Provincial
Pangasinan town farmers learn biz skills via DAR program
September 19, 2023, 9:06 pm
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A new batch of farmers comprising 25 agrarian reform beneficiaries from this town are learning entrepreneurship skills through the Farm Business School Project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). In an interview on Tuesday, Lopez Farm School owner Romeo Lopez said… Read More
Comelec issues show cause orders vs. 2 Negros Oriental bets
September 19, 2023, 9:05 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued show cause orders against two aspirants in the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental, an official said on Tuesday.Lawyer Eliseo Labaria, acting provincial election supervisor, disclosed… Read More
Baguio schools post ‘ready’ mark since Day 1: DepEd
September 19, 2023, 9:02 pm
BAGUIO CITY – Public and private schools in Baguio have recorded a “ready” rating in terms of their preparations based on assessments less than a month after the opening of classes on Aug. 29, an official said in a report released Tuesday.“We have to make sure we are ready by doing… Read More
El Niño effects in Baguio may start by November: PAGASA
September 19, 2023, 8:58 pm
BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) here does not see the summer capital and neighboring Benguet province experiencing a dry spell in October with a lot of water stored due to the recent rains.“We will start to feel the dry… Read More
3 farmers dead in Lanao Norte shooting spree
September 19, 2023, 8:52 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Three farmers were shot dead on Tuesday in a morning shooting spree involving unidentified assailants in Lanao del Norte’s Kauswagan municipality.Chief Master Sgt. Ian Awayan of the Kauwagan police force identified the victims in the Barangay Inudaran shooting as Undo… Read More
DA launches nat’l rice tech forum, showcases yield-boosting varieties
September 19, 2023, 8:51 pm
DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur – In line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Masagana Rice Industry Development Program (MRIDP), the Department of Agriculture (DA) launched here on Tuesday the 16th National Rice Technology Forum (NRTF).The Sept. 19-21 forum aims to promote the adoption of… Read More
ASF-hit hog raisers in Bacolod City get financial aid
September 19, 2023, 8:47 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The city government here has started to release financial assistance to hog raisers affected by the African swine fever (ASF), which has almost wiped out the backyard swine population in Bacolod. City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III said on Tuesday that based on records, some… Read More
NPA loses 6 firearms in fresh skirmish in Surigao Sur
September 19, 2023, 8:36 pm
BUTUAN CITY – The communist New People’s Army (NPA) lost six high-powered firearms in a skirmish with the Army’s 36th Infantry Battalion in the outskirts of Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, Tuesday morning.Capt. Reyzander Ga, the 36IB civil-military operations officer, said the six recovered… Read More
Flash floods affect 31K families in Maguindanao Sur, Lanao Sur
September 19, 2023, 8:30 pm
COTABATO CITY – At least 31,000 families have been affected by flash floods in the provinces of Maguindanao del Sur and Lanao del Sur on Monday and Tuesday, officials said.In Maguindanao del Sur, flooding hits 79 villages in 10 towns with 30,000 affected families, while overflows also submerged… Read More
Bacolod eyes sister city ties with Tahara of Japan
September 19, 2023, 8:30 pm
BACOLOD CITY – This city is exploring a sisterhood agreement with Japan’s Tahara City, the home of Toyota Motor Corp.’s plant for the upscale brand Lexus, for cooperation in the water and energy supply and human resource sectors. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez received the delegation from… Read More
4 armed group members nabbed in S. Cotabato
September 19, 2023, 8:24 pm
KORONADAL CITY – Four men with pistols and hand grenade were arrested in Barangay Pulonuling in Tupi, South Cotabato, police said on Tuesday. Major JS Tolosa Pedrosa, Tupi municipal police station chief, said police operatives were about to serve a warrant of arrest against Latiff Soliman on… Read More
16 election gun ban violators arrested in Bicol
September 19, 2023, 8:23 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – Sixteen individuals were arrested for violating the election gun ban in Bicol from Aug. 28 to Sept. 18, the Police Regional Office-Bicol (PRO5) said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, PRO5 spokesperson, said the apprehended individuals are all civilians who violated the… Read More
Ilocos Norte to hire more medical professionals in public hospitals
September 19, 2023, 8:06 pm
LAOAG CITY – Ilocos Norte province will hire more medical professionals to boost its expanding public healthcare facilities. Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc confirmed this on Tuesday following his second State of the Province Address (SOPA), highlighting his administration’s major achievements… Read More
Eastern Samar’s Calicoan Island wants to be next surfing destination
September 19, 2023, 7:48 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The local government unit of Guiuan in Eastern Samar will push Calicoan Island to be one of the major surfing destinations in the Philippines. Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan said on Tuesday that the presence of about 200 athletes from different parts of the country for the weeklong… Read More
Region 8 sees sustained drop in dengue cases this year
September 19, 2023, 7:45 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas region has been recording a decline in dengue infections at 2,653 cases from January to middle of September this year, lower by 44 percent than last year, the Department of Health (DOH) regional office here reported on Tuesday. This year's cases are fewer than the… Read More
1 dead as MILF 'infighting' erupts in Maguindanao Sur
September 19, 2023, 7:30 pm
DATU ABDULLAH SANGKI, Maguindanao Sur – Police and military forces have been deployed to two interior villages here after a long-standing family feud erupted Tuesday dawn and left one civilian dead, the Army said.Maj. Saber Balogan, chief of the civil-military unit of the Army’s 601st Infantry… Read More
PH Navy frigate crew rescues fisherman in WPS mishap
September 19, 2023, 12:37 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – Crew members of the Philippine Navy (PN) frigate BRP Antonio Luna rescued a Filipino fisher in a near-fatal accident in the waters near Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commander Ariel Joseph Coloma, Western Command (Wescom) spokesman, said in an… Read More
NorMin agri groups urged to create rice mill facilities
September 18, 2023, 9:36 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Agriculture in Northern Mindanao (DA-10) is in talks with stakeholders to establish rice mill facilities across the region.In a statement on Monday, DA-10 Director Carlene Collado said having such facilities will secure an increased rate of local rice… Read More
Iloilo City confab to highlight potentials of ‘cocanut’
September 18, 2023, 9:08 pm
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas wants to produce its own materials amid the increasing demand for coffee and chocolate-based products, two of the three commodities that will take the spotlight in the Cocanut (coffee, cacao, coconut) National Congress 2023 set on Nov. 8-10. “As you can see now,… Read More
Negros Occidental tourism highlights 'green investments'
September 18, 2023, 8:46 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental has banned single-use plastics, sando bags, plastic straws and stirrers, plastic cups, and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles during the week-long 2023 Provincial Tourism Week as provincial stakeholders are now “more discriminating and conscious of the… Read More
