Provincial
1st e-vehicle charging station in Pangasinan launched
September 15, 2023, 7:27 pm
URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan – The first electric vehicle charging station in Pangasinan was opened at SM City Urdaneta Central here on Friday, bringing the city one step closer to promoting green energy in support of the National Renewable Energy Program, according to the Department of Energy… Read More
DOT chief underscores sea conservation to boost dive tourism
September 15, 2023, 7:21 pm
CEBU CITY – Coastal clean-up drive should be a national activity in order to promote environment conservation and boost dive tourism, according to Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco on Friday. Frasco led over 300 dive tourism stakeholders and local government officials in… Read More
Ilocos Norte gov’t partners with MMSU to train OSYs, displaced workers
September 15, 2023, 6:54 pm
LAOAG CITY – The Ilocos Norte government is partnering with state-run Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) to train out-of-school youths and displaced workers for gainful employment. Registration is ongoing for those who wish to avail of the short-term training being offered by MMSU to boost… Read More
Negrense students demonstrate big potential in robotics
September 15, 2023, 6:46 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Elementary and high school students in Negros Occidental are showing a big potential in the creation and operations of robots under the robotics program of the Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC). Some 12 winners excelled in this year’s… Read More
Iloilo City showcases 'green' efforts in Austria meet
September 15, 2023, 6:44 pm
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas on Friday said the local government's initiatives on addressing climate change, especially on reducing carbon emissions, took center stage at a world meeting in Austria earlier this month. The mayor is back from the foreign engagement as one of the panelists… Read More
5K tricycle drivers in Bacolod City to get fuel aid
September 15, 2023, 6:42 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Some 5,000 beneficiaries from various tricycle operators and drivers associations (TODAs) here are set to receive a one-time fuel assistance of PHP1,000 each under City Ordinance 1003 or the “Fuel Subsidy Program Ordinance.” Data on Friday showed that this week, aid has… Read More
Emergency employment benefits 6K Iloilo City residents
September 15, 2023, 6:40 pm
ILOILO CITY – A total of 6,000 residents of Iloilo City are set to take part in the emergency employment program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) that will start on Sept.18. Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager Gabriel Felix Umadhay said the beneficiaries on Friday… Read More
LTO Dagupan releases 5K backlogged replacement plates
September 15, 2023, 6:37 pm
DAGUPAN CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) here is now releasing around 5,000 backlogged replacement plates to motorists who applied for one in 2015. In an interview on Friday, LTO Dagupan district officer Romel Dawatan said the replacement plates downloaded to the district office from… Read More
34 Caraga rice retailers get cash incentives from gov’t
September 15, 2023, 6:34 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Thirty-four rice retailers from four provinces in the Caraga Region received PHP15,000 cash assistance each during the simultaneous payout activities on Thursday by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-13) in the area.In a statement Friday, DSWD-13 said the aid… Read More
Negros Occidental upland village eyes PH's ‘marang capital’ title
September 15, 2023, 6:34 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The upland barangay of Colonia Divina in Sagay City, northern Negros Occidental, where close to 100,000 marang trees are being grown, is being geared by the local government to become the “Marang Capital of the Philippines.” This week, the village again held the Marang… Read More
BFAR, NGO partner to boost sardine population in 3 regions
September 15, 2023, 6:05 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) received equipment from a non-government organization (NGO) that will help the Fisheries Management Areas-7 (FMA-7) sustain a good harvest while protecting the fish stocks, with focus on the sardine population. In a press… Read More
200 widows of MILF fighters get livelihood aid
September 15, 2023, 6:01 pm
CARMEN, North Cotabato – At least 200 widows of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters were honored by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) by providing them livelihood opportunities on Thursday.Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, BARMM interior minister, led the distribution… Read More
30 ex-NPA rebels venture into tilapia farming in Agusan Norte
September 15, 2023, 5:59 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Around 30 News People's Army (NPA) surrenderers to the Philippine Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion (23IB) in Agusan del Norte are engaged in a tilapia fishpond production project.The former insurgents, who formed themselves into an organization named New Life Masigasig Farmers… Read More
52 social welfare workers in BARMM downed by 'spoiled food'
September 15, 2023, 5:57 pm
COTABATO CITY – At least 52 contractual workers implementing the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) conditional cash transfer were downed Thursday afternoon by suspected contaminated food served while they were undergoing training at a hotel here.On Friday, the office of… Read More
Concerted efforts among stakeholders, gov't needed vs. cybercrime
September 15, 2023, 3:16 pm
MANILA – A senator has called on concerned government agencies and stakeholders to work together in implementing the Subscriber Identity Module [SIM] Registration Law to counter cybercrimes. This was after Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission [PAOCC] executive director, Undersecretary… Read More
P18.5-M livelihood center to benefit 30K sugar workers
September 15, 2023, 12:49 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will construct a livelihood center for the upskilling of thousands of sugarcane farm workers in Negros Oriental to prepare them for off-milling season, agency officials said. “Our visit today is partly for the signing of a Deed of… Read More
Negros Oriental tops region in rice price cap compliance
September 15, 2023, 12:00 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Negros Oriental topped the entire Central Visayas region as having the most number of micro rice retailers who have complied with the rice price cap being implemented by the national government and have received cash assistance from the social welfare department. A total of 63… Read More
Army seeks arrest of 7 NPA leaders in Panay, Negros before polls
September 14, 2023, 8:56 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) targets to arrest seven top leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Panay and Negros islands before the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls to ensure peace during the voting… Read More
DILG-Albay monitors reactivation of LGUs' price coordinating council
September 14, 2023, 8:55 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Albay is strictly monitoring the 18 local government units' (LGUs) reactivation of their respective price coordinating councils that will help in the enforcement of the rice price cap mandated by Executive Order No. 39… Read More
Intensified anti-crime ops yield over 3K arrests from Q1 to Q3
September 14, 2023, 8:48 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Intensified anti-criminality operations in Negros Oriental have led to the arrest of over 3,000 suspects during the first three quarters of the year. At the Kapihan sa PIA forum Thursday, Maj. Antonio Jabar, chief of the Police Community Affairs and Development Unit (PCADU) of… Read More
