Provincial
Cebu, developer ink deal to develop 1.4-hectare property
March 22, 2024, 8:27 pm
CEBU CITY – Cebu’s provincial government turned over to a private developer a 1.4-hectare prime property along Gov. Cuenco Avenue in Barangay Apas, which will be home to a mixed-use business park to be implemented through a public-private partnership.In a ceremony on Friday, Cebu Governor… Read More
More than 2K join fun run to bring light to poor families
March 22, 2024, 8:14 pm
LAOAG CITY – Some Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households have been assured to get solar lights after more than 2,000 runners from this city joined the fund-raising fun run held from Laoag City Hall to Buttong road here Friday. Lervie Jane Balalio, 4Ps city link of the DSWD, told… Read More
TESDA, slow food educators to preserve Antique’s culinary heritage
March 22, 2024, 7:59 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has tied up with the Slow Food Educators of Panay (SFED) to preserve and promote the slow food or culinary heritage in Antique province. TESDA acting Provincial Director Agnes Dimzon said Friday… Read More
SSS collects P129.28M from delinquent employers in Bicol
March 22, 2024, 7:22 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Social Security System (SSS) Bicol reported on Friday that it collected a total of PHP129.28 million in unpaid contributions from delinquent employers in 2023. In a phone interview, Jeanette Mapa, SSS-Bicol spokesperson, said the eight branches of SSS in the Bicol region… Read More
PPP Center endorses proposed bus rapid transit for Iloilo City
March 22, 2024, 7:12 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center has endorsed to the city government the electric bus rapid transit (EBRT) proposed by the First Balfour Inc. of the First Philippine Holdings Corporation. "After review, the PPP Center found it complete so all the documents were brought… Read More
Aid continues as Ifugao declares state of calamity over El Niño
March 22, 2024, 6:14 pm
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) has started mobilizing assistance to the rice and corn farmers of Ifugao, with the dry spell affecting the plantation areas.Lawyer Jennilyn Dawayan, DA-CAR regional director, said on Friday that they had… Read More
Bagong Pilipinas fair brings aid to 80K Agusan Sur, Butuan residents
March 22, 2024, 5:37 pm
BUTUAN CITY – The government expects to serve over 80,000 residents from Butuan City villages and Agusan del Norte towns in the two-day Bagong Pilipinas Service Fair (BPSF), currently being held at the Caraga State University campus here.House Speaker Martin Romualdez, together with Governor… Read More
23 fishers rescued as boat catches fire off Negros Oriental town
March 22, 2024, 5:19 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Twenty-three fishermen were rescued after the motorized boat they were riding caught fire off the coast of Basay, Negros Oriental and sank on Thursday, police said Friday. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), said the fishing… Read More
NPA combatant yields to Caraga cops
March 22, 2024, 5:09 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Through a series of negotiations, authorities managed to convince a New People’s Army (NPA) combatant to abandon the communist movement and return to the fold of the law, the Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) said Friday.The PRO-13 said “Andie,” 43, of… Read More
Over 5K 4Ps households in Antique enjoy lifeline rate
March 22, 2024, 5:09 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVhISTA, Antique – Some 5,770 household members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Antique have availed of the electricity lifeline or subsidized rate program. Jeffrey Gabucay, 4Ps Antique Provincial Link, said the electricity discount availed by indigent beneficiaries… Read More
DOH tells Bicolanos to stay safe, healthy during Lent observance
March 22, 2024, 5:01 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health - Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) 5 (Bicol) has reminded the public to be cautious of their health and safety during the "Semana Santa" (Holy Week) observance and to reflect on what is good and beneficial for their well-being during their long work… Read More
Agrarian beneficiaries to continue supplying crops to Albay jails
March 22, 2024, 3:38 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – At least four agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) will continue to supply fresh, clean, and affordable agricultural and farm products to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in different jail facilities in the province of Albay. In an interview on Friday, Roselyn Ala,… Read More
Newly opened City College of Legazpi now TESDA-accredited
March 22, 2024, 3:30 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has granted a technical and vocational education and training (TVET) program registration to the new City College of Legazpi (CCL) that will provide opportunities to those students who want to enroll in the… Read More
Emergency employment sustains Iloilo City's cleanup drive
March 22, 2024, 2:55 pm
ILOILO CITY – Emergency employment provided under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) has helped Iloilo City sustain its cleanup campaign. Gabriel Felix Umadhay, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager for Iloilo City, said they target to provide… Read More
5 BIFF men yield to Army in Maguindanao Sur
March 22, 2024, 1:36 pm
RAJAH BUAYAN, Maguindanao Sur – Five members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have voluntarily surrendered to military and local authorities here.“Four surrenderers belonged to the BIFF-Kagui Karialan faction while the fifth surrenderer is under the BIFF-Bungos faction with… Read More
Drug suspect slain, another hurt in Maguindanao Norte shoot-out
March 22, 2024, 1:32 pm
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao Norte – A suspected drug peddler was killed while another one was hurt during the serving of a warrant of arrest in Barangay Semba here on Thursday afternoon, police said.Lt. Colonel Sahibon Mamantal, municipal police station chief, said the shoot-out erupted when… Read More
DILG-E. Visayas ties up with Maasin school for satisfaction survey
March 22, 2024, 12:47 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) forged a partnership with privately-owned Saint Joseph College (SJC) in Maasin City to carry out the 2024 Citizen Satisfaction Index System (CSIS) in the city, the capital of Southern Leyte province. Under the partnership… Read More
DSWD readies food packs for drought in Eastern Visayas
March 22, 2024, 11:32 am
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned 110,285 family food packs (FFPs) in strategic areas of Eastern Visayas primarily for the impacts of the prolonged dry season. The stock of food supplies worth PHP127.58 million will ensure faster delivery… Read More
CHR raises Leyte village officials’ awareness on human rights
March 21, 2024, 8:50 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has raised public awareness of its services in Leyte province through the two-day “Lakbay Karapatan Tungo sa Kamalayan” (LaKaRan) caravan. Village officials were trained on the basic concept and principles of human rights and their role in… Read More
AFP chief cites Viscom gains in security drive, territorial defense
March 21, 2024, 8:34 pm
CEBU CITY – Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. cited the gains of the Visayas Command (Viscom) in its internal security operations (ISO) under the leadership of Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, who bowed out of military service in a ceremony here on Thursday.… Read More
