Provincial
DSWD-Bicol pushes for empowerment of communities in poor areas
July 13, 2023, 7:58 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) is asking for the support of lawmakers in the region for the passage of the Community-Driven Development (CDD) Bill that ensures the involvement of communities in the implementation of programs and projects. During… Read More
300 S. Leyte families affected by oil spill get aid
July 13, 2023, 7:40 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office has distributed 300 family food packs (FFPs) as initial assistance to families affected by the recent oil spill in San Ricardo, Southern Leyte. Recipients are 300 families from the coastal villages of Benit,… Read More
Yamashita treasure hunters rescued from Puerto Princesa dig site
July 13, 2023, 7:37 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – A group of treasure hunters believed to be in search of General Yamashita’s hidden gold nearly suffocated to death at the site where they expected to find riches. Instead of gold and jewels, five men got a second chance at life, thanks to the efforts of rescue… Read More
OVP aids 109 families in Davao City fire
July 13, 2023, 7:35 pm
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Vice President's Disaster Operations Center (DOC), through the Davao Satellite Office, distributed relief assistance to families displaced by a fire that hit Isla Verde in Barangay 23-C here.In a statement Wednesday, the OVP-DOC said a total of 109 families seeking… Read More
Honest tricycle driver in Laoag returns lost P170K cash to owner
July 13, 2023, 7:23 pm
LAOAG CITY – An honest tricycle driver here returned a pouch bag containing PHP170,000 to its owner who lost it along the major thoroughfare of downtown Laoag. Willie Pascual, 49, a resident of Barangay 59-A Dibua South, in this city, said in a media interview on Thursday that it never crossed… Read More
Tri-expo gathers over 400 firms, 15K participants in Iloilo
July 13, 2023, 7:22 pm
ILOILO CITY – Over 400 firms from travel and leisure, infrastructure and food and beverages on Thursday participated in a four-day tri-exposition in this city, ushering in more than 15,000 participants and boosting Iloilo City’s position as a meetings, incentives, conference and exhibitions… Read More
Negros Occidental eyes revenues from environmental fee
July 13, 2023, 7:07 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government is eyeing to collect an environmental fee from tourists as part of the financing solutions for local biodiversity conservation and sustainable environmental protection projects. The initiative is among the areas of cooperation identified… Read More
Kidapawan starts P7-M streetlight project from SGLG incentive
July 13, 2023, 7:06 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – The city government kicked off here Thursday a PHP7-million streetlight project funded through the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) incentive it won last year.Mayor Jose Paolo Evangelista, who led the ceremonial pole installation ceremony together with… Read More
P2-M shabu seized from high-value suspect in Pangasinan
July 13, 2023, 6:21 pm
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Law enforcement officers seized PHP2 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation targeting a high-value individual at Barangay Poblacion in Lingayen town on Wednesday. In an interview on Thursday, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Capt. Renan dela… Read More
Ex-rebels, militias in Negros showcase handicrafts in agro-fair
July 13, 2023, 5:49 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY - Ten former communist rebels and 20 Civilian Active Auxiliary (CAA) members of the Philippine Army have completed training on handicraft-making which will boost their income. They displayed their finished handicrafts such as woven bags during the charter day anniversary Agro-Fair… Read More
9.5K Bicol farmers finish on-air training on crop technologies
July 13, 2023, 5:46 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – More than 9,000 rice farmers from the six provinces of the Bicol Region were able to graduate from the School-On-Air on Smart Rice Agriculture (SOA-SRA) program handled by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) of the Department of Agriculture. In an interview on Thursday,… Read More
50 families affected by railway project in Pampanga get new homes
July 13, 2023, 5:00 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – An initial 50 families affected by the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway Extension Project in this city have been relocated to their new homes. The city government, together with the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Philippine National Railways… Read More
Joint labor, income survey covers 11K households in E. Visayas
July 13, 2023, 4:52 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – Some 10,752 households in the Eastern Visayas region will be covered in the ongoing July 2023 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2023 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) regional office here reported. PSA Eastern Visayas regional… Read More
BFAR heightens monitoring in red tide-hit E. Samar Bay
July 13, 2023, 4:48 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has heightened its monitoring in Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar province after laboratory results confirmed samples collected in the area are positive for paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). Even after releasing the result,… Read More
DA grants over P147-M cash aid to Negrense rice farmers
July 13, 2023, 4:28 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Some PHP147.64 million in cash aid has been allotted for rice farmers in Negros Occidental under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) program of the Department of Agriculture. The beneficiaries include 29,528 farmers who are given… Read More
Ilocos Norte’s Samiweng singers win gold in World Choir Games
July 13, 2023, 2:38 pm
LAOAG CITY – Ilocano choir “Samiweng" from Ilocos Norte province in the Philippines etched another history in the world of music as they bagged two top awards in the recently concluded 12th World Choir Games (WCG) held in Gangneung-si, Korea on July 3-13, 2023. The multi-awarded Samiweng… Read More
Hard work, DTI-acquired skills paid off, say 2 young traders
July 13, 2023, 8:38 am
DUMAGUETE CITY – Two young entrepreneurs from Negros Oriental are now reaping the rewards of hard work, perseverance and skills they learned from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)’s Kapatid Mentor Me Program (KMMP). Twenty-seven-year-old Sabrina Teves and Angelo Salvoro, 26, told the… Read More
E. Visayas villages asked to appoint ‘population volunteers’
July 13, 2023, 8:32 am
TACLOBAN CITY – The Commission on Population Development (CPD) has renewed its call to local government units to appoint barangay (village) population volunteers to carry out family planning programs in communities. CPD Eastern Visayas regional director Elnora Pulma said the role of community… Read More
6.5K poor families in Antique ‘validated’ as possible 4Ps members
July 13, 2023, 5:18 am
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Around 6,569 households from this province tagged as poor in the third round of the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) have been validated for possible inclusion in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Jeffrey Gabucay, the Pantawid Provincial… Read More
Renewable energy to complement economic growth in Caraga
July 12, 2023, 11:04 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Dinagat Islands Governor Nilo Demerey Jr., who chairs the Regional Development Council in the Caraga Region (RDC-13), welcomed the inauguration by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the 24.9-megawatt Lake Mainit Hydro Power Plant in the Agusan del Sur town of Jabonga… Read More
