MANILA, Dec. 16 (PNA) — As part of its effort to disseminate information on different hazards and their corresponding impacts, the city government of Taguig on Monday presented the Multi-Hazard and Risk…
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Kidapawan City gov’t commends blue guard for honesty
By Edwin O. Fernandez KIDAPAWAN CITY, Dec 14 (PNA) — It pays to be honest. This was proven by a lowly paid security guard who turned over to a local radio station…
Pasay City to hold Santa Run for ‘Yolanda’ orphans on Saturday
MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) — The city government of Pasay is advising all motorists that the Pasay section of Roxas Boulevard will be closed on Saturday morning to give way to the…
Magnitude 3.6 aftershock jolts Bohol
MANILA, Dec. 12 (PNA) –A powerful aftershock from last Oct. 15 magnitude-7.2 quake that shook Central Visayas was felt in the province of Bohol on Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute…
Tacloban City to take action against barangay officials caught repacking relief goods
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Dec. 12 (PNA) — Administrative sanctions await village officials that were caught repacking the relief goods distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) instead of giving…
Tacloban city mayor acknowledges support extended by national government
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Dec.11 (PNA) — Mayor Alfred Romualdez acknowledged the support extended by the national government to his devastated city in the aftermath of super typhoon “Yolanda”, hoping it would set…
SSS opens service office to facilitate transaction in Tacloban City
MANILA, Dec. 11 (PNA) — The Social Security System (SSS) has opened a Service Office (SO) in Tacloban City, the area hardest-hit by Super Typhoon “Yolanda”, to facilitate services for affected residents….
PNP to adjust curfew hours in Tacloban City in light of Misa de Gallo next week
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Dec. 11 (PNA) — In time with the Filipino tradition of Misa de Gallo or “Simbang Gabi”, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be adjusting the curfew that is…
Region 12 public schools are now “zones of peace”
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Dec. 10 (PNA) — All public pre-school, elementary and high schools in the SOCCSKSARGEN region have been declared “zones of peace,” the Department of Education in Region 12 announced Tuesday….
DPWH to revive sustenance fishing in typhoon-ravaged Iloilo towns
ILOILO CITY, Dec. 10 (PNA) — Financially-bedeviled fishermen from the coastal towns of Estancia and Concepcion in Northern Iloilo, one of Central Philippines’ hardest hitareas during super-typhoon Yolanda’s onslaught last November 8,…
PNP says curfew still in effect in Tacloban City, Guiuan town
By Perla G. Lena TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 9 (PNA) — Curfew is still being effected in Tacloban City and Guiuan town of Eastern Samar. At the coordination meeting Monday at the Leyte…
People of Palo remember life’s biggest lessons from ‘Yolanda’
PALO, Leyte, Dec. 9 (PNA) — The resilience of Filipinos and their strong devotion towards the Catholic faith were on display Sunday as those who survived the onslaught of super typhoon “Yolanda”…
400 benefit from cash/food-for work at DSWD’s Tacloban hub
TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 5 (PNA) — Some 400 workers are now benefitting from the cash/food-for work program at the Tacloban City hub of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Effective…
High attendance of teachers, students noted as classes resume in Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 5 (PNA) — The Leyte division of the Department of Education (DepEd) has noted high attendance of teachers and pupils going back to school since classes resumed Monday in…
Capitol job fair draws huge turn out
ILOILO CITY, Dec. 04 (PNA)–Thousands of jobseekers trooped to the Iloilo Provincial Capitol lobby as early as 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday to take part in the job fair organized by the provincial…