 3:23 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Drought has dried up some 3,241 hectares of rice and corn fields in 24 local government units (LGUs) across Negros Occidental, latest data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) showed. As of Wednesday, affected are 4,431 farmers in 167 barangays with reported… Read More
State of calamity declared in S. Cotabato town due to dry spell
April 17, 2024, 3:02 pm
KORONADAL CITY – Officials of South Cotabato's town of Surallah placed their area under a state of calamity due to the El Niño phenomenon that heavily affected the agriculture sector, damaging over PHP71 million worth of crops.Surallah Mayor Pedro Matinong Jr. said in an interview Wednesday… Read More
E. Visayas promotes musical heritage through chorale competition
April 17, 2024, 3:02 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – A chorale competition featuring Visayan songs is seen to promote the musical heritage of Eastern Visayas, the Department of Tourism (DOT) regional office here said. Kent Reymark Tocayon, the event’s creative specialist from the DOT, said the Kanta Binisaya (Visayan singing) is… Read More
Over 7K households in E. Visayas leave 4Ps in Q1
April 17, 2024, 12:42 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 7,491 households in Eastern Visayas have graduated from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) during the first quarter of the year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here reported on Wednesday. DSWD Eastern Visayas regional… Read More
Steady water supply for resettled villagers in San Mateo town assured
April 16, 2024, 8:57 pm
ANTIPOLO CITY – The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) of San Mateo town in the province of Rizal has assured that a resettlement area in Barangay Silangan has access to clean water through several artesian wells despite the declining amount of water left flowing from a… Read More
Cebu water district OIC resigns amid leadership row
April 16, 2024, 8:49 pm
CEBU CITY – A lawyer who manages the customer care division of the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) resigned Tuesday from his post as officer-in-charge and general manager (OIC-GM). Lawyer John Dx Lapid posted a statement on social media about his resignation from his post as OIC general manager… Read More
Pangasinan police seize P8.8-M worth of illegal drugs in Q1
April 16, 2024, 8:28 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) have so far confiscated a total of PHP8.8 million worth of illegal drugs this year from Jan. 1 to March 31. In a phone interview on Tuesday, PPPO information officer Capt. Renante dela Cruz said PHP8.5 million worth of shabu… Read More
La Union mitigates, cushions impact of El Niño
April 16, 2024, 7:49 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The provincial government of La Union has put up a PHP3 million emergency trust fund that El Niño-affected registered farmers and fisherfolk can tap into. Dry spell-affected farmers and fisherfolk can avail of the financing upon validation of the Office of the Provincial… Read More
1.3K get P5.4-M 'crisis aid' through Bagong Pilipinas event
April 16, 2024, 7:08 pm
CEBU CITY – A total of 1,363 individuals facing crisis received PHP5.4 million during the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair in the southern town of Dalaguete in Cebu over the weekend, a regional social welfare official said on Tuesday. Shalaine Lucero, director of the Department of Social Welfare… Read More
Bicol LGUs urged to open more centers for drug reformists
April 16, 2024, 7:01 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Bicol (PDEA-5) on Tuesday urged all local government units (LGUs) in the region to open Balay Silangan Reformation Centers to provide a humane and compassionate way to former drug users and peddlers to completely turn their lives around.… Read More
Additional rice cropping eyed with rehab of Apayao irrigation canals
April 16, 2024, 6:54 pm
LUNA, Apayao – The rehabilitation of irrigation canals in Apayao will allow farmers to have a third cropping, increasing rice production in the province by an average of 1.8 million tons per season. Governor Elias Bulut Jr. on Tuesday said the ongoing rehabilitation involves cementing the base… Read More
Emergency employment benefits 178 from Antique’s island barangays
April 16, 2024, 6:50 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will release nearly PHP1 million as payment to 178 beneficiaries of its emergency employment program from the island barangays in the municipality of Culasi in Antique on Wednesday. DOLE-Antique Director Ma. Cecilia… Read More
Close to P80-M projects to boost water supply in Iloilo City
April 16, 2024, 6:32 pm
ILOILO CITY – Water supply is expected to get a boost from PHP80 million worth of pipelaying projects covering 5,418 linear meters in this city. Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) broke the ground for its three such projects and also inaugurated two completed projects here on Tuesday. The… Read More
DOT's Kalutong Filipino to showcase ‘heritage dishes' in Davao Region
April 16, 2024, 5:51 pm
DAVAO CITY – Heritage dishes from the Davao Region will take center stage in this year's "Buwan ng Kalutong Filipino" at the Abreeza Mall from April 19 to 21 in this city.The yearly event conducted by the Department of Tourism (DOT), together with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the… Read More