By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, July 13 (PNA) –- Members of the 8th World Bank (WB) Implementation Support Mission that included representatives from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade…
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Solon expects President Aquino to mention Cordillera autonomy in SONA
BAGUIO CITY, July 13 (PNA) — On July 27, President Benigno Aquino III will deliver his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) where he is expected to highlight the accomplishments of…
3 big locators at SRP to undertake drainage master plan
CEBU CITY, July 13 (PNA) — Three big locators at the South Road Properties (SRP) agreed to undertake the comprehensive drainage master plan in the area. These are giant real estate developers…
Sultan Kudarat gov says strict monitoring vs entry of fake rice ongoing
ILOILO CITY, July 13 (PNA) — Sultan Kudarat Governor Datu Suharto Mangudadatu said local officials are now strictly monitoring possible entry of fake rice in their home province. ”We already had a…
Bulacan exec, solon urge DepEd to make uniform policy on suspension of classes
MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, July 12 (PNA) — Provincial officials here are asking the Department of Education (DepEd) to have a clear-cut and uniformed policy on the suspension of classes during the rainy…
Yap pushes automatic adjustment of retirees’ basic monthly pensions
By Angeline Valencia TAGBILARAN CITY, July 12 (PNA) — Bohol Third District Rep. Arthur Yap expects the House Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization to come out soon with recommendations on his…
Abu Sayyaf Group releases volunteer teacher in Jolo
By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 12 (PNA) – The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Sunday released the volunteer teacher they kidnapped more than four months ago in the province…
Davao durian candy maker denies involvement in selling expired candies in Surigao
By DAVAO CITY, July 12 (PNA) — The maker of Wendy’s Durian candy suspected to have poisoned about 1,600 children in Surigao del Sur showed up at the police station to refute…
DENR, GIZ assist Ligao City in formulating forest land use plan
By Danny O. Calleja LIGAO CITY, July 12 (PNA) -– This young Bicol city is taking steps towards wise forest management and squarely allocating to proper use its forestlands. “Ours is an…
Charges poised vs Army soldiers, police officers for death of cop in mis-encounter
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, July 12 (PNA) — Criminal and administrative charges have been readied against military and police officials behind the botch encounter in an upland village here that…
Military shifts anti-insurgency focus to Sorsogon, Masbate
By Bobby Q. Labalan SORSOGON CITY, July 12 (PNA) — The Philippine Army has set this yearend its schedule to reduce the communist-inspired rebels in the province of Sorsogon to insignificance, an…
Roxas distributes 55 brand new patrol jeeps to Batangas , Laguna towns
By Zen Trinidad SANTA CRUZ , Laguna, July 11 (PNA) — Department of Interior and Local government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas distributed on Friday 24 light patrol jeeps to each municipal police…
DSWD-Bicol clarifies educational aid not a scholarship
By Connie B. Destura LEGAZPI CITY, July 11 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5 has clarified that the amount received by qualified applicants for the…
BENECO donates for watershed fencing project
BAGUIO CITY, July 11 (PNA) — The Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc (BENECO) donated Php 1 million to the Baguio Water District (BWD) for the fencing project of the Busol Watershed. The project…
Pilar town running out of food supply due to rough seas
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, July 11, (PNA) – Amidst gale warning, Pilar town in Camotes islands appears to have been experiencing a food shortage after operations of its only means of transportation to…