TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The SM Group turned over Thursday a newly completed school building to Tacloban City National High School in this city’s Bagacay village. The project is the…
Category: Regional News
New 550-hectare economic zone eyed in southern Cebu
CEBU CITY, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The Cebu Provincial Government is planning to develop a new 550-hectare economic zone in southern Cebu to decongest the province’s urban areas. The Cebu Provincial Development…
DOLE-3, civil society groups sign anew budget partnership agreement
By Zorayda S. Tecson CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 26 (PNA) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office and the civil society groups have signed anew a budget…
Mindanao civil society groups rally behind Deles, Ferrer despite calls for resignation
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb 25 (PNA) — Key leaders of civil society groups in Mindanao rallied behind Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles and Government of the Philippines chief negotiator…
Php 264M farm-to-market road up for bidding
ILOILO, Feb. 25 (PNA)-– The construction of the longest farm-to-market road in the whole of Visayas is up for bidding next month. The bidding will finally start after the provincial government received…
Fallen SAF’s younger sister gets scholarship grant
LAOAG City, Ilocos Norte, Feb. 25 (PNA) — A younger sister of fallen Special Action Force Omar Nacionales has been given a scholarship grant courtesy of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte…
DTI awards seal of excellence to Toyota in Tagum City
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Feb. 25 (PNA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here has awarded Toyota Tagum with a Gold Bagwis Seal of Excellence Award. DTI-Davao del Norte…
Duterte to speak on federalism at WVSU forum
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 25 (PNA) — Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte will speak on federalism during a forum to be held at West Visayas State University (WVSU) here Friday. Duterte, who…
Eco Park with biking trail up soon in Pangasinan town
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan, Feb. 25 (PNA) -— The Angalacan river dike here is expected to become a tourist attraction with the slated construction of an Eco Park with bike trail project initiated by…
DOT to showcase Albay in 2015 Cannes Tourism Investment Fair
By Johnny C. Nunez LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 25 (PNA) — The Department of Tourism (DOT) will showcase Albay in the 2015 Marche International Proffesionels d’Immobilier (MIPIM), an annual show participated in by…
Coup d’ etat has no place in Bicol
By Nancy Ibo Mediavillo LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 24 (PNA) — The Philippine National Police (PNP)leadership in Bicol has strongly said that there is no place for coup d’ etat in the Bicol…
Boracay is 2015 Traveller’s Choice Awards’ best beach in Asia
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, Feb. 24 (PNA) — Never failing to impress tourists for its picture-perfect view, Boracay on Tuesday was named as the best beach in Asia by the world’s…
Sec. Soliman lobbies for cheaper cost of late registration, correction of entry
TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 24 (PNA) — Department of Social and Development Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman vowed to lobby for a more affordable cost of processing late registration and correction of entry for…
180 hectares of mangroves, beach forest planted to Yolanda-battered north Cebu
CEBU CITY, Feb. 24 (PNA) — Super typhoon Yolanda survivors have planted more than 180 hectares of mangroves and beach forest plantations in northern Cebu, less than two years after the strongest…
Bicol seeks more PPP in government’s social protection program
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 24 (PNA) — True to the agency’s official logo, the regional office for Bicol of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here said…