News Articles
West Visayas has new PDEA director
December 19, 2018, 7:55 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 6 (Western Visayas) has a new regional director. David Garcia, spokesperson of PDEA-6, said Alex Tablate, former deputy director of PDEA-8 (Eastern Visayas), is now officer-in-charge of PDEA here following the relief of regional director… Read More
PH, Indonesia renew MOU for education dev’t
December 19, 2018, 7:53 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Education (DepEd), led by Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia renewed their productive cooperation under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a welcome dinner for Education Minister Prof. Dr.… Read More
NegOr town deputy police chief shot dead
December 19, 2018, 7:52 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY -- Unidentified riding-in-tandem men shot dead in broad daylight Wednesday the deputy police chief for operations of Guihulngan City in northern Negros Oriental. Based on initial police reports, Senior Insp. Porferio Gabuya Jr. was inside the San Vicente Ferrer Enterprises along the… Read More
Zamboanga City launches anti-dengue drive
December 19, 2018, 7:49 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The City Health Office has started implementing its anti-dengue health advocacy in barangays with the most number of deadly mosquito bites.This developed after the City Health Office recorded an increase in dengue cases since August this year, registering 194 cases compared to… Read More
DOST, DICT, DTI partner to support startups
December 19, 2018, 7:47 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have joined forces to help startups in the country. The three departments signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on… Read More
Lorenzana dismisses 'militarization', 'puppet' claims
December 19, 2018, 7:44 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday defended President Rodrigo Duterte against new claims of promoting "militarization" in government by militant groups. He also assailed the tagging by the Bagong Alyansa Makabayan Bicol (BAYAN-Bicol) of the Chief Executive as a… Read More
DENR cites partners in anti-illegal logging efforts in C. Luzon
December 19, 2018, 7:38 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here has recognized its partners in forest protection for their valuable contribution in the efforts to curb illegal logging activities in Central Luzon. Forester Fred Sadueste, chief of the DENR-3… Read More
No gun muzzle sealing for New Year proves cops' discipline: PNP
December 19, 2018, 7:38 pm
MANILA -- There will be no muzzle taping of guns for this year's holiday revelry to prove that police personnel are responsible enough, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said. “I think nag-start iyan (it started) last year, and last year we were able to… Read More
Drug rehabilitation facility to rise in GenSan
December 19, 2018, 7:36 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The city government has forged a partnership with an oil firm for the establishment of a community-based drug rehabilitation center in a village here. City officials and executives of Sea Oil Philippines Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday for the… Read More
US seeks robust engagement with PH in 2019
December 19, 2018, 7:35 pm
MANILA -- The United States expects better engagement with the Philippines in 2019 through increased military exercises, closer partnership on the economic front, and improved people-to-people ties. "As I've mentioned, the exercises will continue, (I) expect it to be more robust than this year… Read More
MMDA to impose higher fines on illegal parking next year
December 19, 2018, 7:31 pm
MANILA -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be implementing higher fines against illegally parked vehicles starting Jan. 7, 2019. This, as the MMDA issued Resolution No. 18-008, series of 2018, which increases fines for attended illegally parked vehicles to PHP1,000 from… Read More
PRRD won't allow violation of peace talks: Palace
December 19, 2018, 7:27 pm
MANILA -- Malacañang said Wednesday President Rodrigo R. Duterte is open to end bloodshed but will "never allow" New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to violate the peace talks. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this response when asked if the government is still open to peace talks… Read More
Clark passenger arrivals hit all-time high mark of 2.5M in 2018
December 19, 2018, 7:25 pm
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga — Passenger arrivals at the Clark International Airport (CRK) hit an all time number of 2.5 million, the highest in the airport’s 23-year history. Jaime Melo, president of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), told the media in an interview on Wednesday that… Read More
Rice tariffication assures availability of cheap rice
December 19, 2018, 7:24 pm
MANILA – The non-availability of cheap National Food Authority (NFA) rice in local markets due to the enactment of the Rice Tariffication bill should not be cause for alarm since affordable rice will be made available through competition, senators said Wednesday. This after Agriculture Secretary… Read More
Civilian status restored for 50 ex-NPAs in Bukidnon
December 19, 2018, 7:24 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY--A total of 50 former members of New People’s Army (NPA) who surrendered to the government earlier this year had their civilian status restored during a ceremony here on Wednesday (December 19).A press release by the Army's 403rd Infantry Brigade (IB) said the restoration of… Read More
PRRD's Roxas-Loot remark, ‘expression of displeasure'
December 19, 2018, 7:21 pm
MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark that former secretary Mar Roxas has ordered the ambush of retired police general Vicente Loot, an alleged drug protector, was “an expression of displeasure said in jest,” Malacañang said on Wednesday. “I read the transcript. It appears to me… Read More
DA pushes review of FMR project implementation
December 19, 2018, 7:18 pm
CEBU CITY -- With the complicated procedures in constructing agriculture-specific infrastructure projects, the top official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas has pushed for a review of the mechanics in implementing projects that are intended to benefit the farmers. DA-7… Read More
Sotto, Lacson debunk Enrile’s ‘coffee table legislation’ remarks
December 19, 2018, 7:15 pm
MANILA -- Two senators hit back at former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday after the latter criticized today’s Senate for allegedly deliberating measures through “coffee table” discussions rather than open debates. In a press statement released Tuesday, Enrile said that during… Read More
Hataman pushes for BOL in last 'Ulat sa Bayan'
December 19, 2018, 7:14 pm
COTABATO CITY -- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman delivered here Wednesday his last “Ulat sa Bayan”, banking heavily on the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) early next year to catapult the region to greater heights.The governor’s report, his… Read More
DA allocates 100K hectares for sorghum production
December 19, 2018, 7:10 pm
MANILA -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is boosting sorghum production by alloting at least 100,000 hectares of under-utilized land, mainly in the Tribal Ancestral Domain Areas, for the sector in 2019. This is to support the country's growing poultry and livestock industry, which is eyeing… Read More
