CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol has allocated P30 million to mitigate the impact of the upcoming El Niño phenomenon. AUMENTADO The fund will be used as crop insurance for rice fields that are not irrigated. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – The third district of Negros Oriental is up for a possible “battle” between two controversial political names during the special poll on December 9. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday said the widow of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, Pamplona...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Gov. Ramon V. Guico III urged the people to make the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in this province on October 30 safe, peaceful, and orderly. GUICO (FB) Guico aired the call in a press conference on Thursday, October 26, announcing the arrest of the suspects...
CEBU CITY – Close to 40,000 Boholanos have benefited from the provincial government’s Abante Barangay service caravan. BOHOLANOS have benefited from the Abante Barangay service caravan by the provincial government. From February 10 to August 10, the province, led by Gov. Aris Aumentado,...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government is eyeing a P5.13-billion budget for fiscal year 2024. The Iloilo provincial capitol in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has submitted to the Iloilo Provincial Board his administration’s proposed budget for the executive...
CEBU CITY – Four Chinese and two Filipinos were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Chinese businesswoman in Panglao, Bohol. GOV. Aris Aumentado (right) rushes to Barangay Poblacion, Panglao, Bohol where four Chinese and two Filipinos were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Chinese...
ILOILO CITY – The Sandiganbayan junked the graft case filed against Antique Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao and lifted her 90-day preventive suspension. CADIAO (Tara Yap) In a copy of the decision obtained by Manila Bulletin, the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division ruled that there is lack of...
TUY, Batangas (PNA) – A reward is being offered to anyone who can provide information leading to the whereabouts of Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Camilon. BATANGAS Vice Gov. Mark Leviste (right) visits the home of missing beauty queen Catherine Camilon in Tuy, Batangas....
CEBU CITY – A group of former rebels in Bohol province has returned to the fold of the law. Sixty-one former rebels and sympathizers showed up at the provincial capitol in Tagbilaran City on Wednesday, October 18, where they expressed their allegiance to the government. Gov. Erico Aristotle...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao Region (PRO-10) has mobilized all its police units in Misamis Occidental province following an explosion on the governor's convoy on Sunday night, October 15. OAMINAL (FB) PRO-10 acting director Police Brig. Gen. Ricardo...
CEBU CITY – The P4.5-billion upgrade of the Bohol-Panglao International Airport (BPIA) has been approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board. AUMENTADO (FB) Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado said upgrading the BPIA will be done through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)...
ILOILO CITY – Several business groups have joined the call of Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to approve the proposed expansion of the Iloilo Airport. ILOILO Airport (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Business Club...
