By Manilyn Ugalde LEGAZPI CITY, June 3 (PNA) -– A physician-couple who filed a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against a councilor, a municipal assessor and an executive of…
Category: Regional News
DSWD, city gov’t break ground for core shelter program for dumpsite folks
DAGUPAN CITY, June 3 (PNA) -— At least 30 families living within the premises of the Dagupan dumpsite were assured of their own houses following a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the…
Supposedly extinct amphibians rediscovered in Palawan
By Celeste Anna R. Formoso PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, June 3 (PNA) — The National Geographic’s (NatGeo) “Weird & Wild” website segment featured Tuesday “two species of amphibians thought lost to science” but…
New KBP Eastern Visayas prexy calls for broadcast integrity
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, June 2 (PNA) -– A station manager based in this city is pushing for more integrity among local broadcasters after his installation as new president of Kapisanan ng mga…
SM City Bacolod partners with OSCA, DSSD for grant of free movie passes to elderlies
BACOLOD CITY, June 2 (PNA) — The “Free Movie Pass for Senior Citizens” program in this city was launched Tuesday in rites held at the lobby of SM City Bacolod Cinema. The…
June 15 is final deadline given to remaining Dagupan fish pens
DAGUPAN CITY, June 2 (PNA) — Mayor Belen Fernandez affirmed that June 15 is the final deadline given to owners of the few remaining illegal fish pens in all the waterways of…
DOST’s STARBOOKS now in 11 Caraga schools
BUTUAN CITY, June 2 (PNA) — Eleven schools in Caraga region have now the globally recognized digital science library developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII),…
Ata Manobo kids fail to enroll following DepEd’s closure of IP school in Davao Norte town
DAVAO CITY, June 2 (PNA) — Over a thousand Ata Manobo kids in remote Talaingod area in Davao del Norte failed to enroll for the school year following the closure of their…
Tacloban school opening successful – city education official
TACLOBAN CITY, June 1 (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) Tacloban City Division is thankful to the positive response of students in this city who attended the first day of classes,…
DILG Iloilo continues campaign against illegal gambling
ILOILO CITY, June 1 (PNA) -– The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Iloilo continue to campaign against illegal gambling. According to Teodora Sumagaysay, DILG Iloilo provincial director, a memorandum was…
Clamor to save aging Angat dam snowballs
By Emil G. Gamos MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, June 1 (PNA)–Teachers and students have joined the bandwagon in the growing clamor to save the aging Angat dam which some engineers now described as…
PHL, Albay tourism gets strong pitch at APTM 2015 opening
By Johnny C. Nunez LEGAZPI CITY, May 27 (PNA) — Philippine tourism got a strong promotional push early this week from Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, the country’s first Tourism Star Philippines awardee,…
Antique receives P128.4M share in natural wealth
SAN JOSE, Antique, May 27 (PNA) — The province of Antique received its biggest share so far of the proceeds in the utilization and development of natural wealth in the amount of…
Iloilo’s historic old capitol to open on May 29
ILOILO CITY, May 27 (PNA) — The Casa Real de Iloilo or the old capitol of Iloilo will have its soft opening and blessing on Friday. Vice Governor of Iloilo Raul C….
Dagupan milkfish among top sellers at IFEX in MOA
DAGUPAN CITY, May 27 (PNA) — The certified Dagupan milkfish, either blast frozen, deboned marinated, canned and bottled, was the top sensation in the International Food Exhibition (IFEX) 2015 at SMX Convention…