The Department of Finance (DOF) is offering the government’s remaining shares in NLEX Corp. to the public, which the Pangilinan group failed to acquire due to privatization rules. Finance Undersecretary Catherine L. Fong confirmed to Manila Bulletin that the government still holds 64,920 shares...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Suspected shabu and marijuana worth P2.3 million were seized from nine drug pushers in police buy-bust operations in Central Luzon last week. Lawmen arrested three suspects in Barangay San Juan, this city, on Friday, August 2. They were...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 has deployed 1,000 policemen to secure the opening of classes for school year 2024-2025 in Central Luzon on Monday, July 29. POLICE secure the opening of classes in Central Luzon on July 29. PRO-3 Director Police...
Following the massive flooding that submerged many parts of the region, President Marcos has directed building more water impounding systems in Central Luzon (Region III) to address its flooding issues. 'CARINA' AFTERMATH — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. conducts an aerial inspection...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Five individuals were killed, three injured, and three missing in Pampanga, Bulacan, Zambales, and Bataan due to typhoon “Carina.” The Police Regional Office-3 identified the fatalities as as Sweet Dimple Magat Pelayo and daughter Diana Joy Pelayo Cerezo,...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 continues to conduct disaster response operations in Central Luzon in the aftermath of the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by super typhoon “Carina.” THE PRO-3 rescues people affected by typhoon 'Carina' in...
Lights on? or lights off? That’s not one of the typical ‘fast talk’ questions being thrown by a country’s well-known television host, rather, that is a state of the country’s power supply that primarily distressed Filipino consumers in this year’s summer months. In the third State of...
The ‘energy insecure’ state of Luzon grid lingers, as system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) declared second wave of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the country’s biggest power grid this week. The state of ‘yellow alert’, which entails insufficiency of power...
With array of factors which caused unavailability of 1,652 megawatts in the system, the tripping of the 417.4MW San Gabriel gas-fed power facility has prompted the declaration of ‘yellow alert’ condition in the Luzon grid. In the context of the power industry, to be plunged into ‘yellow...
By TRISTAN LOZANO The nation remembers on Tuesday, July 16, the magnitude 7.8-earthquake that struck a wide swathe of Luzon Island and killed more than 1,000 persons 34 years ago. People posted their memories of the July 16, 1990 event on Facebook like it was yesterday. Netizens posted what they...
Following the declaration of the official start of La Niña in the country, President Marcos said the government is taking measures to mitigate the effects of the rainy season on the people in Central Luzon. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ryan Baldemor/PPA Pool) In a speech in San...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police seized shabu and marijuana valued at over P5.9 million in Central Luzon from July 1 to 7. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. said 243 suspected drug pushers and 851.30 grams of shabu and 1,037.70 grams...
