CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 12 (PNA) – The proposed Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) would be scrutinized by five standing committees of the local august body here, a council member…
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Yolanda survivors see hope through Gawad Kalinga
PANAY, Capiz, Oct. 12 (PNA) — Rebuilding their lives after losing what they have from Yolanda way back November 2013 could be difficult, but not for families of this town who are…
Pampanga gov distributes financial, medical assistance to TB patients
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Oct. 12 (PNA) — Governor Lilia Pineda on Monday distributed financial, food and medical assistance to some 1,800 tuberculosis (TB) patients at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention…
OWWA-12 launches annual Model Overseas Filipino Workers Family of the Year Award
COTABATO CITY, Oct. 10 (PNA) – The search is on for the 2015 Model Overseas Filipino Workers Family of the Year Award (MOFYA), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA-12) announced Saturday. Marilou…
IYCF program needs LGU support
BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 10 (PNA) — The Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC), through RNC Resolution number 05 s. 2015, is encouraging the local government units (LGUs) in the Cordillera Region to organize breastfeeding…
Dagupan market revenue collection continues to increase
DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 9 (PNA) — Income from the city market of Dagupan continues to grow this year, an indication of increased business activities and enhanced dynamism by local traders. City Market…
Negros Occidental told to develop more areas in local real estate, housing industry
BACOLOD CITY, Oct. 9 (PNA) — Negros Occidental needs to develop more areas in its real estate and housing industry as it lags behind the neighboring Iloilo, said an official of the…
Food firm donates piglets, egg machines to Negros Oriental and Siquijor
DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 9 (PNA) –- Pilmico, the food subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc., on Friday donated ten piglets and six egg machines to some pre-screened beneficiaries in Negros Oriental and…
Nueva Ecija police revamped
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Oct. 9 (PNA) — Senior Supt. Manuel Cornel, Nueva Ecija police director, has urged his men to intensify anti-criminality operation under the agency’s Lambat Sibat platform even as…
Ilocos Norte gov’t buys 7.8 tons of garlic from growers
DINGRAS, Ilocos Norte, Oct. 9 (PNA) — Garlic growers in this town were able to sell at least 7.8 tons of their garlic produce this harvest season directly from the provincial government….
Coastal, underwater clean-up in Davao areas set Saturday
DAVAO CITY, Oct. 9 (PNA) — A coastal and underwater clean-up drive will be conducted on Saturday in the Talikud Island Mangrove Sanctuary of the Island Garden City of Samal. The clean-up…
Iloilo City posts highest cases of HIV/AIDS in Western Visayas
ILOILO CITY, Oct. 9 (PNA) — Iloilo City posted the highest number of reported HIV/AIDS cases in Western Visayas. Latest cumulative data from the Department of Health regional office show that from…
Maguindanao’s major flood control projects nearing completion, DPWH says
By Edwin O. Fernandez COTABATO CITY, Oct. 8 (PNA) — Two major government projects, designed to prevent devastating floods in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces, is nearing completion in Maguindanao, the Department…
Makati City plans to replace 5,000 tricycles into new e-trikes
By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan MANILA, Oct. 8 (PNA) — Electric tricycles (e-trikes) will be seen in Makati soon as The Makati city government plans to replace at least 5,000 old tricycles…
Calabarzon posts 1.9-M tourist arrivals in H1 ’15
MANILA, Oct. 8 (PNA) — A total of 1.9 million tourists visited and stayed in Calabarzon region (Region IV-A) during the first half of 2015, data from the region show. Data also…