LAOAG CITY, June 9 (PNA) –Ilocano farmers continue to enjoy stable price for garlic as the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) buys back garlic harvest previously distributed to them as seed…
Category: Regional News
Region 1 optimistic for the rest of 2015
By Leonardo V. Micua DAGUPAN CITY, June 8 (PNA) — The economic prospects in Region 1 remain bright for 2015 with some P2.6 billion more allotted by President Benigno Aquino III for…
Tarlac City gov’t earns P.5M in building permits in May
TARLAC CITY, Tarlac, June 8 (PNA) — The city government earned more than half a million pesos through the issuance of building, occupancy and meter connection permits last month. City Mayor Gelacio…
4Ps grantees join SM’s Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan training in Tagum City
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, June 8 (PNA) — The beneficiaries of 4Ps program in selected barangays of Tagum City were picked as beneficiaries of a month-long vegetable-growing training held in Barangay…
DILG chief enjoins Negrenses to be responsible for ‘historic opportunity’ under one-island region
BACOLOD CITY, June 8 (PNA) — Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II enjoined Negrenses to be responsible for the “historic opportunity” given to them under the newly-formed Negros Island Region…
Ormoc learners get free school supplies
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, June 8 (PNA) — For a mother like Helen Bordios, getting free school supplies for her two kids is a treat. As a village health worker who earns PHP3,500…
Leyte inaugurates new provincial disaster risk reduction and management office
TACLOBAN CITY, June 8 (PNA) — The Leyte provincial government inaugurated on Monday its newly established Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) at the Leyte Academic Center in Palo town….
NHA, city gov’t turn over permanent shelters to Zambo displaced families
ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 8 (PNA) –- One-hundred twenty-seven families from Barangay Mariki displaced by the 21-day September 2013 siege finally returned home Monday to their permanent houses. Barangay Mariki is one of…
4 Iloilo towns pilot areas for Salubungan
ILOILO CITY, June 8 (PNA) — Four towns in Iloilo province will be the pilot areas of another government anti-poverty initiative, Salubungan. Salubungan will be piloted in Passi, Tigbauan, Pototan, and Concepcion…
CSO partner in Pantawid Pamilya poverty alleviation initiatives in Davao Region
By Carmela C. Duron DAVAO CITY, June 7 (PNA) — Over 38,000 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Davao Region are benefitting from the programs and services offered by its partner Civil Society Organizations…
Ligao City holds recognition ceremony for ocean protectors
By Jessaveth Barcia CABARIAN, Ligao City, June 7 (PNA) — In celebration of the World Ocean Day on Monday, the local government unit (LGU) of Ligao City held an advance recognition ceremony…
Ban use of explosives along fault line, cement factories urged
By Emil G. Gamos MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, June 7 (PNA)–An environment watchdog on Sunday dared giant cement factories operating in the mountains of Eastern Bulacan to show and prove that they are…
Bridge to provide new access to Davao airport, seaport for village folks, farmers
By Lilian C. Mellejor DAVAO CITY, June 7 (PNA) – The village folks and farmers of the remote barangay of Lampianao in this city’s third district will have easier access to Davao…
DAR-ARMM set to distribute farm equipment on CARP anniversary
COTABATO CITY, June 7 (PNA) — On the 27th anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on June 15, Moro, Lumad and Christian farmers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao…
Drug test on Ormoc officials all turn out negative
ORMOC CITY, Leyte June 6 (PNA) – The drug test on 50 city officials and the local police turned out negative, indicating that the city hall is a drug-free workplace. Mayor Edward…