BAGUIO CITY, March 1 (PNA) -– The Panagbenga 2014 grand closing ceremony will feature the performances of the winning street dancing contingents and elementary drum and lyre bands starting at 2 p.m….
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Leyeco V based in Ormoc stops ‘contracting’ of secondary line installations
ORMOC CITY, Feb 28 (PNA) –The Leyte Electric Cooperative (LEYECO) V based in Ormoc City stopped contracting methods adopted by consumers in the installation of secondary electrical line due to disarrays of…
OWWA partners with Sirib Express to bring scholarship assistance to Ilocano youth
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, Feb. 28 (PNA) — Good news to all dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers in Ilocos Norte! The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is set to partner with Provincial…
Isabela cities, towns assured of better, productive future
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb 28 (PNA) — Better and productive future is in the offing for the component cities and municipalities of the Province of Isabela. DILG-Isabela Provincial Director Elpidio A. Dalsin reported…
Breaker malfunction being considered in Mindanao blackout
By Joann Santiago MANILA, Feb. 28 (PNA) — Preliminary result of the investigation on the Mindanao-wide power outage Thursday showed that breaker malfunction at the more than 20-year old Agus 1 hydro-electric…
PESO Iloilo City facilitates employment of 88 persons abroad
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) -– The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of the Iloilo City Government here has facilitated the direct hiring at one time only of 88 persons for deployment…
DPWH-ARMM proposes 1,200 infra projects
COTABATO CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) — The District Engineering Offices (DEOs) of the Department of Public Works and Highways – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DPWH-ARMM) have identified 1,200 proposed infrastructure projects…
DOLE-ARMM targets 2,520 students for summer job program
By Noel Y. Punzalan COTABATO CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) – – The Department of Labor and Employment-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOLE-ARMM) is targeting 2,520 students to benefit from the P 6.3-million…
Dagupan police, PDEA seize P400,000 worth of illegal drugs
DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA)–The joint Dagupan Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) scored anew a major victory against illegal drugs when they seized 75 grams of shabu worth some P400,000…
Australian NGO renovates Maguindanao classrooms
COTABATO CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) — Almost 7,000 pupils in public schools in the towns of Ampatuan and Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao now benefit from the elementary classrooms rehabilitated by the…
OWWA-3 opens scholarship for OFW dependents
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office is now accepting applications for the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Dependent Scholarship Program (ODSP) for…
Ilocos student’s group to launch values formation program for remembering 28th EDSA 1 anniversary
By Freddie G. Lazaro LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, Feb. 26 (PNA) — A group of scholars and some students from the College of Teacher Education (CTE) of the Mariano Marcos State University…
Mayor, police chief seek community’s help to curb criminality in Dumaguete
By Judaline F. Partlow DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 25 (PNA) – Amid rising public criticism over the perceived “unsafe” environment prevailing in Dumaguete, the capital city of Negros Oriental, Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria and…
SMC to manage and operate Aleco starting March 1
LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 25 (PNA) — The San Miguel Electricity Corp. (SMEC) announced on Tuesday that it will fully assume the management and operation of the cash-strapped and debt-ridden Albay Electric Cooperative…
President Aquino visits Bantayan, Cebu
CEBU City, Feb. 25 (PNA) — President Benigno Aquino III visited Bantayan island in northern Cebu, one of the worst hit areas by Typhoon Yolanda and the 7.2-magnitude earthquake, in line with…