By Nanette L. Guadacquiver BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Negros Occidental warned political parties and government officials against openly endorsing candidates as the campaign period for the…
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Iloilo City honors students in tax information drive
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — The Office of the City Assessor, in coordination with the Office of the City Mayor, honored the top 10 senior high school students from 13 public high schools…
Power in Central Visayas back to normal
By Joann Santiago MANILA, (PNA) — Power has been fully restored in the earthquake-hit central Visayas Wednesday night. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), in an advisory, said the power…
DSWD releases P6.3-M relief assistance to victims in Central Luzon
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, (PNA) -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided some P6.38 million worth of relief assistance to the victims of typhoon Santi in Central Luzon….
Batak Cultural Revival and Development Forum held in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, (PNA) -– In a bid to celebrate the distinct cultural identity of Palawan’s Batak indigenous community, as well as the Agta, Aeta, and Ati people of Luzon with whom…
DSWD: 4Ps beneficiaries can run in village polls but must leave anti-poverty program
KIDAPAWAN CITY, (PNA) — Member beneficiaries of the national government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P’s) can seek elective positions in the barangay elections, the 4P’s in-charge in North Cotabato said Wednesday. However,…
Mother, son face each other in barangay elections in Dagupan
By Leonardo V. Micua DAGUPAN CITY, (PNA)—A mother and son will face each other in the barangay elections in Poblacion Oeste here on Oct. 28 despite an earlier effort of another member…
2 injured soldiers in Capiz encounters get Wounded Personnel Medal
CAPIZ, (PNA) — Two injured soldiers of the 61st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were awarded the Wounded Personnel Medal (WPM) while being treated at the Camp Peralta Station Hospital in…
Police dig deeper into P9.4M worth of 4Ps “CCT” robbery-hold up in Quezon town
By Saul E. Pa-a CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City (PNA) -– Calabarzon and Pagbilao, Quezon police continued on Wednesday their investigations of the P9.4 million robbery-hold up along the Maharlika Highway noontime…
Neg Occ police round up 18 gun ban violators
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) – Eighteen violators of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) gun ban have been rounded up so far by the police in Negros Occidental. The latest arrest on Monday involved…
“Hito” Growing among Davao Rice Farmers
By Digna D. Banzon DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — It started with only 200 square meters area that rice farmers in Los Amigos, this city allocated for “hito” (catfish) growing within their respective…
PCA bares strategies to make Pangasinan self-sufficient in coconuts in 3 years
By Leonardo V. Micua LINGAYEN,Pangasinan, (PNA)–The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has assured that it would help in the massive planting of coconuts in Pangasinan in order to make it as one of…
Silay City high school, 4 other schools to represent Neg Occ in regional stats quiz
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Five secondary schools will represent Negros Occidental in the Statistics Quiz regional finals in Iloilo City on Oct. 25. These are Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School, which…
FDA 8 urges public to report drug stores with no licensed pharmacists
By Perla G. Lena TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) –The public is urged to report to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if there are drug stores operating in the region without a licensed…
Official stresses importance of S&T in lives of Filipinos
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — An official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) stressed the importance of S&T not only in the economy of the country, but in the lives of…