BAGUIO CITY, Aug. 8 (PNA) — More than 60,000 indigent senior citizens (SC) in the Cordillera Region are recipients of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Social Pension Program (SPP),…
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Two banana plantation workers hurt in NPA attack in North Cotabato
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao, Aug. 8 (PNA) — Police and military have launched manhunt against suspected New Peoples Army (NPA) in North Cotabato believed to be responsible in the attack on a bunk…
Talikud Island in Davao del Norte readies quality workforce
TALIKUD ISLAND, Davao del Norte, Aug. 7 (PNA) — Residents of Talikud Island started receiving skills and livelihood trainings to develop the human resource in preparation for the increase in the number…
Mayor Chipeco commends DILG fire trucks distribution to BFPBy: Robert Maico
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City Laguna, Aug. 7 (PNA) — Mayor Justin Marc Chipeco commended the efforts of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas in enhancing the capability of the Bureau…
Cagayan De Oro’s No. 1 drug suspect nabbed
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug. 7 (PNA) -– Combined elements of the local police and the drug enforcement team collared this city’s no. 1 “drug suspect” here Thursday night,” the police said…
PCG holds oil-spill-response capability exercise in Davao shores
DAVAO CITY, Aug. 7 (PNA) — Officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southeastern Mindanao led Friday’s oil-spill containment-simulation exercise held at the Mintebros Port in Barangay Ilang, Tibungco, this city, to test…
‘Shabu’ found at Capitol exposed
TAGBILARAN CITY, Aug. 7 (PNA) — Senior provincial board member lawyer Dionisio D. Balite has exposed and raised alarm over the presence of “shabu” found at the ante-room of the session hall…
Laguna police arrests 340 persons in three weeks of anti- criminality operations
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna, Aug. 7 (PNA) — Police Senior Superintendent Florendo S. Saligao, Acting Provincial Police Director, presented Friday morning before the media and Maricar Palacol, Provincial Peace and Order Officer representing…
Nueva Ecija gov asks local officials to back Roxas
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Aug. 7 (PNA) — Governor Aurelio Umali on Friday called on political leaders in the province – a known bailiwick of presidential front-runners Sen. Grace Poe and Vice…
Dumangas mayor points to peace and order, security as among highlights of accomplishments
ILOILO CITY, Aug. 6 (PNA) — Dumangas Mayor Rolando Distura highlighted the maintenance of peace and order and security as among the significant accomplishments of his administration when he delivered his State…
Zambo mayor backs Roxas as LP presidential bet
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 6 (PNA) -– Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has declared that she will toe the line of the Liberal Party (LP) on its choice for President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s…
Banks’ low interest rates drive public to turn to high-yielding ‘double your money’ scheme – Salceda
LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 6 (PNA) — Low investment and interest rates offered by banks, stock market and other financial institutions are driving people with high savings and liquid assets to engage in…
Pacific Partnership 2015 with US Navy kicks off
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Aug. 6 (PNA) — The United States (US) and the Philippine navies team up in the conduct of a medical mission as well as disaster preparedness seminar dubbed “Pacific Partnership…
PSA coordinates PopCen in the Cordilleras
BAGUIO CITY, Aug. 6 (PNA) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Cordillera Regional Development Council (CRDC) are calling on the public to support the 2015 Census of Population (PopCen) which…
Senator Cayetano underscores importance of Filipino language
By Johanne Margarette R. Macob LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Aug. 5 (PNA) — Senator Pia Cayetano, chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Culture, underscored the importance of promoting the national language, Filipino,…