TARLAC CITY, Tarlac, Oct. 26 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has already tasked Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson to coordinate with local government authorities to repair as soon…
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Dust particles in Cebu’s air now beyond safe limits as ‘smaze’ hovers-EMB 7
CEBU CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) — The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 has said dust particles in Cebu’s air has gone beyond safe limits as “smaze,” a combination of smoke and haze,…
San Pedro Calungsod Shrine eyed in south Cebu town
CEBU CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) — A shrine for San Pedro Calungsod, the Philippines’ only second saint and the first from Cebu, is being planned in the southern Cebu town of Ginatilan,…
Doctors urge public in NIR: Wear masks despite ‘clearing’ of haze
By Judaline F. Partlow DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) -– The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 18 or the Negros Island Region (NIR) and a private doctor specializing in lung diseases…
Weather forecaster says ‘Amihan’ to blow ‘smaze’ back to Indonesia
CEBU CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) — A government weather forecaster Monday said the coming “Amihan” or northwesterly winds will blow back to Indonesia the “smaze” that has affected parts of Mindanao and…
Virac town has relocation sites for 9 high-risk villages
VIRAC, Catanduanes, Oct. 26 (PNA) — Virac town Mayor Flerida Alberto said she has started to prepare a relocation site for some 1,080 households or 5,400 villagers in the coastal barangays that…
Dagupan finally passes ordinance banning establishment of fish pens
DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 26 (PNA) –The city council finally passed an ordinance prohibiting the establishment of fish pens in any river or waterway in Dagupan, putting the future of all the already…
Eastern Visayas stages 2015 Oktubafest to promote local beverage
By Roel T. Amazona TACLOBAN CITY, Oct. 25 (PNA) – Entry from the local government unit of Alang-alang, Leyte and EF Winery were adjudged as the 2015 Oktubafest for producing best tasting…
Sulu’s civet coffee invades international market
By Digna D. Banzon DAVAO CITY, Oct. 25 (PNA) — The civet coffee of Sulu produced by Muslim women and former rebels in Sulu has captured the international market. Grown in the…
Legazpi adopts charcoal briquetting as another industry for the poor
LEGAZPI CITY, Oct. 25 (PNA) — Taking advantage of the technology developed by a research arm of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the local government here is adopting charcoal…
Indonesia haze isn’t sparing Puerto Princesa, Palawan
By Keith Anthony S. Fabro PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Oct. 25 (PNA) -– Puerto Princesa and some parts of southern Palawan are not free from the haze that is currently overspreading in Indonesia…
Uphold good governance, campus journalists told
By Ronald O. Reyes BATO, Leyte, Oct. 25 (PNA) – Campus press must continue to uphold historic role as one of the pillars of progressive media. Thus said Reyan Arinto, a former…
Tagbilaran Airport closed due to haze
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Oct. 24 (PNA) — Hundreds of Bohol-bound passengers from Manila have been re-routed to Cebu upon the advisory from the tower controller at the Tagbilaran Airport…
Petilla seeks passage of ‘institutional law’ to ensure sustainable programs
TACLOBAN CITY, Oct. 15 (PNA) –- Former Energy Secretary and senatorial aspirant Jericho Petilla said that an institutional law should be pushed to address long term problems in the country. Petilla described…
Restoration of collapsed belfry of centuries-old Basilica del Santo Nino 50% complete
CEBU CITY, Oct. 15 (PNA) — The restoration of the belfry of the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in Cebu City which collapsed during the magnitude 7.2 earthquake two years ago is…