KALIBO, Aklan (PNA) –A showcase of vintage cars will usher in the opening salvo of the Kalibo Sto. Nino Ati-atihan Festival 2014 on Oct. 25. At least three organizations of car and…
HPG 11 releases 6 cars seized from Baktin Carnap Group
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) already released at least six vehicles which were among those seized by authorities in their operations against Baktin Carnapping…
Housing developer association exec sees ‘houses for everybody’ solution to 12.5 million backlog by 2030
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — To provide houses for everybody is the real challenge, Subdivision and Housing Developers Association, Inc. (SHDA), president Paul Tanchi said. Tachi made the statement in his speech at…
Zambo mayor leads inspection in ‘ground zero’
ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) – Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Tuesday led members of the Crisis Management Committee (CMC) and other city officials in an ocular inspection of the conflict areas in four…
Compostela Valley’s ‘Adopt-A-Child’ program now community-based
DAVAO CITY, (PNA) — Now on its fourth batch, the “Adopt-A-Child Program” initiated by Governor Arturo T. Uy as provincial nutrition council chair has been widened with a community-based approach. Provincial administrator…
IOM selects Pampanga as recipient of post-disaster assistance
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, (PNA) –The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has chosen Pampanga as one of the beneficiaries of their emergency and post-emergency operations assistance. Maribel Blanco, chief of the…
Killer earthquake unlikely to hit Panay Island in near future – analyst
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — It could take about 100 years after 1948 before a giant tremor would likely hit Panay Island again. This was disclosed by a Philippine Institute Volcanology and Seismology…
Negros officials to meet next month to discuss one island-region proposal
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Officials of the two Negros provinces will meet on the first week of November to discuss plans of uniting the two provinces into a single region. Negros Occidental…
Negros Occidental to send P2-M aid to Bohol
BACOLOD CITY, (PNA) — Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. said Tuesday the provincial government here is extending a P2-million donation to the earthquake-ravaged province of Bohol. On October 15, a 7.2…
Rare oceanic fish found dead off Sibulan, Negros Oriental
By Judy Flores Partlow DUMAGUETE CITY, (PNA) -– A huge ocean sunfish, weighing about 50 kilos, and which hardly appears in shallow and coastal waters in the Philippines, was found dead off…
Iloilo CHO to field sanitary inspectors in food stores
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here has ordered sanitary inspectors to inspect all food outlets in the city to determine if they are using products approved by Bureau of…
Power to be fully restored in quake-battered Bohol — NDRRMC
MANILA, (PNA) — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Tuesday announced that power is still to be fully restored in the quake-battered areas of Bohol. The NDRRMC made…
Phivolcs broadens fault line probe in Bohol
TAGBILARAN CITY, (PNA) -– Experts of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) swung into action Tuesday to probe an unknown fault line of magnitude 7.2 earthquake that jolted Bohol and…
Probe in the acquisition of city’s handheld radios pushed
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, (PNA) — A city councillor on Monday has asked the Commissions on Audit (COA) to determine the unit price of a handheld radio acquired by the city government…
Vital bridge in Burauen-Albuera road project nears completion
TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) — The P18 million Balagnon Bridge in the Burauen-Albuera road project is nearing completion, says a report by the 2nd Leyte Engineering District of the Department of Public Works…