DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — Photographer Perkins Bayron of Bayron’s Photoshop ruled the first Davao Executive & Employees Chess tournament held Sunday at the NCCC Mall. Bayron carded 4.5 points and edged out…
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Former President Fidel V. Ramos to visit Neg Occ on Oct. 18
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Former President Fidel V. Ramos, also known as FVR, will visit Negros Occidental on Oct. 18 to attend various events in the cities of Bacolod and Bago and…
Floods in Neg Occ bring damage worth P76.7-M
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) -– Floods that hit southern and central Negros Occidental last week caused damage worth P76.748 million and affected 47,730 individuals, data from the Provincial Planning Development Office Monday (PPDO)…
Negrense to run in 2014 Boston marathon
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — A runner from Silay City, Negros Occidental will join the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21. Dino Polo Pison was invited by the Boston Athletic Association, a non-profit…
Provincial gov’t sends off Pangasinan delegation to Batang Pinoy-Luzon Games
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, (PNA) — About 380 athletes and coaches of team Pangasinan arrived October 13 in Iba, Zambales to compete for the Batang Pinoy-Luzon cluster elimination games on October 15-19. The participating…
MNLF members yield in Bukidnon
MALITBOG, Bukidnon, (PNA) — An undetermined number of individuals who claimed to be members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) surrendered “en masse” to officials in Malitbog, Bukidnon, a town official…
Nueva Ecija under state of calamity
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, (PNA) –The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP)presided by Vice Governor Jose Gay Padiernos on Monday unanimously approved the resolution declaring Nueva Ecija under the state of calamity. Padiernos said the…
(Lead) Floods from Pampanga, Nueva Ecija now cascading towards 2 Bulacan towns
By Emil G. Gamos MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, (PNA) -– Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado Saturday requested operators of Bustos dam to temporary close its collapsed Gate 4. This, after receiving latest updates from…
Update: Rampaging floods submerge entire San Miguel, Bulacan town, 20 villages in San Ildefonso
By Emil G. Gamos MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, (PNA) — Rampaging floodwaters cascading from the Sierra Madre mountains submerged the entire town of San Miguel while 20 villages in nearby San Ildefonso town…
PDEA agents, cops arrest three men in drug buy-bust operation in Tacurong City
COTABATO CITY, (PNA) –Joint police and anti-narcotics agents arrested on Saturday during a buy bust operation three men involved in large scale drug trade in Tacurong City, police said. Supt. Junie Buenacosa,…
Clearing of roads in Nueva Ecija fast-tracked
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, (PNA) — Coordinated efforts among governmet institutions have fast track the clearing of road networks rendered impassable by fallen trees, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council…
Newly amended law allows cutting of severely infested coconut trees
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) — Coconut trees are now allowed to be cut on some conditions under the newly amended Republic Act 10593, known as an Act providing for the regulation of the…
Teams start repair of damaged powerlines in flood-hit Bulacan town
By Emil G. Gamos MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, (PNA)-—As sunny weather began to prevail in many parts of the province, government teams and linemen of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Sunday started…
Almost 19,000 barangay poll bets in Region 6 ‘early birds’ in COC filing
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Region 6 reported that 18,863 aspirants in the October 28 barangay elections filed their Certificates of Candidacy (COC) during the first day…
14 quakes jolt Marinduque – Phivolcs
MANILA, (PNA) –At least 14 earthquakes jolted the province of Marinduque that started Saturday afternoon until Sunday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs). In a phone interview,…