BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Island Region logged 53 fireworks-related injuries as of Jan. 1. The Department of Health-NIR said 31 of these cases recorded since Dec. 21 involved minors. Thirty-six sustained burns or blast injuries, 15 sustained eye injuries, one had blast and eye injuries, and...
(File photo) Nine fire incidents were recorded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the National Capital Region (NCR) on the very first day of 2025, an official disclosed. BFP spokesperson Fire Senior Supt. Annalee Carbajal-Atienza said one was already confirmed while details on eight other...
The Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) has urged a safe observance of the new year. POLICE Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, PRO-1 director, inspects firecracker stalls in Barangay Ortega, Balaoan, La Union on Monday morning, Dec. 30. (Photo via PRO1) PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista...
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) newest loan to its host country, the Philippines, which will finance reforms in managing public funds, is scheduled to be repaid until 2039. Documents showed that the loan agreement for the $500-million Public Financial Management (PFM) Reform Program (Subprogram...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Health warned the people in the Ilocos region to avoid using “boga” to welcome the new year due to the danger that the improvised cannon brings to the user. DOH-Ilocos Region Director Paula Paz M. Sydiongco urged parents to keep an eye on their children as...
DAVAO CITY – The Mati City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reported several flooding incidents and landslides as heavy downpour continues to batter Davao Oriental on Thursday, Dec. 26. These affected Barangays Bobon, Macambol, Mamali, and Tamisan. The Mati-DRRMO confirmed a...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Negros Island Region (NIR) reported 11 fireworks-related injuries involving minors from Dec. 21 to 26. Eight sustained burns or blast injuries and three suffered eye injuries. Negros Occidental recorded seven, followed by Bacolod City with...
DAVAO CITY – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Davao on Friday, Dec. 27, warned of possible landslides in the region due to heavy rains from the Intertropical Convergence Zone weather system since Thursday, Dec. 26. MUNICIPAL Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office personnel attend to...
At the start of next year, selected elementary schools in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao would receive funding under a World Bank-assisted, civil society-led project aimed at improving primary education in previously war-torn areas in the southern Mindanao island. "The training on...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has deployed hundreds of personnel to secure the Ilocos region this Christmas under the Ligtas Paskuhan program. PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista said policemen backed by other law enforcement agencies, local government units,...
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 1 is set to conduct the Lakbay Alalay motorist assistance program to ensure safe travel for motorists in the Ilocos region this holiday season. Teams from the regional and district engineering offices will be deployed round-the-clock from 8...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has welcomed the Senate’s ratification of the Philippines-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), which it said will strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries. DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo said Tuesday, Dec. 17, that the “prospective...
