BAGUIO CITY, Sept. 1 (PNA) — Baguio City celebrated its 105th Charter Day anniversary Monday with a theme, “Shared responsibilities, duties and resources for a vibrant Baguio”. The Baguio Day program at…
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Bicol is pilot area for foreign-funded rabies-elimination project
LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 1 (PNA) — At least four provinces of the Bicol region have been chosen as pilot areas for a rabies-elimination project funded by the Australian government with the technical…
Panglao mayor signs salvage zone order
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Prodded by political, the municipal administration marked Panglao’s fiesta celebration with the signing of a landmark executive order, enforcing the mandatory salvage…
PAL to welcome final Boeing 747 aircraft flight at NAIA-2 on Monday
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Aug. 31 (PNA) — Philippine Airlines (PAL) is set to welcome the final arrival flight of its flagship aircraft — the Boeing 747-400 — at the Ninoy…
Lucena police round up, and rescue streetchildren
By Belinda M. Otordoz LUCENA CITY, Quezon Aug 30 (PNA) – A team from Lucena City Police Station led by P/Senior Inspector Elena Eleazar, chief of Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD),…
13,000 teachers gather in Quezon for Annual Teacher’s Convention
By Belinda M. Otordoz LUCENA CITY, Quezon Aug 30 (PNA) – More than 13,000 public schools teachers gathered Thursday and Friday at the Quezon Convention Center in this city for the annual…
Bohol gets youth rehab center
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Aug. 30 (PNA) — Years had passed since the start of the implementation of the Juvenile Justice law in the middle of 2006, but it is…
Mayor Romualdez expresses gratitude to SM Foundation for newly reconstructed hospital
By Caryl Vivien S. Tomanda TACLOBAN CITY Aug 31 (PNA) – City Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez thanked the SM Foundation for renovating and refurbishing the Tacloban City Hospital. Romualdez said that rebuilding…
PAGASA sets P3M fund for Tacloban station rebuilding
TACLOBAN CITY, Aug 31 (PNA) – – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has earmarked P3 million for the rebuilding of its Tacloban station within the airport complex. “The…
State prosecutors indict three ex-RHPU 7 cops for ambush-slay of Cebu lawyer
CEBU CITY, Aug. 29 (PNA) — State prosecutors have recommended the filing of criminal cases against three former Regional Highway Patrol Unit (RHPU) 7 officials tagged in the ambush-slaying of lawyer Noel…
Tacloban PESO gets PHP 6M fund for small business recovery
TACLOBAN CITY, Aug. 29 (PNA) — The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in this city got an initial budget of PHP 6 million in the provision of livelihood for city residents whose…
Calbayog City gears for September mass immunization
By Jen S. Allegado CALBAYOG CITY, Aug 29 (PNA) — The health department of this city is now ready for the month-long measles rubella – oral polio vaccine mass immunization that will…
Bicol University joins DOST’s graduate scholarship offering program
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 29 (PNA) – The Bicol University (BU), the region’s premier higher education institution with main campuses here, is now among the Science Education Consortium (SEC)…
Sorsogon village dad electrocuted while fixing power line
LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 28 (PNA) — A village councilor was electrocuted while fixing the electrical line of a constituent in Bacon, Sorsogon on Wednesday afternoon. A police report stated that barangay official…
We’re winning the peace in Negros Occidental –- Army
BACOLOD CITY, August 28 (PNA) –- The chief of the Philippine Army in Negros Occidental has declared that they are “winning the peace” in the province. Col. Jon Aying, commander of the…