BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) – Four candidates for village chiefs in this city are sure winners in Monday’s barangay elections as they are running unopposed, records of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here…
DPWH eyes immediate decongestion of Zambo evacuation centers
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is eyeing the immediate decongestion of the Mayor Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex and schools used as evacuation centers in…
Fire hits school in northern Iloilo town
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — Four classrooms in the Home Economics building of the Barotac Viejo Comprehensive High School in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo were lost to a fire Sunday. Arson investigators said the…
52 gun ban violators recorded in E. Visayas
CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, (PNA) — The arrest of a candidate for barangay chairman in a village in Samar’s Calbayog City increased to 52 the number of persons nabbed for violating gun ban…
Interminable ITCZ rain fails to dampen voter’s turnout in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, (PNA) -– Uninterrupted showers and thunderstorms which caused inundations in certain areas in Puerto Princesa and Palawan failed to discourage over 580,000 registered voters in participating in Monday’s barangay…
Close coordination needed to prevent circulation of substandard products in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, (PNA) -– Substandard products circulating in the market will be prevented if there’s close coordination among concerned enforcement agencies, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in…
City gov’t conducts ‘tagging’ and ‘mapping’ of Zambo standoff victims
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) –- The city government, through the Housing and Land Management Division (HLMD), has conducted Monday “tagging” and “mapping” of residents of Barangay Mariki, one of the barangays affected by…
Army says Maguindanao polls generally peaceful; no failure of polls in Cotabato City
By Noel Y. Punzalan COTABATO CITY, (PNA) — Barangay elections in Maguindanao, particularly in the second district of the province, was generally peaceful, a military official in the area, said. Col. Edgar…
2 barangays bets in Iloilo City disqualified by court from voting
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — Two candidates in Barangay Cuartero, Jaro district here have been meted by the local court with disqualification to vote during the barangay elections Monday. These are Letecia Gimeno,…
‘Flying voters’ reported in New Washington, Aklan
KALIBO, Aklan, (PNA) — At least 50 voters in a precinct in Poblacion, New Washington town faced protests on Monday’s barangay (village) elections on allegations that they are not original residents of…
Generally peaceful barangay polls declared in Cabanatuan City
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, (PNA) — A generally peaceful conduct of barangay elections was declared in the city as the 646 clustered precincts stopped operations and shifted to the canvassing of votes….
Poll, police officials say Central Luzon polls generally peaceful
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, (PNA) — Election and police officials Monday declared the barangay polls in Central Luzon as generally peaceful and orderly amid reports of alleged vote-buying and other forms…
Iloilo City officials laud senators’ move to utilize P3.18-B unused PDAF as calamity fund
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) -– Officials of this city hailed the move of senators to allocate their unused P3.18-billion Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) 2013 allocation to augment the calamity fund of the…
DILG tells local government units in Iloilo to form BADACs
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Iloilo Provincial Office told local government units (LGUs) in the province that they have until November to resurrect their…
Massive vote-buying noted in Bicol
LEGAZPI CITY, (PNA) -– Massive and rampant vote-buying was noted in the six Bicol provinces and seven cities involving amounts ranging from a minimum of P20 for councilors and P500 for barangay…