LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, March 17 (PNA) — Customer service excellence is now the top advocacy policy of the present provincial administration under the stewardship of Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. This was after…
Category: Regional News
RDC-Bicol lists 9 pipeline programs, projects
By Connie B. Destura LEGAZPI CITY, Mar. 18 (PNA) -– Nine programs and projects in the Bicol Region are now in the pipeline after they had been reviewed and endorsed by the…
Iloilo races for ports development
By Lydia C. Pendon ILOILO CITY, Mar. 17 (PNA) – Two commercial ports in the city and province of Iloilo are up for rehabilitation and expansion in a move to make Iloilo…
Rotating power outages in South Cotabato seen to ease in 2 weeks
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 14 (PNA) — The worsening power shortage affecting parts of Mindanao is seen to ease by the end of the month with the targeted streaming of around 100…
INC breaks ground for housing, eco-farming projects for Yolanda victims in Leyte
By Perla G. Lena TACLOBAN CITY, March 14 (PNA) — The Iglesia in Cristo (INC) Friday broke ground for a housing project with livelihood components for its brethren from Leyte, especially in…
Zambo fire, grenade blast victims receive cash aid
ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 14 (PNA) — Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar led the distribution Friday of cash assistance amounting to P79,000 to 24 families whose properties were damaged in three separate fire incidents…
Makati allots P2-B for education
MANILA, March 14 (PNA) — The city government of Makati continues to invest heavily in the proper development of its youth, allocating around P2 billion for education services out of its P11.7-billion…
Students encouraged to venture into agriculture
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, March 13 (PNA) — An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) is encouraging students to venture into agriculture, saying that farming is a lucrative career…
10,000 kilos of bangus to be grilled simultaneously in Dagupan
DAGUPAN CITY, March 13 (PNA)–More than 10,000 kilos of milkfish raised from the clayish fishponds of Dagupan wil be grilled during a big event called Bangusan Street , the penultimate activity of…
DENR prepares 3 villages in Albay town for Balik-Probinsya Program
By Emmanuel P. Solis LEGAZPI CITY, March 13 (PNA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Bicol regional office is preparing an upland area in Oas, Albay, for its Balik-Probinsya…
DPWH to finish Iloilo road network before APEC 2015
By Lydia C. Pendon ILOILO CITY, March 13 (PNA)-– Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson has pledged to finish the rehabilitation and expansion of the national road network in…
1st tree hopping adventure in Bataan opens
PILAR, Bataan, March 11 (PNA) — Thrill seekers and nature enthusiasts can now take part in a unique, exciting and exhilarating tree-hopping adventure in the province. Situated near the breathtaking falls at…
NegOcc provincial gov’t to revive airstrip in Hinobaan town
BACOLOD CITY, March 11 (PNA) – Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. has disclosed plans to develop the rural airstrip for small planes in Hinobaan, the province’s southernmost town, to boost the…
DPWH to put up additional bike lanes in Metro Manila
MANILA, March 12 (PNA) — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is planning to add more bike lanes in Metro Manila to encourage the public to try other modes of…
ARMM, Maguindanao leaders bid goodbye to international peace monitors
COTABATO CITY, March 12 (PNA) –Local officials in Maguindanao and in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) bade farewell and showed appreciation to the departing batch of international peace monitors. The…