SORSOGON CITY, Aug. 1 (PNA) — More troubles are coming the way of a buko juice company in Sorsogon City in the next few days as the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) may…
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Greenpeace defends Bicol’s top cop on illegal fishing payola issue
LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 1 (PNA) — A top official of the Greenpeace Southeast Asia-Philippines has defended Chief Supt. Victor Deona’s integrity after the controversial issue on illegal fishing payola in the Bicol…
Intel officer critically wounded in Masbate ambush
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, Aug. 1 (PNA) — An intelligence officer of the San Pascual Municipal Police Station was critically wounded in an ambush staged by New People’s Army…
POPCOM-2 throws a birthday bash for six 100 millionth babies in Region 2
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Aug 1 (PNA) — The Commission on Population Regional Office 2 (POPCOM-02) on Saturday led the celebration of the first birthday of six 100 millionth babies representing the five provinces…
94 families in remote Davao Occidental town benefit from electrification project
DIGOS CITY, July 31 (PNA) — At least 94 families living in five sitios in Barangay Dalupan in Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental, recently benefited from an electrification project in the area. The…
Concerned citizens lobby for construction of a flood dike in CDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO, July 31 (PNA) – Two concerned persons have been lobbying for the construction of a dike along the Iponan River in six months now. Dr. Reuben Daba and lawyer…
PRO 7 downplays fire at Mactan airport
CEBU CITY, July 31 (PNA) — The Police Regional Office (PRO)- Region 7 has downplayed the fire which hit the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Thursday afternoon. Chief Superintendent Prudencio Tom Banas,…
ITCZ-triggered rains inundate low-lying areas in North Cotabato
COTABATO CITY, July 31 (PNA) — The torrential rains that hit North Cotabato spawned by inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao have submerged low-lying villages in the town of Tulunan and M’lang,…
MTRCB holds info drive in Iloilo
ILOILO CITY, July 31 (PNA) -– The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) visited Iloilo Thursday as part of its intensified information dissemination effort to explain the guidelines they follow…
Barangay officials hopeful of PEI
DUMAGUETE CITY, July 31 (PNA) — Barangay officials may also be granted the Productivity Enhancement Incentives (PEI) as mandated by Executive Order (EO) 181 of the president, provided it is within the…
‘Yolanda’-hit town mayor supports Roxas’ presidential bid
TACLOBAN CITY, July 31 (PNA) -– The mayor of the town where super typhoon “Yolanda” made its first landfall has announced his support to the presidential bid of Department of Interior and…
Dagupan police launches Project IMPACT
DAGUPAN CITY, July 31 (PNA) — The project Intensified Mobile Patrolling to Arrest Crime Trends (IMPACT) was launched in Dagupan to further deter crimes and make the city a lot more safer….
Ceres bus drivers undergo refresher course with LTFRB, LTO
BACOLOD CITY, July 30 (PNA) — The Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and Land Transportation Office (LTO) is conducting a series of seminars for drivers of Vallacar Transit Inc., operator…
5,600 personnel hired for population census in Region 1
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 30 (PNA) — More than 5,600 personnel were hired in Region 1 for the 2015 Census of Population (PopCen) to be conducted from August 10 to…
Cebu gov welcomes creation of new congressional district
CEBU CITY, July 30 (PNA) — Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III has welcomed the approval by the Senate of a bill creating a new district in the province. The new district brings…