The Office of the Vice President (OVP) did not waste time in going back to work after the holidays as its Disaster Operations Center (DOC) distributed relief goods to victims of the Davao del Norte flooding earlier this month. (OVP photo) In a statement, the OVP said it delivered 203 food packs and...
More than 5,000 individuals were affected after heavy rainfall and thunderstorms caused by the trough of a low pressure area (LPA) brought flooding and landslides over portions of Lanao del Norte, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported Tuesday, Jan. 3. Photo: Provincial Government of Lanao del...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of supporters of Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo “Kuya Jon” M. Jalosjos Jr. gathered in Dapitan City on Tuesday, Dec. 27, to question the prolonged vacancy in the first district congressional seat at the House of Representatives. HUNDREDS of residents protest the...
There is great confusion and frustration right now in the first district of Zamboanga del Norte due to the absence of a duly-elected congressman over seven months after the May polls were held. (PPAB) The supposed winner of the congressional seat race, Rep. Romeo Jalosjos Jr., has been removed from...
REP. Romeo Jalosjos Jr. CEBU CITY – Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo Jalosjos Jr. thanked a fellow lawmaker for standing up for him after he was delisted from the roll of members in the 19th Congress. Jalosjos thanked Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers not just for standing up for him but...
Through its “Sasakyan ng Karunungan” initiative, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Caraga conducted a digital literacy training for the Higaonon tribe in Las Nieves, Agusan Del Norte. The act, according to the department, was launched through the joint...
MEMBERS of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) in Zamboanga del Norte deliberate prior to declaring one municipality and 19 barangays in the province as drug-cleared. (DILG-9 photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug-Clearing...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police arrested a man wanted for murder in Laguna on Thursday, Dec. 8, in Barangay Lower Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte. Laguna police director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio said alias “Ranulo,” a resident of Barangay Lower Irasan, also faces...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Bicol are continuously monitoring Camarines Norte after a magnitude-5.3 earthquake damaged school buildings and offices in the province on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Eric de...
DAVAO CITY – A notorious drug pusher and three drug users were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Tagum City, Davao del Norte. Facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, are Elizabeth Gonzales, alias...
(PHIVOLCS) A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Camarines Norte on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 7, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 19 kilometers northeast of Tinaga Island, Vinzons, Camarines Norte at 1:05 p.m. It said the earthquake...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued nine passengers from a distressed motor banca in the sea of Zamboanga del Norte province at dawn on Friday, Dec. 2. THE Philippine Coast Guard rescues nine passengers of a distressed motor banca in the sea of Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte....
