Provincial
Batangas quake unrelated to Taal activity, says PDDRMO
April 9, 2024, 4:34 pm
BATANGAS CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) here on Tuesday said all is well after the magnitude 4.4 quake that hit the province Monday night. “The earthquake yesterday evening was tectonic and not related to Taal Volcano activity. It is only due to… Read More
Over P45-M illegal drugs seized in W. Visayas in March
April 9, 2024, 2:31 pm
ILOILO CITY – The month-long campaign of various units under the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) confiscated around 6,709 grams of shabu and 42 grams of marijuana with a total estimated price of PHP45.62 million in March this year. PRO6 data showed for the whole month, the 194 police-initiated… Read More
Ilocos Norte health chief: Avail of free vax vs. pertussis
April 9, 2024, 2:06 pm
LAOAG CITY – Expectant mothers and children can get vaccinated for free against pertussis at the Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Ilocos Norte and at municipal health offices. A six-week old is already eligible for the pentavalent vaccine while those aged 1 to 6 years may get booster doses. The… Read More
Affordable housing units to rise in Calamba under 4PH program
April 9, 2024, 1:01 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Nearly 2,000 families stand to benefit from a low-cost housing project in Barangay Real here as part of the Marcos administration’s Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program (4PH) program. The four 12-story buildings will contain a total of 1,904 individual units,… Read More
Drug peddler falls, yields P34-M shabu in Lanao Sur sting
April 9, 2024, 8:09 am
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics agents arrested a “big-time” drug peddler and seized five kilos of shabu worth PHP34 million during a buy-bust operation in Lanao del Sur town of Malabang on Monday afternoon. In a statement Tuesday, Director Cesario Gil Castro of the Philippine Drug… Read More
Camiguin town adopts modern disaster management system
April 8, 2024, 11:51 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The town of Mambajao in Camiguin province has adopted a modern Incident Command System (ICS) with the help of regional government agencies.In a statement on Monday, Mambajao Mayor Yñigo Jesus Romualdo said the importance of leveraging modern technology is for organized,… Read More
Water district deploys siphon tanks to Cebu City upland villages
April 8, 2024, 8:55 pm
CEBU CITY – The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) deployed two mobile siphon tanks (MST) to two hinterland villages here to cushion the impact of the dry spell on upland residents, an official said Monday. Minerva Gerodias, MCWD spokesperson, said the MSTs are stationed in Cambinocot and Bonbon,… Read More
DAR chief assures Ati tribe on Boracay Island will get lands
April 8, 2024, 8:50 pm
BAGO CITY – Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III on Monday assured members of the Asosasyon sang Boracay Ati Tribal Organization (ABATO) that the government will provide them lands after the certificate of land ownership award (CLOAs) of the area they are occupying was canceled for not… Read More
Cebu City adopts modified class hours amid extreme heat index
April 8, 2024, 8:39 pm
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama ordered public school administrators here to modify class hours in response to the increasing heat index. Rama ordered that all morning classes be held from 6 a.m. to 12 noon, while noon and evening classes will start at 4 p.m. and should end at 9 p.m. Rama’s… Read More
75 drug suspects collared in weeklong police ops in Laguna
April 8, 2024, 8:26 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Lawmen in this province rounded up 75 individuals allegedly involved in illegal drugs in separate operations across the province from April 1 to 7. Col. Gauvin Mel Unos, acting director of the Laguna Provincial Police Office (LPPO), told reporters on Monday that the… Read More
Antique eyes state of calamity; proposes water tank procurement
April 8, 2024, 8:00 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Antique Vice Governor Edgar Denosta will push for the procurement of mobile water tanks for barangays suffering from water shortage due to the El Niño phenomenon once the province declares a state of calamity. In an interview on Monday, Denosta said there is a… Read More
Tabuk City readies aid for farmers vs. impact of El Niño
April 8, 2024, 7:49 pm
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Mayor Darwin Estrañero on Monday said they continue to assess the impact of El Niño to farmers here but assured available funding to help them. "The effect is already alarming. We assure our farmers that we will utilize the livelihood fund of the city, aside from the… Read More
Negros ARBs receive new land titles, more support services
April 8, 2024, 7:49 pm
BAGO CITY – A total of 1,562 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Occidental received land titles while 1,880 others were recipients of almost PHP70 million in support services during the distribution rites of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Monday, led by President… Read More
NorMin police report P18.8-M illegal drug haul in Q1
April 8, 2024, 7:45 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – At least PHP18 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in various operations by the Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) during the first quarter of the year.Brig. Gen. Ricardo Layug Jr. said the series of anti-illegal drug operations also netted 813… Read More
7 Antique LGUs get P7-M fund to scale up immunization
April 8, 2024, 7:15 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Seven towns in the province of Antique received a total of PHP7 million in fund support from Global Affairs Canada (GAN) in intensifying and scaling up their immunization program, targeting zero to one-year-old children. The immunization, prioritizing the… Read More
11 DavOr municipalities guaranteed P6-M livelihood aid from DOLE
April 8, 2024, 7:11 pm
DAVAO CITY – At least PHP6 million worth of livelihood aid will soon be extended to 40 women’s groups in 11 municipalities in Davao Oriental province.Each recipient group will get PHP150,000 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), according to Governor Niño Sotero Uy Jr. on… Read More
More wildfires reported in Negros Oriental
April 8, 2024, 6:30 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Negros Oriental on Monday reiterated its appeal to the public to help prevent wildfires amid the extreme heat triggered by the El Niño as 17 grass fires were recorded last week. Supt. Noel Nelson Ababon, provincial fire marshal, told the… Read More
DOST hands over P2M for Iloilo City nutrition project
April 8, 2024, 6:25 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Western Visayas turned over on Monday a PHP2 million check to support the nutrition program of the local government of Iloilo City through a food production facility. “Our support will be for equipment mostly for the facility and… Read More
10 firearms recovered from Maguindanao Norte armed groups
April 8, 2024, 6:21 pm
COTABATO CITY – Government forces separately recovered 10 assorted high-powered firearms from private armed groups (PAGs) in Maguindanao del Norte over the weekend, police and military authorities said Monday.In one of the operations, a police team was on patrol in Barangay Labungan, Datu Odin… Read More
Davao CHO seeks intensified catch-up vax vs. pertussis
April 8, 2024, 6:18 pm
DAVAO CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) is laying the groundwork for a periodic intensification of routine immunization for pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases in the last week of April, an official said Monday.In an interview, CHO technical division head Julinda Acosta said the… Read More
