By Noel Y. Punzalan MAMASAPANO, Maguindanao, April 16 (PNA) – – This impoverished town, which was the site of the Jan. 25 bloody misencounter between state police forces and Moro Islamic Liberation…
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Nagcarlan celebrates week-long Ana Kalang Festival
By Robert Maico NAGCARLAN, Laguna April 16 (PNA) — The municipality of Nagcarlan is celebrating Ana Kalang Festival which started on April 12 and culminates on Sunday (April 19). Tourism Officer Rino…
Cebu tourism officer bats for trans-axial highway
By Eddie O. Barrita CEBU CITY, April 12 (PNA) — Cebu Provincial Tourism Officer Grace Paulino has supported the proposed 300-kilometer trans-axial highway that would traverse the whole length of Cebu from…
600 avail of mobile passport service
DAGUPAN CITY, April 12 (PNA) — More than 600 Dagupeños applied and renewed their passports during the Mobile Passport Service conducted by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in cooperation with the…
Not yet over for high-end resort’ hot logs trouble in Culion, Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, April 12 (PNA) — Police authorities in Palawan on Friday swooped down upon Naglayan Island in the town of Culion to serve two search warrants against the controversial high-end…
Seven famous rock bands, celebrities to grace Dagupan Bangus Festival
DAGUPAN CITY, April 12 (PNA)–Seven Flipino rock bands, including movie celebraties, will spice up the fun in the Bangusan Street Party to be held here on the night of April 30, one…
Pangasinan history book officially launched
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, April 11 (PNA)–A history book of Pangasinan titled “Pinablin Dalin” was launched during the commemorative program of the 435th Agew na Pangasinan (Pangasinan Day’ on April 10 at the Capitol…
“Minahang Bayan” applications soar in Cordillera
BAGUIO CITY, April 10 (PNA) – The Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) received 49 small mining applications since Executive Order Numbered 79 was…
CSC-Bicol enjoins Bicolanos to avail of Australian scholarship awards
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, April 11 (PNA) -– The Civil Service Commission (CSC) Bicol regional office is enjoining Bicolanos to apply and become lucky grantees of the Australia Awards Scholarships…
Cebu ready to host Apec ministerial meetings, except for road works
CEBU CITY, April 11 (PNA) — Cebu is now ready to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) ministerial meetings four months from now, except for some ongoing road works, an official said….
Lapu-Lapu City sets up command center, to install more CCTV cams before Apec Summit
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu, April 11 (PNA) — The Lapu-Lapu City government will set up a command center that will help address concerns during emergencies and disasters. Andy Berame, deputy officer of the…
Dagupan starts doing flood mitigating projects months before the rains
DAGUPAN CITY April 11 (PNA)–Mayor Belen Fernandez assured that more low-lying streets in Dagupan will be elevated and their drainage canals declogged as the city has started its preparations for the coming…
Iloilo town to host first Independence Day flag-raising ceremony outside Luzon
ILOILO CITY, April 11 (PNA) — The first Independence Day flag-raising ceremony outside of Luzon will be held June 12 in Sta. Barbara town in the second district of Iloilo province, said…
Gates foundation looking for climate change-ready rice varieties in IRRI
LEGAZPI CITY, April 11 (PNA) — With the extreme climate getting harsh, affecting world food production specifically in Asian countries where the big bulk of rice-eating population dwells, American business magnate and…
Albay tourism goes digital
DARAGA, Albay, April 11 (PNA) — The provincial government of Albay and Smart Telecommunications Inc. (Smart) once again joined hands — this time, in the launch of digital tourism for Albay on…