By Edwin O. Fernandez COTABATO CITY, July 26 (PNA) — Bus firms in Region 12 have started implementing a “no pick-up policy” aimed at avoiding bombing incidents that rocked the mass transport…
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MILF chair Murad hopeful on Aquino’s commitment to the passage of BBL in his SONA
By Lilian C. Mellejor CAMP DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, July 26 (PNA) — Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim is expecting President Benigno Aquino to reiterate his commitment on…
2 teenagers kiiled, another hurt in Pangasinan collision
By Leonardo V. Micua ASINGAN, Pangasinan, July 26 (PNA)–Two teenagers were killed and another seriously injured when the motorcycle they were riding on collided head-on with the official car of Sixth District…
DPWH consults communities affected by Leyte’s tide embankment project
TACLOBAN CITY, July 25 (PNA) — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now conducting a public consultation with property owners in coastal communities that will be displaced in the…
Leyte town notes 98% biometric validation
ALANGALANG, Leyte, July 25 (PNA) – This town has already achieved 98 percent biometric validation among its 30,448 registered voters, the local Commission on Elections (Comelec) office reported. In line with the…
Creation of PDAO is compliant to RA10070
BAGUIO CITY, July 25 (PNA) — Officers and members of the Federation of Persons with Disabilities (FPWD) in Baguio City have expressed their desire for the establishment of a PWD office where…
PNP-Masbate personnel undergo graded physical fitness test
CAMP BONNY SERRANO, Masbate City, July 24 (PNA) — Administrative sanction awaits personnel who failed to submit themselves for graded physical fitness test (PFT) and those who failed to get the minimum…
Zambo bomb blast fatality a witness of previous bombing incident
ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 25 (PNA) – A top police official disclosed that the lone fatality in Thursday night’s bomb explosion was the main target of the bombing suspects. Sr. Supt. Angelito Casimiro,…
5 more drug pushers arrested in Pangasinan
LINGAYEN, Pangaainan, July 25 (PNA)–Police arrested five more drug pushers in different towns of the province last Friday in line with the re-intensified campaign against illegal drugs. Joel Carta , one of…
(SONA Special Report)Z3R program steadily moving forward
ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 25 (PNA) – The Zamboanga City Roadmap to Recovery and Reconstruction (Z3R) program is continuously progressing as more permanent shelters have been turned over to families displaced in the…
Villages start construction of 1,284 sub-projects under Kalahi-CIDSS
LEGAZPI CITY, July 25 (PNA) — Marjorie Oshiro of Barangay San Roque, Sto. Domingo, Albay was delighted that the construction of the drainage canal that will benefit 224 households, including theirs, has…
Red Cross to handover core shelter projects in Tacloban
TACLOBAN CITY, July 24 (PNA) – Australian Ambassador Bill Tweddle and Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman Richard J. Gordon will lead the ceremonial turnover of 154 core-shelter units at Bagacay village in…
DVO-DOLE XI gives 10-M grant to CSO’s in Tagum
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, July 24 (PNA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region XI turned over on Tuesday P10 million to 12 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as grant…
Bicol top cop submits self to Napolcom probe
By Rhaydz B. Barcia LEGAZPI CITY, July 24 (PNA) — With the controversial issue on illegal fishing payola implicating Chief Supt. Victor Deona, Bicol police regional director, and Supt. Oscar Regala, Police…
Pangasinan farmers now going to full mechanization
DAGUPAN CITY, July 23 (PNA) — The province of Pangasinan, the third biggest rice producer in the country, is now going to full mechanization. This was bared by Dalisay Moya, officer-in-charge of…