Provincial
Naga City records 260% rise in tourist arrivals in 2022
February 3, 2023, 3:17 pm
NAGA CITY – A total of 2,184,287 domestic and foreign tourists were recorded to have visited this city in 2022, up by 260 percent from the 839,724 tourist arrivals registered in 2021. This was reported Friday by Alec Santos, Naga City Arts, Culture and Tourism Office (ACTO) head after his office… Read More
CDO tax collection rises by 36%, highest in five years
February 3, 2023, 2:47 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government has reported a 36 percent increase in its business tax collection in December 2022, the highest in the last five years."It can be attributed to the increase in the gross sales of businesses in the city as businesses recover from the economic slump,”… Read More
Regional body to form task force for E. Visayas railway study
February 3, 2023, 2:20 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Development Council (RDC) will form a task force to prepare a concept note for the Eastern Visayas railway system eyed more than 20 years ago. RDC chair and Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez said the region’s highest policy-making body agreed in its special… Read More
Iloilo City records clustering of dengue cases, hotspot area
February 3, 2023, 1:03 pm
ILOILO CITY – The city health office here is monitoring five barangays in Lapuz district where a clustering of dengue cases has been recorded while a village in Arevalo district has been identified as a hotspot area. There is a clustering of cases when a village has three or more cases in four… Read More
Quake displaces 90 Davao Oro hospital patients
February 2, 2023, 9:14 pm
DAVAO CITY – About 90 patients evacuated from the Davao de Oro Provincial Hospital (DDOPH) on Wednesday evening will remain at the Montevista Sports Complex, as the hospital is undergoing structural intensity assessment (SIA) after the damage sustained from the magnitude 6 earthquake.In a… Read More
300 small fishermen in Bulacan get aid from prov'l gov't
February 2, 2023, 8:34 pm
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan – The provincial government here has provided fishing gear to marginal fishers here as part of its continuing efforts to help improve their living condition. Gov. Daniel R. Fernando led on Wednesday the distribution of 233 gill nets and 65 marine engines to 300 fishers… Read More
N. Ecija farmers to adopt crop tech under mechanization program
February 2, 2023, 7:51 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A total of 15 farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Nueva Ecija will adopt crop establishment technologies under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) mechanization program. Joel V. Dator, director for operations of the Department of… Read More
Benguet town pushes for veggie traders’ registration
February 2, 2023, 7:35 pm
BAGUIO CITY – The municipal government of La Trinidad, Benguet is ironing out guidelines for its plan to require the registration of vegetable traders and disposers to prevent “bogus” buyers from preying on innocent farmers. “We want to require them to register and post a bond so that our… Read More
Competent, committed LGU execs key in disaster resilience: DENR
February 2, 2023, 7:30 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Local chief executives must possess competence and commitment in implementing policies on disaster and climate resiliency for enduring results on the ground, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Antonia Loyzaga said here Thursday.During the… Read More
Flood-affected Mindoro farmers get P4-M certified seeds from DA
February 2, 2023, 7:24 pm
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) has distributed a total of 2,850 bags of certified seeds worth PHP4,332,000 to farmers affected by the series of flooding in this city and six towns of Oriental Mindoro… Read More
Chinese firm eyes $200-M e-vehicle plant in Bacolod City
February 2, 2023, 7:15 pm
BACOLOD CITY – Officials of a Chinese company are visiting here to discuss their proposal to build a USD200-million electric (e)-vehicle manufacturing plant in the city, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Thursday. Officials of Jiangsu Fengchuen New Energy Power Technology Co. Ltd. came… Read More
Proposal for EO on Negros Island Region underway
February 2, 2023, 7:13 pm
BACOLOD CITY – The proposed executive order (EO) for the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR) is being drafted and will soon be presented to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said here Thursday. "All the departments are now collating… Read More
Zambo City officials call for action to conserve wetlands
February 2, 2023, 7:13 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (OCENR) here has urged the public to help the government conserve the wetlands in their communities.Engr. Reynaldo Gonzales, OCENR chief, underscored Thursday the importance of conserving the wetlands to achieve the… Read More
11K renewals logged in Butuan's one-stop shop biz registration
February 2, 2023, 7:12 pm
BUTUAN CITY – At least 11,306 business establishments renewed their registrations during the month-long Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) that was conducted by the city government here last month.In a statement Thursday, the city’s Public Information Office (PIO) said aside from the renewals,… Read More
Iloilo City police chiefs, anti-drug unit personnel replaced
February 2, 2023, 7:03 pm
ILOILO CITY – Five of the six station commanders under the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) and 14 personnel of the City Drugs Enforcement Unit (CDEU) were relieved on Thursday. “This is in line with the instructions of our regional director (Gen. Leo M. Francisco) and our city mayor (Jerry P.… Read More
Alaminos City opens boardwalk at mangrove park
February 2, 2023, 7:03 pm
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – The home of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Pangasinan has opened a new attraction that would raise awareness on the importance of mangroves and wildlife. In a phone interview on Thursday, city tourism officer Miguel Sison said the 448-meter long boardwalk… Read More
Courier paid P5K to deliver package in Cavite yields P6.8-M shabu
February 2, 2023, 6:27 pm
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – A 28-year-old drug suspect was arrested by joint forces of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 4A-Regional Special Entrapment Team 1 and 2 in a buy-bust operation Wednesday night along Molino Boulevard, Barangay Talaba 4 in this city. PDEA operatives identified… Read More
Army overruns NPA lair in Calbayog City; recovers firearms
February 2, 2023, 5:31 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army has recovered high-powered firearms and explosives after a clash with suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in an upland village in Calbayog City, Samar on Wednesday.Acting spokesperson of the Philippine Army's 43rd Infantry Battalion (IB), Lt.… Read More
P3.2-M social dev't projects from DSWD benefit CamSur villagers
February 2, 2023, 4:37 pm
LEGAZPI CITY – Hundreds of villagers in Pasacao town, Camarines Sur province will now reap benefits from the community development projects turned over by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In an interview on Thursday, Ranelle Anne Sertan, DSWD 5 (Bicol) social marketing… Read More
Cops recover cache of explosives in Dinagat
February 2, 2023, 4:34 pm
BUTUAN CITY – Police operatives in Dinagat Islands recovered a cache of explosives in San Jose town on Thursday.Lt. Col. Renel Serrano, chief of Dinagat’s Provincial Investigation and Detection Management Unit, said a team from the Provincial Tactical Operation Center discovered two hand… Read More
