CEBU CITY, Oct. 8 (PNA) — The air quality indices of Metro Cebu continues to be within a range of either ‘fair’ or ‘good’, a Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)…
Category: Regional News
Iloilo needs improved internet connectivity
ILOILO CITY, Oct. 8 (PNA) -– Iloilo needs to improve its internet connectivity. This is one challenge that was discussed during Tuesday’s critiquing of the recently concluded 2015 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation…
Gov. Davide says Cebu ready for second round of APEC meetings
CEBU CITY, Oct. 7 (PNA) — Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III Wednesday said the province is all set for the second round of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) senior ministerial meetings which will…
14% growth in Albay tourist arrivals expected by yearend
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Oct. 7 (PNA) — Tourist arrivals in Albay are expected to grow by 14 percent by yearend despite challenges such as the recent kidnapping case in Zamboanga,…
Innovations eyed for city tourism office
ILOILO CITY, Oct. 7 (PNA) -– Newly-appointed city tourism officer, Junel Ann Divinagracia, is planning to introduce innovations aligned with the instruction of Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog for her to “clean up”…
TCPO deploys additional policemen to secure city’s business district, bus terminals
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct 7 (PNA) — The Tuguegarao City Police Office (TCPO) has assigned additional policemen to patrol round the clock the city’s business district and bus terminal to ensure that people…
65 companies to hire workers during MassKara Job Fair
BACOLOD CITY, Oct 7 (PNA) — Sixty-five companies will take part in the MassKara Job Fair set on October 9, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the lobby of the Bacolod…
Nueva Vizcaya tiger grass producers get PHP.7-M fund aid
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct. 7 (PNA) — Tiger grass producers here recently got P700,000 funding assistance from the provincial government and SN Aboitiz company. Governor Ruth Padilla said that through the fund,…
GenSan to auction 924 ‘delinquent’ real properties
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Oct. 7 (PNA) — The city government will auction by the end of the month some 924 private real properties here due to their unpaid taxes that already reached…
Gov’t okays release of PHP70-M for rebuilding of flood-hit bridge in Koronadal City
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Oct. 7 (PNA) — The national government has approved the release of around PHP70 million for the rebuilding of a vital bridge in Koronadal City that was destroyed a…
South Cotabato starts comprehensive review of revenue code
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Oct. 6 (PNA) — In a bid to increase its local revenues, the provincial government of South Cotabato has launched a comprehensive review of its revenue code. Alfredo Dumanig,…
Biliran gains from tourism promotion program
By Brigitte Pauline Mae Talaña NAVAL, Biliran, Oct. 5 (PNA) – This province is reaping the fruits of summer tourism promotion in the past six months after it was launched. Biliran provincial…
17 missing fishermen rescued, identified
BOLINAO, Pangasinan, Oct. 6 (PNA) — Seventeen fishermen from Bolinao who were on board two separate fishing boats when they left for fishing expedition in the West Philippine Sea on October 2…
Lawyers stage indignation rally in Dumaguete City, slam ‘culture of impunity’
DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 6 (PNA) – Some 300 judges, prosecutors, lawyers and law students staged a protest march and indignation rally in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, late Tuesday to call for the…
Talikud Island in Samal now ready for investment
DAVAO DEL NORTE, Oct. 6 (PNA) — The provincial government of Davao Del Norte urged investors to invest in properties in Talikud Island Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) which have relatively…