CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, June 22 (PNA) -– As a showcase of the Kasurog Cops support to the PNP P.A.T.R.O.L Plan 2030 and Philippine National Police Strategic Focus CODE-P…
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NPA members gun down suspected military asset in Sorsogon
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, June 21 (PNA) — New People’s Army (NPA) members shot dead a 29-year-old man who was buying bread in a convenient store Saturday afternoon in…
Leyte power coop seeks funds for facilities’ rehab
By Irish O. Alonzo TOLOSA, Leyte, June 21 (PNA) – The Don Orestes Romualdez Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DORELCO) is still awaiting for the national government’s release of funds for the rehabilitation of…
Quarry site earth buries heavy equipment operator alive
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, June 21 (PNA) — Fellow workers failed in their efforts to save a 56-year-old bulldozer operator who got buried under the earth of a quarry…
DSWD 7 lists 33,995 poor families in Central Visayas
CEBU CITY, June 21 (PNA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 has recorded 33,995 low-income families in Central Visayas. DSWD 7 Director Mercedita Jabagat said the figure is…
Cebu City Council urges firms to give workers day off to complete biometrics before Comelec
CEBU CITY, June 21 (PNA) — The Cebu City Council has passed a resolution asking the city’s business establishments to grant one day off to their employees to allow them to update…
5 Sorsogon town villages showered with ash after Bulusan sends 1.5-km high ash column Friday
LEGAZPI CITY, June 20 (PNA) — Six villages in Juban, Sorsogon have been affected by the recent explosion of Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon which spewed a 1.5-kilometer high ash plume cloud at…
Agriculture cooperatives nationwide hope to end mismanagement, financial woes
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, June 20 (PNA) — The Cooperative Development Authority officials and board administrators board have pledged to further develop the agriculture cooperatives amid problems plaguing those mismanaged and financially strapped…
OHSS Act awaits President’s signature
BAGUIO CITY, June 20 (PNA) — Baguio Representative Nicasio M. Aliping, Jr. on Friday said the House of Representatives and the Senate ratified in a bicameral conference the establishment of an open…
Spouses of deactivated MILF fighters express high hopes on Mindanao peace process
COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — When 145 fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) decided to give up their arms with President Aquino in attendance, one of them was happy and emotional….
Laoag’s golden age inspires eco-art exhibit
LAOAG CITY, (PNA) –As the sunshine city of Laoag turned 50, at least 10 local artists here were inspired to showcase their talents for a cause, this time, to dedicate an eco-art…
Two erring firms closed
ECHAGUE, Isabela, (PNA) — The Bureau opf Internal Revenue (BIR) closed two establishments here after they were found to have been not paying their tax dues which accumulated to Php 3 million…
Maguindanao Army, cops hunting down BIFF who shot dead soldier
DATU PIANG, Maguindanao, (PNA) — Police and military authorities here have launched manhunt against five men believed to be members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who shot dead a soldier…
Illegal wildlife trading rampant in Palawan
By Celeste Anna R. Formoso PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, June 19 (PNA) — The Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) expressed concern over rampant illegal wildlife…
Bohol governor urges DPWH to finish Sagbayan-Danao national road
INABANGA, Bohol, June 19 (PNA) — Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto on Friday called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here to expedite works on the unfinished Sagbayan-Danao national highway…