Provincial
Camarines Sur disaster responders level up skills
February 6, 2023, 6:32 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – The provincial government of Camarines Sur through the assistance of the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol (OCD-5) has conducted training to produce proficient instructors for disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) capability-building activities in the province. The training… Read More
Broadcaster, 3 others nabbed for extortion in Pangasinan
February 6, 2023, 6:30 pm
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – Authorities have arrested a local broadcaster and three other suspects for alleged robbery extortion in this city and confiscated guns and ammunition from their custody. In a phone interview on Monday, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office director Col. Jeff Fanged… Read More
95-MW solar farm in Ilocos Norte town to supply Luzon grid
February 6, 2023, 6:11 pm
LAOAG CITY – Ilocos Norte province's renewable energy production will be amplified as another 95-megawatt (MW) solar project is up to supply clean energy. In a joint report of the Provincial Board’s committees on environment and natural resources and on laws, rules, ethics, and privileges,… Read More
Solon bats for legal scholarship, return service program
February 6, 2023, 5:57 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – A party list lawmaker on Monday pushed for a measure seeking to create a legal scholarship and return service program for students who would want to pursue and become part of the law profession. Ako Bicol Party-list Representative Raul Angelo Bongalon on Feb. 1 filed House Bill… Read More
Bacolod City eyes PPP dev’t of Manokan Country as tourist site
February 6, 2023, 5:56 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Monday the city government is considering a public-private partnership (PPP) to develop the famous Manokan Country here into a prime tourist destination. “We want to improve it. It lacks many things, the physical venue itself, the kitchens,… Read More
494 suspects fall in C. Luzon weeklong police ops
February 6, 2023, 5:35 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A total of 494 individuals who committed various offenses were arrested in weeklong anti-crime operations in Central Luzon. Brig. Gen. Cesar Pasiwen, Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) chief, said on Monday the operations from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4 were… Read More
PhilSys registers over 8.7M in C. Luzon in 2022
February 6, 2023, 5:34 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A total of 8,719,775 residents in Central Luzon registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in 2022. This represents 70.2 percent of the target registrants in the region, a Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services 3… Read More
2.2K Albay town fishermen to get P3K aid each from DSWD
February 6, 2023, 5:33 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – A total of 2,233 fishermen in Rapu-Rapu town in Albay are set to receive aid from the government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) with the help of Ako Bicol Partylist and 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda. In an interview on Monday, Mary Gizelle… Read More
Food park tent in Lapu-Lapu collapses, 9 hurt
February 6, 2023, 5:05 pm
CEBU CITY – The Lapu-Lapu city government has ordered an investigation to determine the cause of the collapse of a huge tent covering a newly opened food park in the historical island city’s village of Maribago on Sunday night that left nine people injured. Mayor Junard Chan said Monday he… Read More
14 Ilocos Norte coops get P7-M multipurpose solar dryers
February 6, 2023, 4:52 pm
LAOAG CITY – Fourteen units of multipurpose drying pavements worth PHP7 million will be constructed in various parts of Ilocos Norte to increase the income of farmer cooperatives by offering more quality produce. "With the solar dryers, farmers are expected to avoid drying their produce along… Read More
11 BARMM offices, hospitals get DOH ‘Red Orchids’ award
February 6, 2023, 4:28 pm
COTABATO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) national office and the Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) have recognized 11 government offices and hospitals in the region for effectively implementing the no-smoking policy in their premises last… Read More
PCG aids ship captain who suffered mild stroke off Surigao coast
February 6, 2023, 4:26 pm
BUTUAN CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard in Surigao del Norte (PCG-SDN) has aided a ship captain who suffered a mild stroke off the coast of Surigao City on Sunday.“Through our station commander, Romeo Dax Calamaya, the PCG-SDN immediately dispatched a Deployable Response Group, particularly… Read More
South Negros evacuees return home, receive P1.4-M aid from DSWD
February 6, 2023, 4:21 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Western Visayas (DSWD-6) has distributed PHP1.4 million in relief assistance to residents affected by the armed encounters between government troops and communist rebels in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City in southern Negros… Read More
Sagada wants new gov't center to house LGU, nat'l offices
February 6, 2023, 4:01 pm
SAGADA, Mountain Province – The local government here is planning to relocate its municipal hall to its 30-hectare property in Sitio Kanipawan, Poblacion, and is inviting national agencies to open satellite offices in the same area for the convenience of their residents. “We are giving an… Read More
Borongan pushes tourism; offers airfare discount
February 6, 2023, 3:32 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – To encourage people to visit Borongan City and other areas in Eastern Samar province, Borongan will provide air fare discounts to take the air route connecting the city to Cebu and Manila. Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda said the discount could only be availed if the… Read More
Police seize loose guns, ammo in Tarlac
February 6, 2023, 2:55 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Several unlicensed guns and ammunition were confiscated from a villager after authorities raided his house in Concepcion town, Tarlac province on Sunday. Armed with a search warrant, joint elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Provincial… Read More
P3-B sought to fund 35 flood control projects in E. Visayas
February 6, 2023, 2:12 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is seeking PHP2.94 billion in funding for the construction of 35 flood control projects in three Eastern Visayas provinces this year. DPWH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Edgar Tabacon said these projects are highly necessary… Read More
7 ASG bandits killed, 2 captured in Sulu clash
February 6, 2023, 1:19 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seven Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) extremists were killed while two others were captured following a firefight in the hinterlands of Sulu province, a top police official said Monday.Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said the clash… Read More
MILF co-founder Sheik Khalifa Nando dies, 82
February 6, 2023, 12:48 pm
COTABATO CITY – Sheik Khalifa Nando, one of the founders of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), died Sunday. He was 82.Nando, largely seen as the first symbolic head of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), was laid to his final resting place on the same day, officials… Read More
Suspects in ambush of Marines in Lanao Sur pursued
February 6, 2023, 11:10 am
COTABATO CITY – Police and Marine field units are hot on the trail of suspects behind the weekend ambush in Marogong town, Lanao del Sur province, that killed a Marine sergeant and injured three others, a police official said Monday.“We have identified the suspects and a joint police and… Read More
