CEBU CITY – Live hogs and pork-related products coming from Negros Oriental are already allowed to enter the province of Cebu. The ban was lifted through Executive Order (EO) No. 17 that Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia issued on Thursday, April 25. Live hogs and pork-related products coming from Negros...
After the implementation of preventive measures, the Department of Agriculture (DA) declared that Bulacan province is now free from avian influenza. In a statement on Friday, April 26, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said that the declaration was made as it has been 90 days since...
CEBU CITY – A 50-year-old man was arrested after he pretended that he was a doctor and applied as a health officer in Dalaguete town, southern Cebu. ANTONIO Jabonillo Alpechi is arrested after he pretended to be a licensed doctor. (Contributed photo) Antonio Jabonillo Alpechi had been hired...
ILOILO CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has expanded its Responsible Seafood Sourcing Program in Iloilo. BLUE crab farmers in Iloilo are supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). (US Embassy in the Philippines)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Education denied reports that two teachers recently died of heat stroke in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. The DepEd called the report by Iloilo-based XFM Radyo Patrol Iloilo as “highly inaccurate and misleading.” The radio station reported on Tuesday,...
PILA, Laguna – A gadgets store in Barangay Bulilan Norte here was robbed of 150 cellphones on Tuesday morning, April 23. MAP of Laguna with the town of Pila highlighted. Police said four men wearing face masks arrived and declared a holdup. They hogtied the owner and five employees and...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Three New People’s Army revolutionary tax collectors surrendered to the police in Sariaya, Quezon, on Monday, April 22. THREE NPA tax collectors surrendered to the police in Sariaya, Quezon on April 22. (Photo via Danny Estacio) They were identified as aliases Papu and...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A New People’s Army amazon surrendered to the Mountain Province Police Provincial Office on April 22. A NEW People’s Army amazon surrendered in Mountain Province. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) The communist rebel from the Kilusang Larangan Guerilya-Ampis turned...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Unilab Foundation Inc. (UFI) to bolster its mental health programs. THE Iloilo provincial government and Unilab Foundation Inc. (UFI) ink an agreement to bolster mental health programs....
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A 37-year-old housewife was crushed to death by a falling boulder in a quarry site in Sitio Pansol, Barangay Sokol here on April 16. A HOUSEWIFE was crushed to death by a rolling boulder in a quarry site in Atimonan, Quezon. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Police identified the...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Authorities intercepted suspected shabu worth more than P2 million and apprehended five drug pushers in buy-bust operations here and Angeles City, this province, on Saturday, April 20. Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr., Police Regional Office-3 chief,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The province of Samar launched three new tourism circuits featuring cultural heritage and scenic sites on April 16. These are the Secret Kitchens of Samar Gastronomy Tour, Tandaya Trail 1, and the Mabaysay Cultural River Cruise in Barangay Binongtu-an in Basey. The Secret...
