BACOLOD CITY, Sept. 23 (PNA) — The Provincial Capitol currently awaits the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) guidelines on the set-up of government offices in the newly-created Negros Island Region (NIR)…
Category: Regional News
Burias Pass coastal communities to benefit from PHL-Italy funded ecological program
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 23 (PNA) –- Fisherfolk communities along the coastlines of Burias Pass are the target beneficiaries of a coastal resource management undertaking funded under the Philippines-Italy…
Dumaguete named official finalist to ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards 2015
DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 22 (PNA) -– The local government unit of Dumaguete City, the capital of Negros Oriental, has been one of the official finalists for the 2015 ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards. The…
Calamba beauty pageant advocacy gets nod from int’l award-winning director
By Saul E. Pa-a CALAMBA CITY, Laguna Sept. 22 (PNA) — Calamba City’s advocacy criterion for its forthcoming “Mr. & Ms. Calamba” beauty pageant got a nod on Tuesday from no less…
Legislator seeks PHP1M for each of Cebu City’s 80 villages for disaster tools
CEBU CITY, Sept. 22 (PNA) — A Cebu City legislator has filed a resolution seeking the release of PHP1 million for each of the city’s 80 barangays to be used for the…
Samar mayor backs call to dismantle private armies
CATBALOGAN CITY, Sept. 22 (PNA) — A Samar town mayor expressed hope that killing incidents perpetuated by private armed groups (PAGS) operating in the province will be stopped and resolved by law…
PhilRice cites importance of biomass to maintain soil nutrients
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, Sept. 22 (PNA) –The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has cited the importance of using biomass on rice fields in order to maintain soil productivity. In…
Flashflood displaces 334 families in Pagadian City
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 22 (PNA) — Flashflood spawned by continuous downpour on Monday afternoon has displaced 334 families whose houses were inundated in Barangay Tiguma, this city. Haron Damada,…
ARMM leaders visit infra projects in Maguindanao, vow completion as scheduled
COTABATO CITY, Sept. 21 (PNA) — Administrative and public works officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on Monday visited vital infrastructure projects in Maguindanao to ensure smooth implementation of government…
PhilRice–Isabela conducts demo on resource use of technology
SAN MATEO, Isabela, Sept. 21 (PNA) — The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)-Isabela conducted a Resource Use Efficient Technology demonstration in its Learning Farm at Malasin, San Mateo, Isabela over weekend. “We…
Town executives seek President Aquino, DSWD help on typhoon-damaged houses
By Villamor Visaya Jr. TUGUEGARAO CITY, Sept. 20 (PNA) — Town officials in Santa Praxedes, Cagayan have been appealing to President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and Social Welfare Secretary Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman…
Robbery eyed in farmer’s killing
By Villamor Visaya Jr. TUGUEGARAO CITY, Sept. 20 (PNA) — Police operatives on Saturday have been working on a robbery motive in the killing of a 44-year-old farmer in Barangay San Juan,…
Veteran solon says Poe does not deserve presidency
LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 20 (PNA) — The Bagong Umaga presidential hopeful, Senator Grace Poe, does not deserve the presidential post, a former Albay lawmaker and veteran politician said. Former representative Edcel C….
Cavite’s No. 1 Most Wanted Person, village council member, notorious group fall
By Sol Luzano CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Sept. 20 (PNA) — Operatives of the Dasmariñas City police and Tracker Team of Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) arrested Saturday Ramon Lupanggo Bicua, listed Cavite’s Number…
49 indigenous Tagbanua minors from Palawan town rescued by DSWD in religious sect in Cavite
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Sept. 20 (PNA) — Social welfare authorities and representatives of the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) recently rescued 49 minors belonging to Tagbanua indigenous communities in Coron in…