TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) –Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla has called for the support of village and municipal officials for his four million trees program to be planted at every backyard as…
Year: 2013
Kidapawan City’s Tabang Bohol generates P400,000
KIDAPAWAN CITY, (PNA) — Residents here continue donating funds for the victims of earthquake in Bohol in support to Mayor Joseph Evangelista’s fund drive dubbed as “Tabang Bohol.” Aside from accepting donations,…
Davao Light announces two 15-minute switching power outages
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) –- Power consumers in the southern part of Davao Light and Power Company franchise will experience two 15-minute switching power interruptions on November 5 and 10, from 7:30 a.m….
Kidapawan City, NHA provide housing for informal settlers
KIDAPAWAN CITY, (PNA) — Informal settlers have been sprouting like mushrooms in a developing city, Kidapawan City included. Here, they settled in public areas near creeks and rivers not knowing the dangers…
Alarmed by rash of killings, North Cotabato PNP intensifies campaign vs. armed men
AMAS, Kidapawan City, (PNA) — Police authorities here have intensified checkpoints in identified crime prone areas in North Cotabato’s 17 towns and a city as they have expressed alarm over the rash…
Plebiscite for creation of 62nd barangay in Bacolod slated Jan. 11
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA)–The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set for January 11, 2014 the plebiscite for the ratification of the creation of another village in this city to be called Barangay Paglaum….
Indian national dies when his car hits electric post in CamSur
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, (PNA) — An Indian national died when the car he was riding hit an electrical post of the Camarines Sur Electric Cooperative early Monday morning…
2 die in motorcycle, passenger bus collision in Albay
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City, (PNA) — Two men aboard a motorcycle died when they collided with a passenger bus along the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Calzada, Oas, Albay early…
Classes resume in Cebu after two-week suspension due to quake
CEBU CITY, (PNA) — Classes resumed Monday throughout Cebu as students trooped back to schools after a two-week suspension of classes following a powerful earthquake that struck Central Visayas. In Bohol, where…
Inauguration of Bacolod-Silay airport access road set Nov. 15
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson will the lead the inauguration rites for the 10-kilometer access road to the Bacolod-Silay Airport on Nov. 15….
4 soldiers wounded in Albay encounter get medals of honor
CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur, (PNA) — The 9th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army Monday morning honored the four soldiers who were wounded in an encounter with New…
DOST-ICTO to develop single template for govt websites
TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) –Migration of all government website to a single template to prevent hacking is up for completion by mid-2014. Monchito B. Ibrahim, deputy director of the Department of Science and…
Police say resumption of classes in Cebu peaceful
CEBU CITY, (PNA) — Police said the resumption of classes Monday in Cebu City and throughout Cebu Province was peaceful. Hundreds of policemen were deployed in different schools in Cebu as classes…
Korean agency grant health benefits to 8 more LGUs
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) –Eight more local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo will benefit health services from the US$ 7 million grant of Korean government through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for…
Gun ban apprehension rises to 70 in Eastern Visayas
CAMP SEC. KANGLEON, Palo, (PNA) –The number of civilians apprehended by operatives of the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) reached the 70 mark Monday, with 40 firearms and other weapons also confiscated….