CEBU CITY, (PNA) — The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) has passed a resolution authorizing Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III to negotiate with Manny V. Pangilinan’s company, the Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC),…
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Davao City wants tribal games next year
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — The city government of Davao wants to hold next year the first ever Tribal Games for the 10 different tribes here. Tribal leaders and representatives attended a meeting…
Convergence is Davao Norte’s localized peace process — Gov. del Rosario
DAVAO DEL NORTE, (PNA) — Local governments in the Philippines can have their own version of the national peace process by making sure that they bridge the geographical distances between the government’s…
Comelec’s lack of budget for barangay polls miffs Cebu City mayor
CEBU CITY, (PNA) — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has said he was miffed that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be holding barangay elections without a budget. This was Rama’s reaction…
Police watching 7 Cebu barangays for Oct. 28 polls
CEBU CITY, (PNA) — Police are closely watching seven barangays in Cebu province as part of security preparations for the Oct. 28 barangays elections. Senior Supt. Noel Gillamac, Cebu Provincial Police Office…
DOH, partners launch campaign vs filariasis, other tropical diseases in Iloilo
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — The Department of Health, in partnership with non-government organization Coalition for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (CELF) Philippines Inc. and drug company GlaxoSmithKline, launched in this city the…
PMAP hosts forum with Calabarzon governors on managing high growth environment on Oct. 18
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna (PNA) -– The People Management Association of the Philippines Inc. (PMAP) Calabarzon chapter will host a forum on “Managing in a High Growth Environment” with invited Calabarzon governors as…
Ilonggo teen scout gets national honors
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — Fifteen-year-old Kleio Alfric Tobias of Central Philippine University was chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Boy Scouts (TOBS) of the Philippines. Tobias, a native of Cabatuan, Iloilo,…
Iloilo village head survives ambush but nephew killed
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — A village chieftain survived while his nephew was killed in an ambush Wednesday in Calinog, Iloilo. Police report revealed that Eustaquio Porras, head of Barangay Lonoy, was on…
BFAR-6 to host Visayas-wide environmental media confab
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 6, in coordination with Tanggol Kalikasan and the United States Agency for International Development, will hold a Visayas-wide Environmental Media…
Butuan City inks MOU with Spain-based NGO for gender promotion
BUTUAN CITY, (PNA) — The Butuan City government signed Thursday morning a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Paz y Desarollo (Peace and Development) to promote gender equality in political participation in Agusan…
DTI’s shared service facility to generate over 4,000 jobs in E. Visayas
PALO, Leyte, (PNA) — The Dept. of Trade and Industry is eyeing to generate at least 4,487 direct and indirect jobs from deployment of shared service facility (SSF) in Eastern Visayas. Ma….
PNP’s marksmanship program eyes P.2M aid from Nueva Vizcaya peace body
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, (PNA) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) here is expected to get funding assistance for the implementation of the agency’s Marksmanship Proficiency Project (MPP) among policemen in the province….
Diocese of Balanga to hold processions vs ‘pork barrel’
BALANGA CITY, Bataan, (PNA) — The Diocese of Balanga will hold processions on Saturday as a way to demonstrate strong opposition to the alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)…
P1.7-million water system installed in Dueñas, Iloilo
ILOILO, (PNA) — Two of the six water systems in Dueñas town funded by the provincial government of Iloilo were inaugurated Wednesday in rites led by Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. These two…