BAGUIO CITY, Nov. 10 (PNA) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) Cordillera Regional Office is designing plans that will suit the needs of the farmers and other agricultural stakeholders to combat the…
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PHP376M project to provide potable water to 1,000 families in 2 villages in Cebu, Mandaue cities
CEBU CITY, Nov. 10 (PNA) — A PHP376-million project will provide potable water taps to more than 1,000 families in two villages in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue. The project, called…
Pantawid kids to gather for annual Children’s Regional Congress in Davao City
DAVAO CITY, Nov. 10 (PNA) — The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will conduct the three-day annual Regional Children’s Congress and Awarding of…
Maltreated OFW returns home in Tarlac
By Homer Teodoro TARLAC CITY, Tarlac, Nov. 10 (PNA) –An overseas Filipino worker from this province has finally returned back home from Saudi Arabia where she was maltreated by her employer. Rea…
‘Great Wall of Tacloban’ protects coastline municipalities from storm surges
By Lilybeth G. Ison TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 9 (PNA) — The national government has prioritized the allocation of PhP48 billion for the construction of a 27-kilometer seawall or tidal wave embankment to…
3 killed, over 30 families fled homes as two armed groups clash over land in Maguindanao-Sultan Kudarat borders
By Edwin O. Fernandez DATU ABDULLAH SANGKI, Maguindanao, Nov. 9 (PNA) – At least three persons were killed while more than 30 families fled homes as two armed groups clashed over land…
Pangasinan wins another national award
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Nov. 9 (PNA)– The province of Pangasinan won another national award, this time from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) that conferred the province the “Gawad Pasasalamat sa…
Tacloban official lauds locals for being typhoon resilient
By Lizbeth Ann A. Abella TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 9 (PNA) – The normalcy of lives of the people in this city two years after super typhoon “Yolanda” is a testament of their…
Residents of Kalayaan town in West Philippines Sea continue to suffer lack of food supply
By Archie T. Barone PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Nov. 9 (PNA) — Kalayaan Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon Jr. said lack of food supply remains a problem by residents of the island town in the…
DSWD validates list of poor families in Region 9
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 9 (PNA) -– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Listahanan project, has called on the public to actively participate in the conduct of validation in…
‘Yolanda’ survivors struggle to move on, two years after the tragedy
By Sarwell Q. Meniano & Keyrve B. Homeres TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 9 (PNA) – When everyone was listening to the message of a Roman Catholic priest during a mass at a common…
Tacurong City’s Lupong Tagapamayapa, among the country’s Top 4, vies for national citation
TACURONG CITY, Nov 4 (PNA) — The Lupong Tagapamayapa (Peace Council) of Barangay Upper Katungal, Tacurong City has been named as one of the country’s Top 4 National Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives and…
Pangasinan gov’t doctor under probe for driving away patient
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Nov. 4 (PNA)– The Provincial Health Office (PHO) is now investigating a doctor of the Western Pangasinan District Hospital (WPDH) in Alaminos City for being rude, impolite and had displayed…
Calamity-resilient classrooms showcase use of container vans at Silliman University
DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 4 (PNA) — After a 7.2-magnitude earthquake and typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines in 2013, serious thinking and re-thinking happened in Silliman University. One of the challenges that surfaced…
Security declares travel to Davao is still safe vs ‘laglag bala’
DAVAO CITY, Nov. 4 (PNA) — Aviation Security Group XI chief John Deleon Esteban declared the Davao’s Francisco Bangoy International Airport as safe for passengers against the “laglag bala” scam as he…