Provincial
Over 7K job vacancies for Negrenses on TESDA’s 30th year
August 12, 2024, 5:07 pm
BACOLOD CITY – More than 7,000 job vacancies will be available for Negrenses during the World Café of Opportunities (WCO) to mark the 30th year of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central here on Aug. 16. “We are inviting all TESDA… Read More
Korean Navy completes renovation of child dev't center in Legazpi City
August 12, 2024, 4:55 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) on Monday turned over the newly renovated Naval Forces Southern Luzon (NFSL) Child Development Center facility inside the naval station in Barangay Rawis, this city, as part of the Pacific Partnership 2024. In an interview, Lt. Seo Jong Hun,… Read More
Opening of classes leads to higher inflation in NegOcc, Bacolod City
August 12, 2024, 4:04 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Education services are a top major contributor to the uptrend in inflation in Negros Occidental and this highly-urbanized city in July 2024, data of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) here on Monday showed. The previous month’s inflation rate for all income households in… Read More
8K marijuana plants uprooted in NegOr village
August 12, 2024, 3:52 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police uprooted 8,000 fully grown suspected marijuana plants worth PHP 1.6 million during an enhanced police operation Sunday night in the mountain village of Manduao in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) spokesperson Lt. Stephen… Read More
Super Health Center benefits 5 villages in Dagupan City
August 12, 2024, 3:17 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The new Super Health Center in Dagupan City is catering to the medical needs of the five eastern villages of the city for free. “This facility will provide services like dental, laboratory, X-ray, birthing facility, and other medical services complementing our… Read More
Surigao Sur IP leaders want NPA adviser jailed
August 12, 2024, 2:35 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Leaders of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Surigao del Sur want Umbid Sinzo, the captured regional adviser of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the Caraga Region, to be prosecuted and jailed.Datu Rico Maca, the IP Mandatory Representative of the Surigao del Sur town of San… Read More
Bacolod cops seize P4.3-M shabu, arrest 9
August 12, 2024, 2:16 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The police seized PHP4.3 million in suspected shabu and arrested nine individuals in various operations in this city the past three days, according to a report released Monday. Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, an estimated 255 grams of shabu valued at PHP1.734 million were recovered from… Read More
P17.5-M smuggled cigarettes intercepted in 5-day BARMM ops
August 12, 2024, 2:04 pm
COTABATO CITY – Police in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) seized PHP17.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in the last five days, an official said Monday.“This is proof that smuggling has no place in BARMM,” Brig. Gen. Prexy Tanggawohn, chief of the Police… Read More
Crackdown on vs. erring notarial service in Cebu City
August 11, 2024, 4:51 pm
CEBU CITY – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Cebu City Chapter called on lawyers to support its efforts to prevent notarial service from being used for fraud and other malpractices. “We urge all notaries to review their practices in light of these observations and enhance their… Read More
NHCP pushes for disaster risk management plan for heritage assets
August 10, 2024, 5:04 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – A conservator of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has called on government agencies, local government units, and other institutions to prepare a disaster risk management plan for heritage sites and assets. Richard Baula of the NHCP’s Materials… Read More
4 drug peddlers nabbed, P1.9-M ‘shabu’ seized in S. Kudarat ops
August 10, 2024, 9:23 am Updated on August 10, 2024, 9:44 am
KORONADAL CITY – Police authorities in the Soccsksargen region announced Saturday the arrest of four drug peddlers and the confiscation of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP1.9 million during separate entrapment operations in Sultan Kudarat province. Brig. Gen. James… Read More
5 rebels killed, high-powered firearms seized in Iloilo encounter
August 9, 2024, 9:55 pm
ILOILO CITY – Five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed during a series of clashes with government troops in Calinog, Iloilo Thursday. The three consecutive encounters between the 12th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army and members of the Regional Headquarters and Central… Read More
1.5K Baguio students tested for possible eyesight issues
August 9, 2024, 8:56 pm
BAGUIO CITY – Some 1,500 kindergarten up to third graders from public schools here have been tested for possible eye refraction problems, an issue that ophthalmologists from a government-run hospital aim to address. Dr. Lilette Marie Canilao, medical specialist III at the Baguio General Hospital… Read More
Butuan City gov’t compliant with ease of doing business law
August 9, 2024, 8:53 pm
BUTUAN CITY – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has recognized the local government here for fully setting up an Electronic Business One-Stop Shop (e-BOSS) in adherence to the provisions of Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Delivery of Government Service. The… Read More
Solar energy farm thru PNOC to address Dinagat power needs
August 9, 2024, 8:22 pm
BUTUAN CITY – The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is set to establish a solar farm in Dinagat to serve as a power reserve amid the increasing demand for electricity in the island province. In a phone interview on Friday, Provincial Planning Office of Dinagat Islands chief Jorge Daligdig… Read More
Antique’s capital town pushes waste segregation at source
August 9, 2024, 7:48 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) of this capital town of Antique has urged residents, institutions, and establishment owners to practice waste segregation at source as their sanitary landfill in Barangay Pantao is almost full. San… Read More
Ex-OFWs complete ‘Balik Bayani sa Turismo’ training in Pangasinan
August 9, 2024, 7:05 pm
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Forty-one former overseas workers from Pangasinan have graduated from the pilot run of the three-day “Balik Bayani sa Turismo” community-based culinary training. The project of the Department of Tourism (DOT) Ilocos Region, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and… Read More
P7.6-M aid benefits over 2.5K Ilonggos
August 9, 2024, 6:49 pm
ILOILO CITY – The PHP7.6 million assistance under the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) benefitted 2,550 city residents during the two-day payout in a mall in this city that ended on Friday. AKAP was intended for the “near… Read More
Molasses spill contained in Sagay City port
August 9, 2024, 6:36 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The molasses spill from M/T Mary Queen of Charity docked along the feeder port in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, has already been contained, with minimal trace of the leak remaining on Friday. This was confirmed by Sagay Marine Reserve Resource Assessment head Roberto Togle as the… Read More
Ati community eyes mandatory representative in Antique village
August 9, 2024, 6:35 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is extending assistance to the Ati community in Barangay Igcococ, Sibalom, to have a representative in their village council to ensure their needs as a cultural minority group are attended to. Charlen… Read More
