Provincial
Samar agri suffers P104-M damage due to flooding
December 1, 2023, 7:00 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – Damage and losses to agriculture due to the massive flooding in Samar provinces last week have reached PHP104.96 million, the Department of Agriculture reported Friday. The weather disturbances have affected 4,571 farmers tilling 2,751 hectares of land in three Samar provinces,… Read More
Angat Dam continues water release after breaching normal high level
December 1, 2023, 6:29 pm
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan – For the second straight day on Friday, Angat Dam released water into its downstream river system after its water elevation exceeded the normal high of 212 meters. Josephine Salazar, National Irrigation Administration-Central Luzon director, said the water elevation as… Read More
CDO activates TWC for Mindanao Railway Project
December 1, 2023, 6:18 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government on Friday activated a Technical Working Committee (TWC) to work with foreign developers for the northern circuit component of the Mindanao Railway Project.During his radio talk program, Mayor Rolando Uy said the city is one of the focal areas in the… Read More
Police arrest suspect in councilor’s slay, other killings in Negros
December 1, 2023, 6:16 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police agents have arrested an alleged gun-for-hire in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental after he shot a resident and was subsequently identified as a suspect in the killing of a town councilor in 2021. The suspect, a 57-year-old resident of Purok 3, Barangay Manalongon and… Read More
DOLE, PESO job fair links employers to job seekers with ease
December 1, 2023, 5:52 pm
BAGUIO CITY – Shaira Carlon, 28, found work through a job fair at the Porta Vaga Mall here Friday, an opportunity similar to what she had before the pandemic. “I am happy. I’ll have a Merry Christmas because I am employed again. This is the first time after the pandemic that I am looking for… Read More
P20 per kilo ‘Kadiwa ng Pangulo’ rice available in Lapu-Lapu City
December 1, 2023, 4:47 pm
LAPU-LAPU CITY – Residents in this historical island city of Cebu province would no longer need to go far to buy the “Kadiwa ng Pangulo” rice once a mobile van starts roaming around to bring the affordable staple food right at every poor households’ doorsteps. Mayor Junard Chan on Friday… Read More
10 nabbed, over P1-M shabu seized in 2-day anti-drug ops in Bacolod
December 1, 2023, 4:18 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Drug enforcement teams arrested 10 suspects and seized PHP1.046 million worth of shabu in three buy-bust operations here in the past two days, reports of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) on Friday showed. Just before 11 p.m. on Thursday, six individuals were apprehended in… Read More
200K food packs for N. Samar flood victims out next week
December 1, 2023, 3:29 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – Some 200,000 family food packs will be released in Northern Samar next week as part of the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) immediate response after the massive flooding in the province recently. Jonalyndie Chua, DSWD Eastern Visayas regional information… Read More
Ilocos Norte site of agri modernization in PH, says guv
December 1, 2023, 3:24 pm
LAOAG CITY – A PHP130 million modern post-harvest facility targeted to speed up the drying of palay in the province of Ilocos Norte was inaugurated on Friday in Barangay Saludares, Dingras, Ilocos Norte. Funded by the National Food Authority (NFA), the facility will soon be equipped with at… Read More
Red tide up in 4 Samar bays
December 1, 2023, 2:54 pm
TACLOBAN CITY - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) confirmed Friday the presence of red tide in Cambatutay Bay in Samar based on the latest examination of meat samples. Seawater samples collected in Cambatutay Bay have tested positive for red tide since Oct. 23, 2023. However, it… Read More
Gov’t livelihood program taps Antique’s poor, vulnerable households
December 1, 2023, 2:43 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The government’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) has provided employment opportunities and income to poor and vulnerable households in Antique. The Kapatiran Inc., an association based in Antique, received a PHP410,000 grant under the SLP of the… Read More
New topics eyed for inclusion in church cultural heritage efforts
December 1, 2023, 2:12 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Bishop Julito Cortes of the Diocese of Dumaguete said fresh areas of interest, particularly in art and tourism, are being eyed for the 14th national biennial convention of church cultural heritage workers, which will be held in Mindanao. As he officially closed the four-day 13th… Read More
Remote BARMM town to get new municipal hall
December 1, 2023, 10:11 am
COTABATO CITY – The most isolated municipality in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will soon have a new municipal hall building.On Thursday, Mayor Suraida Muksin of the island town of Mapun in Tawi-Tawi received part of the PHP30 million worth of checks from BARMM… Read More
Mobile court frees 75 detainees in North Cotabato
November 30, 2023, 9:06 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – At least 75 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) detained in jail facilities here were ordered released on Thursday due to expedited legal proceedings of their cases.The group of detainees was released through the Enhanced Justice on Wheels (EJOW) program, the fifth… Read More
770 housing units for Yolanda victims in Antique ready by Dec. 15
November 30, 2023, 9:01 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The rehabilitation of the 770 housing units for victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Municipality of Laua-an is almost finished and will be ready for turnover by December 15, a provincial official said Thursday. In an interview, Eby Archangel Butiong, head of… Read More
5.2K slow readers in Tacloban schools to undergo tutorial
November 30, 2023, 9:00 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – More than 5,000 struggling readers enrolled in 56 public elementary and secondary schools will be covered by a school-based tutorial project through a partnership between the Department of Education (DepEd) and Latter-day Saint (LDS) Charities. Officials of 56 schools in the city… Read More
Ilocos town hosts coconut processing facility
November 30, 2023, 8:50 pm
LAOAG CITY – Bright prospects are expected for coconut farmers and artisans in the coastal town of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte with the establishment of a coconut processing facility here. Engineer Rose Anne Cabaloan, head of the Philippine Coconut Authority in Ilocos Norte, told journalists Thursday… Read More
RCEF seed program helps increase rice farmers' yields
November 30, 2023, 8:46 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – More rice farmers have increased their average yields by one ton per hectare or more through the high-quality seeds they received under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program. Flordeliza Bordey, director of the RCEF Program Management… Read More
Dialogue, public participation to solve insurgency - 5ID
November 30, 2023, 8:23 pm
BAGUIO CITY – The chief of the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division (5ID) on Thursday said continuous dialogue and an open communication line with members of the community here would help solve 70 percent of Cordillera’s insurgency problem. Col. Virgilio Noora, OIC assistant division… Read More
Pangasinan city eyes 8.2K female adolescents for cervical cancer vax
November 30, 2023, 8:10 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The city government of Urdaneta targets to immunize some 8,215 female adolescents and teenage mothers against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in its fight against cervical cancer. In a phone interview on Thursday, Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Ilocos… Read More
