By Danny O. Calleja LIGAO CITY, March 2 (PNA) –The shades of healthily growing forest and fruit-bearing trees on the steep slope of Kawa-Kawa Hill here give thousands of people from all…
Category: Regional News
Talisay City fish port needs CPA approval to operate as RORO port
TALISAY CITY, Cebu, March 3 (PNA) — The Talisay City fish port, which has been lying idle for years, needs the approval of the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) to operate as a…
Ormoc City council approves village ordinance imposing toll fees
ORMOC CITY, March 3 (PNA) — The city council here passed a resolution interposing no objection to an ordinance passed by Barangay (village) Esperanza meant to raise income for the village by…
Keitech opens doors to 13 towns in Leyte, E. Samar
By Felix N. Codilla ORMOC CITY, March 3 (PNA) — Officials of Energy Development Corp. (EDC), Kananga-EDC Institute of Technology (Keitech), and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority led the signing of…
Cotabato City LGU installs more CCTV cams
COTABATO CITY, March 2 (PNA) — To improve its crime prevention campaign, the Cotabato City government on Monday started installing another set of close circuit television cameras in the city’s strategic locations….
Albay solon inspires Bicol youth towards becoming future country leaders
By Danny O. Calleja LIGAO CITY, March 2 (PNA) -– Rep. Fernando Gonzalez of Albay’s third congressional district has inspired Bicol youth towards becoming future country leaders. “Leaders are prime movers of…
Albay to establish barangay forests
By Mike de la Rama LEGAZPI CITY, March 2 (PNA) – The Provincial Government of Albay will start this month the establishment of barangay forests province- wide in support to the National…
Iloilo City to share gains in resilience against disasters project in Japan
ILOILO CITY, March 2 (PNA) — Iloilo City will share its gains from community-based adaptation and resilience against disasters (CBARAD) project during the 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction…
Samal Island’s GSO also functions for city’s urban greening program
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 27 (PNA) — The General Services Office (GSO) of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) is evolving as a different office which does not solely…
402 Pangasinan mothers receive self-employment assistance
DAGUPAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) — At least 402 mothers from the Fourth District of Pangasinan received financial assistance for their livelihood projects under the Self-Assistance Employment Assistance (SEA-Kaunlaran) of the Department…
Puerto Princesa mayor orders cops to resolve series of highway robberies in city southern barangays
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) — Mayor Lucilo Bayron has ordered the City Police Office (CPO) here to immediately resolve the series of robberies particularly perpetrated in remote southern barangays, which…
Duterte says decision not to run for president final
By Annabel J. Petinglay ILOILO CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) -– Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said that his decision not to run for president in 2016 is already final, considering that he…
Gov’t officials urged to embrace Filipino language
TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) — The President of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) Virgilio S. Almario urged government officials to serve as a model in embracing the Filipino language. Almario,…
Science community marks good harvest
SCIENCE CITY, MUNOZ, NUEVA ECIJA, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The science community here celebrated the county’s sustained good harvest in an exhibit dubbed as “Bountiful Harvest,” at the Rice Science Museum. Early…
OWWA allots P8M for seafarer’s upgrading program in Western Visayas
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here has P8 million funds for the implementation of the Seafarer’s Upgrading Program (SUP) in Western Visayas this year. Ron…