CITY OF ILAGAN, Sept. 9 (PNA) — The Isabela Police Provincial Office (IPPO) is expecting the arrival of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas tomorrow, Thursday, to turn…
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PNP deploys 700 personnel for Peñafranca fiesta
By John Mark Escandor NAGA CITY, Sept. 9 (PNA) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) Bicol regional office is deploying 700 personnel in Naga City for the duration of the nine-day religious…
Sec. Mar Roxas welcomes new political party in Negros Oriental
DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 9 (PNA) — Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has urged members of the the newly formed Partido Negorense headed by Negros Oriental Governor Roel Ragay…
BI execs say 69 aliens caught for online fraud in Cebu face deportation
CEBU CITY, Sept. 9 (PNA) — Immigration officials said the 69 foreigners, mostly Taiwanese nationals, arrested by police for online fraud in Cebu City Tuesday will face deportation proceedings, aside from criminal…
17 Bicol LGUs gets DILG’s Seal of Good Local Governance; hundreds fail
LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 9 (PNA) — Out of the 120 local government units (LGUs) across the Bicol Region, only 17 will get the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) from the Department…
POEA-12, lawyers group offers free legal services to distressed OFWs
COTABATO CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Region 12 and a lawyers’ organization are offering free legal services to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from the region…
Cebu Capitol to review value of lots occupied by 5,000 Cebu City families
CEBU CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) — The Cebu Provincial Government will have to review the market rate of its lots in Cebu City occupied by some 5,000 families to see if these…
No takers for RDC chairmanship in Western Visayas
ILOILO CITY, Sept 8 (PNA) -– Local leaders who are qualified to sit as chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC) are not interested in assuming the post, said National Economic and…
57 Negrenses complete call center training program under Capitol-run NOLITC
BACOLOD CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) — Fifty-seven trainees finished the Contact Center Service NC II Course for call center agents and the English Language Proficiency Program of the Negros Occidental Language and…
El Nino threatens Php 2.2-B palay production losses in Bulacan, Pampanga
By Catherine J. Teves MANILA, Sept. 7 (PNA) –Water reserve at Angat Dam was projected to dip towards a historic low by mid-2016 due to the worsening El Nino phenomenon, posing a…
City government of Ilagan eyeing P7-B solar power plant
CITY OF ILAGAN, Sept. 7 (PNA) — The city government of Ilagan is eyeing a P7-billion solar power plant that will establish the city as the solar energy capital of the Philippines…
NGCP drops Leyte-Mindanao Interconnection Project
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Sept. 7 (PNA) -– The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has dropped the Leyte-Mindanao Interconnection Project (LMIP), citing difficulties in the installation of submarine cables. Christian B….
Dabaonons told to conserve water as dry spell worsens
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Sept. 7 (PNA) — Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Anastacia Notarte asked the people of Davao del Norte to conserve water in order to mitigate the effects of the…
Senior citizens in Dumaguete City receive aid from DSWD’s Bottom-Up Budgeting program
DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 7 (PNA) — Three hundred senior citizens in the city, aged 77 and above, received financial aid amounting to PHP2,000 each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development…
Rep. Robredo still hopeful for passage of Anti-Dynasty Law
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Sept. 6 (PNA) – Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo is hopeful that the 16th Congress will pass the Anti-Dynasty Law after President Benigno Aquino III declared the measure as…