Provincial
Cebu airport adopts power solutions to cut carbon emission
August 19, 2024, 7:52 pm
CEBU CITY – The premier airport in Central Visayas has adopted ground power solutions to reduce carbon emissions and offset fuel costs during boarding and arrival of passengers, an airport official said Monday. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) introduced Fixed Power Unit (FPU) and… Read More
Antique SP seeking replacement for suspended ex-officio members
August 19, 2024, 7:46 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board) of Antique will again seek the intervention of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), this time to fast-track the replacement of its three suspended ex-officio members to muster a quorum. The… Read More
MOA release urged for collection of regulatory fees in CJH
August 19, 2024, 7:44 pm
BAGUIO CITY – The city council has requested that the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) subsidiary John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) and the city government be prepared quickly. The council said this was necessary for the local… Read More
NegOcc works closely with BFAR vs. sale of illegally caught fish
August 19, 2024, 7:21 pm
BACOLOD CITY –The Negros Occidental provincial government is closely coordinating with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to prevent the sale of illegally caught fish in its food terminal in this city, Provincial Legal Officer Alberto Nellas Jr. said on Monday. "We condemn (the… Read More
Iloilo urges public to clean surroundings to fight dengue
August 19, 2024, 7:03 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) urged the public to focus on searching and destroying vector-breeding places because mosquitoes could not be eliminated by just mere sweeping. IPHO chief Dr. Maria Socorro Quiñon said on Monday that based on the feedback from sanitary… Read More
Comelec targets to recover over 9K deactivated voters in Dumaguete
August 19, 2024, 6:48 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has deactivated around 9,000 voters from this city for failure to vote in two succeeding elections. But these voters can be reactivated once they present themselves at the Comelec for registration, according to lawyer Ian Macaraya, city… Read More
Iloilo LGUs ask DBM to allow retroactive salary adjustment
August 19, 2024, 6:42 pm
ILOILO CITY – The province and city of Iloilo will appeal to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to allow a retroactive adjustment on the salaries of local government units (LGUs) from January this year. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said in a press conference on Monday that he… Read More
Pangasinan board urges LGUs to implement Safe Spaces Act
August 19, 2024, 6:38 pm
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Pangasinan on Monday approved a resolution urging local government units (LGUs) to adopt Republic Act (RA) 11313, or the Safe Spaces Act, or pass an ordinance for its full implementation. Board member Rosary Gracia Tababa said despite the… Read More
La Union strictly monitors prize freeze amid state of calamity
August 19, 2024, 6:30 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The provincial government of La Union is strictly monitoring the prevailing price freeze on basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs), selected essential medicines, basic processed products, agricultural produce, livestock and fisheries that is effective until Sept.… Read More
Police credit public support for zero-crime Kadayawan events
August 19, 2024, 6:20 pm
DAVAO CITY – No crime was recorded during the celebration of the 39th Kadayawan Festival here from Aug. 8 to 18, the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) reported Monday. Col. Hansel Marantan, acting DCPO director, commended the police and all Dabawenyos for the peaceful conduct of the popular… Read More
House helpers in BARMM assured of P5K monthly pay
August 19, 2024, 6:18 pm
COTABATO CITY – The Regional Wages and Productivity Board-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RTWPB-BARMM) on Monday issued the order granting domestic workers (kasambahay) a PHP5,000 minimum wage per month. The RTWPB, headed by BARMM Labor Minister Muslimin Sema, signed the new… Read More
2024 MassKara Festival logo depicts threatened flora, fauna in Negros
August 19, 2024, 5:50 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The logo of the 2024 MassKara Festival, set from Oct. 12 to 27, depicts the unique, vulnerable, and critically-endangered flora and fauna of Negros Island in the city's iconic smiling mask. Festival organizer Bacolod Yuhum Foundation (BYF), in a statement on Monday, said it is… Read More
High-powered firearms seized in Albay clash with rebels
August 19, 2024, 5:49 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Army's 9th Infantry Division (9ID) reported on Monday that it recovered several high-powered firearms from the New People's Army (NPA) after an encounter in Albay province. Maj. Frank Roldan, 9ID public affairs office chief, said the encounter occurred in Barangay… Read More
Higher palay buying price benefits Antique farmers
August 19, 2024, 5:26 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Palay traders offer a higher buying price in Antique as some farmers are having an early harvest. Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) assistant department head Dr. Gina Jordan said the buying price ranges from PHP20 per kilogram for newly harvested… Read More
Village chief, wife slain in Maguindanao Norte ambush
August 19, 2024, 5:08 pm
COTABATO CITY – A village chairperson and his wife were killed by still-unidentified gunmen in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao del Norte on Sunday night. Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Sultan Kudarat municipal police chief, identified the fatalities as Esmael Mustapha, chair of Barangay Bulibod, and… Read More
Magnitude 5.7 quake jolts Northern Samar
August 19, 2024, 4:55 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook Northern Samar before noon on Monday, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said, adding that no major damage resulted from the temblor. The temblor struck 34 kilometers north of Pambujan town at 11:39 a.m.… Read More
Interventions underway as dengue cases in Pangasinan jump by 98%
August 19, 2024, 4:51 pm
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Pangasinan hired additional health workers, distributed treated mosquito nets, and appealed for massive clean-up drives to help curb the rise in dengue cases in the province which jumped by 98 percent from January 1 to August 19 this… Read More
DAR-assisted farmers' groups supply agri products to CamSur hospital
August 19, 2024, 4:49 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – Three farmers' groups assisted by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Camarines Sur II on Monday started to supply fresh agricultural products to the biggest hospital in the region, the Bicol Medical Center (BMC) in Naga City. In an interview, Renato Bequillo, DAR-Camarines… Read More
Army seizes abandoned war materiel in Maguindanao Sur
August 19, 2024, 4:40 pm
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte – Government troops recovered in Maguindanao del Sur town of Sultan sa Barongis a dozen assorted high-powered firearms abandoned by an armed group on Sunday afternoon. Lt. Col. Robert Betita, Army’s 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion (1MIB) head, said his… Read More
Borongan City gives aid to ex-rebels
August 19, 2024, 3:25 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Borongan City government has turned over financial assistance to two former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who recently surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion (78IB). Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda handed over on Monday some PHP50,000 to each of… Read More
