Provincial
Bad weather destroys P22.4-M crops in Bicol
November 24, 2023, 7:06 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – At least PHP22.4 million worth of agriculture products were destroyed as the Bicol Region experienced heavy rains and flooding due to a shear line earlier this week, the Department of Agriculture-5 (DA-Bicol) reported on Friday. In an interview, Lovella Guarin, DA-Bicol… Read More
Iligan locks down radio station, 13 firms for operating sans permits
November 24, 2023, 6:46 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Iligan City government on Friday closed 14 business establishments, including a radio station, for allegedly operating without business permits. Dr. Darwin Manugbag, the city administrator, led the closure of the businesses following the issuance of a final notice by… Read More
Farmers in conflict-cleared village trained to become entrepreneurs
November 24, 2023, 6:32 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Farmers in the insurgency-cleared village of Riverside in Isabela, Negros Occidental, have been trained to develop products from their agricultural produce under the Provincial Peace and Order Council’s Balik-Salig Program, which aims to foster entrepreneurship and economic… Read More
Ilocos Norte lady farmer proves there’s money in agriculture
November 24, 2023, 6:19 pm
LAOAG CITY – After working for nine years in a microfinance company in the Philippines and as a financial expat in Myanmar, 37-year-old Macon Marcelino Dawey decided to quit her job to become her own boss and prove to naysayers that, indeed, there’s money in agriculture. True enough, Dawey is… Read More
NIB-PNA renews OJT program with Iloilo, Antique universities
November 24, 2023, 5:16 pm
ILOILO CITY – The News and Information Bureau-Philippine News Agency (NIB-PNA) has revived its on-the-job (OJT) training program with state universities in Iloilo and Antique after a two-year hiatus due to the health pandemic. The state-run news agency on Friday signed a memorandum of… Read More
Cebu churches to take center-stage in upcoming 'Suroy-Suroy Sugbo'
November 24, 2023, 5:13 pm
CEBU CITY – Townsfolk in the southern tourism corridor will showcase their religious cultural heritage in the upcoming “Suroy-Suroy Sugbo”, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Friday said. Garcia convened the mayors in the provincial capitol to discuss preparations for the three-day tourism… Read More
N. Cotabato, Maguindanao Sur blasts leave 1 dead, 5 MILF members hurt
November 24, 2023, 5:05 pm
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Five members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were injured on Thursday afternoon when an improvised bomb went off at their detachment in Aleosan, North Cotabato.The victims were identified as Abdul Baser Mamintal, Nor Minandang, Moslimen Diya Usop, Hasan… Read More
Nearly P1-M worth of marijuana seized in Bulacan
November 24, 2023, 4:24 pm
CITY OF MALOLOS, , Bulacan - Nearly PHP1 million worth of marijuana were seized in separate anti-drug operations in this province on Friday.In his report, Colonel Relly Arnedo, Bulacan Police Provincial Office director, said the successful operations that were launched in this city and in… Read More
Congress OKs conversion of 2 NoCot schools into state U, college
November 24, 2023, 3:45 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – Two schools in the province are set to be converted into state-run tertiary institutions after their proposed bills passed the third and final reading in Congress on Thursday.In a statement on Friday, North Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Rudy Caoagdan, the proponent… Read More
Lingkod Pag-IBIG on Wheels serves Panay clients
November 24, 2023, 10:31 am
ILOILO CITY – For the second time this year, the Home Development Mutual Fund (HMDF) or Pag-IBIG deployed its mobile office to underserved areas in Panay to cater to transactions of members and non-members. Mark Ken Carmelita, members services officer at the Pag-IBIG branch in Molo district,… Read More
Iloilo City village officials told to install CCTV system
November 24, 2023, 10:27 am
ILOILO CITY – Village officials in Iloilo City should allocate a budget for the acquisition and installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) system in their premises to boost the anti-criminality campaign. Maria Irene Ong, president of the Liga ng mga Barangay Iloilo City chapter, said… Read More
HEIs join DepEd Bicol's learning recovery, remediation program
November 23, 2023, 9:38 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Education in Bicol (DepEd-5) has partnered with different higher education institutions (HEIs) and teachers' education institutions in the region to implement learning recovery programs and remediation activities for basic learners. This, after more than 60 HEIs… Read More
DepEd's 'A Million Learners Campaign' benefits 13 Cabadbaran schools
November 23, 2023, 9:33 pm
BUTUAN CITY – The “PAGBABAGO: A Million Learners Campaign” of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Office of Vice President Sara Duterte have reached out to 13 elementary schools in far-flung barangays in Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte.More than 615 elementary learners from the… Read More
Benguet province eyes Panagbenga-like festival in 2024
November 23, 2023, 9:29 pm
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A lawmaker here is mulling a Panagbenga-like celebration of its 124th foundation anniversary next year. Lone District Representative Eric Yap, in an interview on the sidelines of this year’s 123rd Foundation Day program on Thursday, said he has already spoken to two… Read More
Taxis in Davao City to adopt ‘cashless’ payment
November 23, 2023, 9:28 pm
DAVAO CITY – A new fleet of taxis here will soon accept digital payments beginning Dec. 1.Pierre Ryan Tan, the operations manager of the Mabuhay Taxi, said an initial 50 units of the new black taxi will be provided with QR PH or the Philippines' QR code standard, a global mode for secured… Read More
Intensified awareness on welfare of adolescents in Antique pushed
November 23, 2023, 9:18 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The child representative to the Antique Provincial Council on Child Protection (PCPC) wanted an intensified campaign to raise awareness on issues affecting adolescents. Carl Angelou Fuetes, president of the Antique Children’s Federation and child… Read More
Over 1K local jobs up for grabs in Ilocos Norte job fair
November 23, 2023, 9:16 pm
LAOAG CITY – Over a thousand job opportunities for skilled and unskilled workers are available at the year-end job fair of the provincial government on Nov. 24 to 25. Organized by the Ilocos Norte government through the Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO), the two-day job fair at… Read More
Over 41.9K indigent elderlies in Antique receive benefits
November 23, 2023, 9:13 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has completed the release of the benefits for 41,956 indigent senior citizens including centenarians in Antique for this year. DSWD Regional Office 6 Protective Services Division chief Katherine Joy Lamprea… Read More
Taiwanese med group helps kids with craniofacial abnormalities
November 23, 2023, 9:02 pm
DAVAO CITY – Eighteen kids have benefited from the free craniofacial surgery through a medical mission spearheaded by a Taiwanese medical group here from Nov. 19 to 24.The Noordhoof Craniofacial Foundation, Inc. (NCF) doctors and nurses from Taiwan conducted the first-ever free craniofacial… Read More
MisOr boat innovator gets DOST national award
November 23, 2023, 8:48 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has given a national award to a business innovator in Misamis Oriental specializing in fiberglass boats.In a statement on Thursday, Nova Belle Calotes, the DOST-10 (Northern Mindanao) science research specialist, said this is… Read More
