DAVAO CITY, June 30 (PNA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Region is fully recognizing the role of social entrepreneurs in nation building. Social entrepreneurs are defined as…
Category: Regional News
All-out ban on illegal fish pens in Dagupan City backed
DAGUPAN CITY, June 30 (PNA)–Let’s give our rivers a breathing spill so that they will have a chance to recover. This was the appeal of former city councilor Alex de Venecia when…
DOH allocates Php 9.2 M for Dagupan CHO’s expansion
DAGUPAN CITY, June 30 (PNA)– Mayor Belen Fernandez announced that The Department of Health (DOH) has allocated a budget of Php 9.2 million for the expansion of the City Health Office here,…
City of San Fernando joins observance of National Disaster Consciousness Month
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, June 30 (PNA) — The city government has joined the nation in the month-long observance of National Disaster Consciousness Month to enhance public awareness on natural disasters….
Angeles City trims trees along highways, main thoroughfares
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, June 30 (PNA) — The Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (ACDRRMO) has initiated the trimming and pruning operations on overhanging branches of trees planted alongside McArthur…
Activities lined up for 116th anniversary of Historic Siege of Baler and 13th Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day
BALER, Aurora, June 29 (PNA) — Local officials have lined up various activities for the celebration of the 116th anniversary of historic siege of Baler, coinciding with the 13th Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day…
SOLCOM conducts youth leadership seminar in Quezon province
PAGBILAO, Quezon, June 29 (PNA) — The Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) based in Lucena City conducted the Youth Leadership Seminar Workshop Caravan 2015: “Project…
Palawan gov’t welcomes 2,715 students in new technical-vocational academy
By Jesus M. Ustares PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, June 29 (PNA) –- Palawan Governor Jose Alvarez personally welcomed 2,715 students Monday at the new technical-vocational school that the provincial government constructed in the…
President Aquino inspects USD82.9-M world-class international airport development in Puerto Princesa
By Celeste Anna R. Formoso PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, June 29 (PNA) –- The upgrading of the Puerto Princesa City Airport (PPCA) into a world-class international gateway in this city has reached 30-percent…
Weekend fire engulfs 23 seaside shanties in Puerto Princesa
By Archie T. Barone PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, June 29 (PNA) -– The City Fire Department (CFD) is facing a blank wall on the cause of a fire that struck a shanty area…
No. 5 drug personality in Pangasinan town arrested
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, June 29 (PNA) — One of the top 10 drug personalities in Agno town and his two companions were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tancarang, Alaminos City at…
Plans for Baguio Day celebration underway
BAGUIO CITY, June 29 (PNA) — “The 106th Baguio Day Celebration is planned to be more festive that will target the young generation to enhance their knowledge and participation in during the…
Sign of political unity glimmers during Leyte’s festival show
By Roel T. Amazona TACLOBAN CITY, June 28 (PNA) – It was indeed a celebration of unity when spectators of the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival saw in a rare occasion, the two warring political…
Maguindanao floods displace some 40k villagers; town placed under state of calamity
By Edwin O. Fernandez COTABATO CITY, June 28 (PNA) — At least 40,000 persons in 15 villages of Sultan sa Barongis in Maguindanao province have been displaced by floods as water level…
Notorious rebel leader ‘Cmdr. Parago’ killed in Davao City operation
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, June 28 (PNA) — Troopers from the 10th Infantry Division have killed a ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leader and another rebel during an encounter in Purok…