The Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) Pancit Canton with Squash Technology has been extended to PHP Noodle Haus on Batangas, a known producer of pancit canton and shing-a-ling for 11 years now. (DOST Batangas Facebook page) The...
Not even the threat of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is discouraging drug pushers from selling shabu. On Monday, operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a drug pusher and seized some P384,000 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Batangas. In a Viber...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has provided food safety-compliant food carts to the street food vendors in San Nicolas, Batangas. (MyMakati official twitter account/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was announced by DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña during his...
A tour of heritage houses in Batangas, Bicol, Bulacan, and Boac Wala Lang … there’s no place like home. Most unusual was a Taal (Batangas) bahay-na-bato that was a bahay kubo in disguise. You wouldn’t notice the masquerade from outside. The home had the usual stone-walled ground floor and...
Maritime authorities are conducting an investigation for the possible lapses after 28 crew of roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) passenger ship tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade has directed on Friday, Aug. 13, the Maritime Industry...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a moderately strong earthquake measuring 5.8-magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Batangas on Friday evening, Aug. 13. Phivolcs said it was an aftershock of the 6.6-magnitude earthquake last July 24. The origin of...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Monday, Aug. 9, that it is strictly implementing a “no contact policy” on the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) passenger ship that is currrently anchored at the Bauan Bay of Batangas after 28 crew tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Personnel of...
Wala Lang … there’s no place like an ancestral home. With the end of the Galleon Trade in 1815, the Spanish colonial government embarked on structural reform. Foreign trade, heretofore restricted to Spain and her colonies, was opened to other countries. Commercial agriculture was prioritized...
A solo winner in San Jose, Batangas bagged the P77.1-million Lotto 6/42 jackpot prize, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) announced on Friday, Aug 6. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a Facebook post, PCSO said that the winning ticket correctly guessed the jackpot combination 11 - 33 -...
No one died or got hurt in the aftermath of a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that hit Calatagan, Batangas on Saturday morning, July 24, according to an initial assessment by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Calatagan, Batangas on July 24, 2021. (Courtesy of Philippine...
Social media was abuzz early Saturday morning, July 24, after Filipinos were woken up by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that hit Calatagan, Batangas which was felt in nearby areas including parts of Metro Manila. Some netizens praised the advance alert issued through their mobile phones by Google,...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Substation Calatagan rescued two fishermen from a capsized motorbanca off Calatagan, Batangas on Monday, July 19. Captain Geronimo Tuvilla, commander of PCG Station Batangas, said they received a report from Vessel Traffic Monitoring System (VTMS) -...
