By April Mae O. Espada VILLABA, Leyte, Sept. 6 (PNA) – World Vision has distributed pedicabs (cycle rickshaw) on Saturday to poor families in this town. The initiative aims to provide livelihood…
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Teenagers in Bataan town clean canals as deterrent to flood, dengue
By Ernie B. Esconde SAMAL, Bataan, Sept. 6 (PNA) — A group of teenagers in this agricultural town began Saturday cleaning canals and will continue to do during Saturdays and Sundays until…
Bulacan getting ready for “Singkaban Festival 2015”
MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, Sept. 6 (PNA)–Bamboo arts galore! Well crafted bamboo arches, popularly known as “Singkaban”, are now sprouting all over the province, particularly in this historic capital city, as the provincial…
Santa Rosa City police nab suspected assailant of Hongkong consul’s nephew
By Dick Garay SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna Sept. 6 (PNA) — Elements of Santa Rosa City Police Station headed by Police Superintendent Reynaldo Maclang, chief of police, arrested Duarte Bertulazo, 19, 3rd…
Gunmen seize retired education official, child in Zamboanga Sibugay
By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 6 (PNA) – Government authorities have launched pursuit operations aimed at rescuing a retired education official and a child abducted on Sunday by gunmen…
DSWD 11 holds Kalahi-CIDSS Talakayan in ComVal town
By Carmela C. Duron COMPOSTELA, Compostela Valley, Sept. 6 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 11 through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehesive and Integrated Delivery of…
President Aquino allocates PhP124M to build marine base in Zamboanga village
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA) -– President Benigno Simeon Aquino III has allocated PhP124 million for the purchase of a lot and the construction of marine base in Barangay Rio Hondo, this…
School, industry, Calamba LGU ink partnership, collaboration on connectivity
By Zen Trinidad CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Sept. 4 (PNA) — The Laguna College of Business and Arts (LCBA) in this city through the Linkages and External Affairs (LES) inked an agreement today…
Ormoc shootout kills suspected high profile drug lord
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Sept. 4, (PNA) – A suspected high profile drug lord was killed during a police operation in the city Thursday morning. City Director Police Sen. Supt Ferdinand M. Garay…
CFO to fund water system project in Iloilo village
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA) — The Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) will fund a water system project in the town of Carles in the province. The PHP1.5 million-rainwater harvesting system project…
DBM assists W. Visayas SUCs in fast-tracking implementation of projects
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA) –- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is now gearing to submit its recommendations on how to speed up implementation of projects by the respective boards…
Cebu sees more foreign investment from APEC hosting, says Gov. Davide
CEBU CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) — Cebu’s provincial government is planning to create more economic zones and is drawing up strategies to enhance port facilities, as it gears up for increased foreign…
PNP says provincial capital is Sorsogon’s ‘most dangerous’ place
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) – Sorsogon’s provincial capital, Sorsogon City, is the most dangerous place in the province, according to the police. The Philippine National Police (PNP)…
Big impact on Iloilo City economy with APEC hosting
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) — Iloilo City’s July and September hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will ultimately bring two-pronged benefits to the metropolis. Former financial analyst Jose Rey Delfin,…
Phase II of TPLEx substantially completed
DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA)–The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has announced here that Phase II of the four-lane Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) from Rosales to Urdaneta City was already substantially…