By Perla G. Lena TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) — Organizers of the biggest gathering of indigenous cultures dubbed as Dayaw 2013 here in Leyte province assured that concerns of delegates will be properly…
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Group backs Mayor Rama’s plan to build 1,000-bed Cebu City hospital
By Eddie Barrita CEBU CITY, (PNA) — A newly-formed group of Cebuano professionals in the medical, business and academic sector are supporting Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s plan to build a new…
All Saint’s Day, All Souls’ Day celebration in Cebu, Central Visayas peaceful – PRO 7
By Eddie Brrita CEBU CITY, (PNA) — The celebration of All Saints’ Day Friday and All Souls’ Day Saturday in Cebu and Central Visayas was generally peaceful, a ranking police official said….
Newly-elected barangay chair gunned down in North Cotabato
MANILA, (PNA) — Two unidentified men shot and killed a newly-elected barangay chairman while walking along the National Highway near Barangay Bagontapay, Mlang town, North Cotabato on Saturday afternoon. Capt. Antonio Bulao,…
Defective electrical circuit triggers fire in Cotabato residential village
COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — Fire officials here said Saturday that defective electrical circuit triggered a fire that razed to the ground several houses in Barangay Poblacion 7, Cotabato City on All Saint’s…
90-year-old woman visits daughter’s grave alone on All Saints’ Day
SAMAL, Bataan, (PNA) — An old woman came alone to the cemetery in this town at past 2 p.m. of All Saints’ Day on Friday. Almost stooping, she lighted two small white…
Army sets entrance exams in Bicol
CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, Pili, Camarines Sur, (PNA) — A mobile team from the headquarters of the Philippine Army will be conducting the Philippine Army Aptitude Test Battery (PAATB) in the different provinces…
Bayombong group conducts blood donation campaign
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, (PNA) — A civil society organization in this town is conducting a bloodletting campaign to reinforce the blood supply of the Nueva Vizcaya Blood Bank (NVBB). Dr. Anthony Parong,…
BFAR intensifies registration of fishing boats in Eastern Visayas
By Perla G. Lena TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will put the full force of the law against any commercial fishing company operating without proper…
DOLE, SSS to launch “AlkanSSSya” savings program with San Pablo’s informal sectors
By Saul E. Pa-a SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna (PNA) -– Social Security System (SSS)-San Pablo City Branch manager Wenceslao Virtucio announced on Wednesday that the agency will launch the “AlkanSSSya Ng Bayan”…
Poll inspectors, watchers and police escorts escape NPA ambush try
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, (PNA) — Members of the Board of Election Inspectors of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), poll watchers and their police escorts from the Matnog Municipal…
City govt to set up assistance center for ‘Undas’
TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) –Assistance Centers will be set up by the city government in the six cemeteries here to assist the public during the observance of the All Saint’s Day and All…
Cops sustain full alert status in observance of ‘Undas’
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, (PNA) — Police authorities in South Cotabato province has sustained the area’s full alert status in connection with the observance of the All Saints Day and All Souls Day….
Quake jolts Davao Sur coastal town
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) -– A 5.2 magnitude earthquake jolted Sarangani town in Davao del Sur late Tuesday night, the latest earthquake information of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) showed….
San Jose, Antique police gets 40 firearms
ANTIQUE, (PNA)–The San Jose Municipal Police Station in Antique recently received 40 units of Glock 17 Generation 4 9mm pistols from the Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6). San Jose Mayor Rony Molina said…