Provincial
DOH medical service benefits 1,500 IPs in Ilocos Sur town
September 28, 2023, 6:36 pm
LAOAG CITY – More than 1,500 members of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Salcedo, Ilocos Sur on Thursday benefited from the first "Bagong Pilipinas Para Sa Mga Katutubo Caravan" held for the first time in the town to bring quality healthcare services. People trooped to the town hall’s covered… Read More
Stunting rate in Ilocos Norte declines
September 28, 2023, 6:35 pm
LAOAG CITY – The prevalence of stunting among children less than 5 years old in the province of Ilocos Norte has continued to decline, the Provincial Nutrition Action Office (PNAO) said on Thursday. PNAO head Elma Irapta said in an interview that the prevalence of stunting declined to 4.7… Read More
2.6K Isabela students get jobs under DOLE's SPES program
September 28, 2023, 6:13 pm
MANILA – Some 2,657 students in Isabela have earned while learning through the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES), the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Thursday. In a statement, DOLE-Isabela chief Evelyn Yango said the SPES beneficiaries were paid the minimum wage of… Read More
NFA-Bicol readies P26.5-M to buy palay from local farmers
September 28, 2023, 6:11 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The National Food Authority (NFA) 5 (Bicol) has assured farmers in the region that it has sufficient funds to buy their palay (unhusked rice) harvest. In an interview on Thursday, Jaharah Shyrra Pavilando, NFA-5 information officer, said the agency has allocated PHP26.5 million… Read More
28 Iloilo backyard farmers pass validation for ASF recovery program
September 28, 2023, 5:28 pm
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-eight backyard farmers in the province have passed the validation for the African swine fever (ASF) recovery program conducted by the Provincial Veterinary Office-Iloilo, while 104 others from the municipality of Ajuy are currently undergoing validation. Provincial… Read More
Deal signed to create mining-tourism circuit in Surigao Norte
September 28, 2023, 4:48 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Stakeholders signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) Wednesday in Surigao City for the establishment of a mining-tourism circuit in Surigao del Norte's three mineral-rich towns. “This partnership will strengthen the advocacy for the development of mining sites in said… Read More
Cops call for Comelec control over 99 Maguindanao Sur villages
September 28, 2023, 3:43 pm
COTABATO CITY – Police authorities in Maguindanao del Sur have recommended to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to place 99 red-category villages under its control during next month’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).“We have recommended this to avoid unnecessary… Read More
142 North Cotabato cops with kin running for BSKE reassigned
September 28, 2023, 3:41 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The North Cotabato Police Provincial Office (NCPPO) has temporally transferred to new areas of assignments some 142 personnel related to candidates for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to guarantee "officers are all non-partisan". Capt. April Rose… Read More
BARMM gives P18-M building to agricultural school
September 28, 2023, 3:12 pm
COTABATO CITY (Sept. 28) – The education ministry of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) turned over a two-storey, 10-classroom school building to Upi Agricultural School (UAS) in Upi town, Maguindanao del Norte on Wednesday afternoon.The PHP18.2 million school building,… Read More
Spike in fever cases in N. Mindanao not linked to Nipah
September 27, 2023, 9:57 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Officials of the Department of Health in Northern Mindanao (DOH-10) on Wednesday said the spike in fever cases in the region is not linked to the Nipah virus.DOH-10 director Dr. Ellenietta Gamolo said from Jan. 1 to Sept. 26 this year, a total of 18,364 cases were reported,… Read More
448 Bicol villages tagged 'areas of concern' in upcoming polls
September 27, 2023, 9:09 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Bicol regional office has listed more than 400 "areas of concern" in connection with the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In an interview on Wednesday, Maria Juana Valeza, Comelec-Bicol regional director, said out of… Read More
All rice retailers in Bicol comply with price cap
September 27, 2023, 8:48 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-5 (Bicol) has recorded a 100-percent compliance rate to Executive Order (EO) 39 among rice retailers in the Bicol region. EO 39 issued by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Aug. 31 mandates a price cap of PHP41 per kilogram (kg) for regular… Read More
Landowners near airport OK tree-cutting for safe airspace
September 27, 2023, 8:25 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Trees inside 18 private lands in the vicinity of the Dumaguete-Sibulan airport in Negros Oriental will be cut or trimmed to allow for safe airspace. Allan Punay, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) airport manager, said Wednesday that after several negotiations,… Read More
Abra plans to build hub for bamboo yarn
September 27, 2023, 8:00 pm
BANGUED, Abra – The Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Wednesday it is working with the Abra State Institute of Science and Technology (ASIST) to build a permanent bamboo textile hub in the province. In a press conference,… Read More
Leptospirosis cases in Ilocos Region up by 106% with 33 deaths
September 27, 2023, 6:56 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Department of Health Center for Health Development in the Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1) has recorded 221 leptospirosis cases in the region from Jan. 1 to Sept. 16 this year, 106 percent higher than the 107 cases on the same period last year. In a virtual press conference… Read More
Negros Trade Fair to spur buying of world-class PH products
September 27, 2023, 6:53 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is hopeful the Negros Trade Fair (NTF) will inspire more Filipinos to buy locally-made, world-class products in the 37th edition of the country’s longest-running provincial trade fair at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City.… Read More
6K poor college students in Antique apply for educational aid
September 27, 2023, 6:41 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Around 6,000 indigent college students in Antique have applied for educational assistance from the provincial government for the school year 2023-2024. The applicants came from the northern towns of Libertad, Pandan, Sebaste, Culasi, Tibiao, Barbaza, and Laua-an… Read More
Next batch of rice retailers in Pangasinan, La Union get subsidy
September 27, 2023, 6:30 pm
DAGUPAN CITY – More micro rice retailers complying with the price ceiling on well-milled and regular-milled rice based on Executive Order (EO) 39 by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., from the province of Pangasinan and La Union, have received cash subsidy from the national government. In an… Read More
3 Abra towns get DOST grants to improve systems
September 27, 2023, 6:26 pm
BANGUED, Abra – Three municipalities in this province received on Wednesday a grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for specific projects to improve the quality and standard of life of the people in the community. DOST Benguet provincial director Shiela Marie Claver turned… Read More
More power consumers in Iloilo City to get P3.3-M bill refund
September 27, 2023, 6:06 pm
ILOILO CITY – Consumers who religiously pay their electricity dues are assured of reimbursement for their bill deposit as the distribution utility here on Wednesday said it is eyeing to process an additional PHP3.3 million in refunds by the end of 2023. More Electric and Power Corporation (MORE… Read More
