CAMP BGEN OSCAR M. FLORENDO, San Fernando City, La Union – Police Regional Office 1 reported Wednesday that 41 barangays and two municipalities (Balungao in Pangasinan and Dingras in Ilocos Norte) have been declared as drug-free. Four other barangays were categorized as having no presence of...
VEGETABLES and fruits are sold at the Agri-Fishery Trade Expo at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds last October 2022. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY -- Western Visayas region is banking on the next generation farming to achieve food security. “Food sustainability is a growing global...
CAMP MARECELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City – Brigadier General Percival Antolin Rumbaoa has formally assumed his post as the new regional director of Police Regional Office-Region 2 on Monday, Dec. 19. BGen. Rumbaoa replaced BGen. Steve B. Ludan who relinquished his position after reaching the...
ISABELA -- The Department of Trade and Industry Region 2 (DTI R2), through its Industry Development Division (IDD), initiated the conduct of Skills Training on Cacao Bean Grading and Sensory Analysis at HJ Guieb Farm in Barangay Panang, San Agustin this province recently. Photo via Liezle Inigo /...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is thankful for being named one of the top-rated solons in the Ilocos region. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Thank you to my kakailian for the support. A lot more to do but it’s encouraging to know...
CAMP OSCAR FLORENDO, La Union – Police in the Ilocos region have been placed under red alert for “Simbang Gabi” (dawn Mass) and the rest of the holiday season. "It is our tradition at the beginning of Simbang Gabi that our police officers are alert in the churches, so I have given a directive...
A new cableway for an agricultural transport system is being constructed in Bauko, Mountain Province which will allow communities to transport their agricultural produce to the nearest trading center through a tramline. According to the Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) is seeking to establish more economic zones, especially for Halal hubs in the region, which is composed of six provinces and three cities. Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Deputy Director General...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, Dec. 9, that it was seeking to improve public participation in government accountability by holding town meetings. Photo by Davao del Sur Provincial Information Office The DILG Davao Region (Region 11) recently held the "Dagyaw...
Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) Chief Mohager Iqbal (front, left) cutting the ribbon with MBHTE Deputy Minister Haron Meling (front, right) UNICEF Mindanao Field Office Chief Radoslaw Rzehak (front, 2 nd from right) at the first ever BARMM Education Summit at the SMX...
Sixty-nine former communist rebels have benefited from Tupad Pangako Program (TPP) in Davao del Sur as the government continues to encourage more of them to go back to mainstream society. Under the program, rebels who would surrender will be equipped with knowledge and skills to enable them achieve...
The bill seeking to create the Negros Island Region (NIR) has been approved by the Senate Committee on Local Government. The bill seeks to merge Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental into one region again. “Malinaw po ang pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan sa Negros Occidental at Negros...
