Provincial
Iloilo City cops net over P1.4-M shabu in series of operations
February 20, 2023, 6:36 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) has netted over 210 grams of shabu valued at more than PHP1.428 million in 23 anti-drug operations from Jan. 27 to Feb. 19 this year. Data from the ICPO showed the series of operations resulted in the arrest of 34 suspects; six were identified… Read More
DSWD eyes over 56K potential 4Ps beneficiaries in Ilocos
February 20, 2023, 6:32 pm
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has identified some 56,750 indigent households as potential beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) for this year in Ilocos Region. In a phone interview on Monday, 4Ps information officer Jaesem… Read More
Power outage hits 5 provinces of Western Visayas
February 20, 2023, 6:30 pm
ILOILO CITY – Investigation is ongoing to pinpoint the cause of the power interruption that hit five provinces of Western Visayas region while the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) rushes to restore power in the affected areas. The NGCP monitored the “system disturbance,… Read More
DPWH allots P98.5B for over 2.4K infra projects in Central Luzon
February 20, 2023, 6:21 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Luzon (DPWH-3) said on Monday it will implement a total of 2,452 infrastructure projects this year. DPWH-3 Regional Director Roseller A. Tolentino said some PHP98.47 billion was allocated for the… Read More
Alleged arsonist dies in fire that razed 260 houses in Zambo City
February 20, 2023, 6:18 pm Updated on February 20, 2023, 6:21 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected arsonist died in a two-hour fire that razed 260 houses mostly made of light materials in a cramped residential area in this city, officials said Monday. Supt. Cristopher Morales, Zamboanga City Fire District marshal, said the fire broke out at the house of a certain… Read More
Paoay unveils historical marker of Spanish-era bridge
February 20, 2023, 6:12 pm
LAOAG CITY – Officials and residents of Paoay town in Ilocos Norte province witnessed on Monday the unveiling of a new marker of the 200-year-old Paoay bridge popularly known as “Lumang Tulay" (olden bridge) located within the boundary of Barangays San Juan and Nambaran. In a message to her… Read More
Chinese firm submits proposal to build e-vehicle plant in Bacolod
February 20, 2023, 5:58 pm
BACOLOD CITY – A Chinese firm has submitted a formal proposal to the city government to establish an electric (e)-vehicle manufacturing plant in a still undisclosed area here. "This is an offshoot of our trip to China," said Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez in a press briefing on Monday. Benitez,… Read More
Elite force deployed in N. Samar to beef up campaign vs. Reds
February 20, 2023, 5:58 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The arrival of Scout Rangers in Samar from Davao would intensify the government’s campaign against the New People’s Army in Northern Samar, the Philippine Army said Monday. The 4th Scout Ranger Battalion troopers will be placed under the operational control of the Joint Task… Read More
DSWD-6 readies P58.4M goods, cash aid for disaster relief
February 20, 2023, 5:53 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas (DSWD-6) is ready with over PHP58.4 million assistance in food, non-food and cash assistance for local government units needing augmentation in times of disasters. “We have a 51,221 food packs worth PHP27.4… Read More
Aussie doctors give 'smiles' to kids with cleft palate in Mindoro
February 20, 2023, 5:22 pm
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – A team of Australian volunteer doctors and nurses concluded over the weekend a six-day free surgical mission to repair cleft lip and cleft palate, mostly of children from the underprivileged sector in this province. The Helping Children Smile (HCS) Inc.,… Read More
Nearly 1.8M residents in C. Luzon receive ePhilIDs last month
February 20, 2023, 5:19 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Almost 1.8 million residents in Central Luzon have received their ePhilIDs or the electronic printable version of the Philippine Identification System ID, commonly known as the national ID as of January this year. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine… Read More
Korea, UN extend PHP490-M aid to fight teen pregnancy in Region 8
February 20, 2023, 4:38 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and United Nations agencies are extending a PHP490-million grant to address teen pregnancy in the provinces of Southern Leyte and Samar in the next four years. KOICA Country Director Kim Eunsub said during the launch on Monday… Read More
8 human trafficking victims rescued in Tawi-Tawi
February 20, 2023, 3:58 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have rescued over the weekend eight victims of human trafficking in Tawi-Tawi province, a top police official said Monday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said the victims were rescued around 8 p.m. Saturday at the… Read More
Legazpi fishpond cooperators receive 110K tilapia fingerlings
February 20, 2023, 3:55 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – Some 110,000 tilapia fingerlings have been distributed by the City Agriculture Office (CAO) to 152 fishpond cooperators here since January. City Agriculturist Shiela Nas, in an interview on Monday, said the fingerlings were provided by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources… Read More
Japantown to rise in Bacolod east township
February 20, 2023, 3:39 pm
BACOLOD CITY – A Japantown will soon rise on a three-hectare site inside the 34-hectare The Upper East township of Megaworld Corp. here. In a press briefing on Monday, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said Megaworld chief strategy officer Kevin Tan, who is an adopted son and honorary mayor of… Read More
N. Cotabato town offers P400-K bounty over spate of killings
February 20, 2023, 11:53 am
PIKIT, North Cotabato – The local government has offered a PHP400,000 reward money for anyone who can provide information that would lead to the identification and arrest of the perpetrators behind the recent killing of a 13-year-old student and tricycle driver here.Mayor Sumulong Sultan said… Read More
OccMin villages get solar lights from provincial gov't
February 19, 2023, 8:12 pm
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – Addressing the perennial problem of brownouts, the provincial government of Occidental Mindoro province on Sunday delivered solar street lights to several villages of Lubang Island, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said.… Read More
Suspects in killing of Negros cop, BJMP officer under close watch
February 19, 2023, 8:09 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY – Authorities have identified persons of interest in the shooting-to-death of a police officer and a jail personnel and the wounding of a female civilian during a fiesta celebration on Saturday night in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. “Just this afternoon, I was in Bayawan City… Read More
Kaliwa Dam to displace 200 families: Quezon IPs
February 19, 2023, 7:32 pm
LUCENA CITY – Members of the Dumagat-Remontados tribe in Quezon province on Sunday debunked claims by proponents of the Kaliwa Dam project in General Nakar town that the massive infrastructure will affect just 15 families. The tribespeople, who are now on the fifth day of their nine-day march… Read More
Wreckage of Cessna plane located in Albay sans pilot, passengers
February 19, 2023, 7:05 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – After more than 32 hours of search and rescue efforts, the wreckage of the Cessna aircraft 340, which was reported missing on Saturday, was located in Camalig, Albay around 3 p.m. on Sunday. In a statement, Camalig Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo Jr. said the aircraft with tail number… Read More
