ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– The Department of Health (DOH) has conducted Tuesday a Regional Tobacco Control Network Meeting in this city in a bid to set up a coalition of different stakeholders…
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DOH chief visits Zambo evacuees, checks health facilities
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Dr. Enrique Ona visited this city Tuesday to check on the plight of the evacuees as well as the status of the government-run…
CamNorte gov’t to provide lying-in clinics with modern equipment
By Connie B. Destura LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) -– The provincial government of Camarines Norte is using the P2.2-million fund provided by an international donor to equip lying-in clinics with modern facilities. Gov….
Gunmen abduct Sulu businessman
By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr. ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– The police are conducting an in-depth investigation to unmask the seven gunmen who snatched a businessman in the province of Sulu, a police…
Drug pusher arrested in Boracay Island
BORACAY ISLAND, (PNA) –A suspected drug pusher was arrested by police operatives in an entrapment operation in this resort-island Monday morning. The suspect was identified as Jose Maria Antonio Kilayko, 41, a…
Baguio earmarks P700k for giant Christmas tree
BAGUIO CITY, (PNA)–The city government has already allotted P700,000 for its yearly giant Christmas Tree to be lighted here on December 1 to signal the start of the Yuletide Season in this…
Car show to usher in Ati-atihan opening salvo
KALIBO, Aklan (PNA) –A showcase of vintage cars will usher in the opening salvo of the Kalibo Sto. Nino Ati-atihan Festival 2014 on Oct. 25. At least three organizations of car and…
HPG 11 releases 6 cars seized from Baktin Carnap Group
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) already released at least six vehicles which were among those seized by authorities in their operations against Baktin Carnapping…
Housing developer association exec sees ‘houses for everybody’ solution to 12.5 million backlog by 2030
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — To provide houses for everybody is the real challenge, Subdivision and Housing Developers Association, Inc. (SHDA), president Paul Tanchi said. Tachi made the statement in his speech at…
Zambo mayor leads inspection in ‘ground zero’
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) – Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Tuesday led members of the Crisis Management Committee (CMC) and other city officials in an ocular inspection of the conflict areas in four…
Compostela Valley’s ‘Adopt-A-Child’ program now community-based
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — Now on its fourth batch, the “Adopt-A-Child Program” initiated by Governor Arturo T. Uy as provincial nutrition council chair has been widened with a community-based approach. Provincial administrator…
IOM selects Pampanga as recipient of post-disaster assistance
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, (PNA) –The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has chosen Pampanga as one of the beneficiaries of their emergency and post-emergency operations assistance. Maribel Blanco, chief of the…
Killer earthquake unlikely to hit Panay Island in near future – analyst
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — It could take about 100 years after 1948 before a giant tremor would likely hit Panay Island again. This was disclosed by a Philippine Institute Volcanology and Seismology…
Negros officials to meet next month to discuss one island-region proposal
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Officials of the two Negros provinces will meet on the first week of November to discuss plans of uniting the two provinces into a single region. Negros Occidental…
Negros Occidental to send P2-M aid to Bohol
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. said Tuesday the provincial government here is extending a P2-million donation to the earthquake-ravaged province of Bohol. On October 15, a 7.2…