To strengthen sexual health education and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV, and AIDS among young people, the Puerto Princesa City Health Office (CHO), through its Social Hygiene Clinic, partnered with Roots of Health (Ugat ng Kalusugan) for a three-day...
An official of the Philippine Ports Authority was shot dead in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Wednesday night, Sept. 17. Police identified the victim as lawyer Joshua Abrina, administrative division officer-in-charge of the PPA Port Management Office Palawan. Investigation said Abrina had just...
The Department of Trade and Industry-Palawan has imposed a 60-day price freeze on basic necessities in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan after a state of calamity was declared due to severe effects of heavy rain and flood caused by the shear line. The DTI reminded business establishments to comply with...
(Courtesy of Philippine Navy / Naval Forces West) The Philippine Navy (PN) said Friday, Jan. 17, that it was investigating three of its personnel who were involved in a fistfight outside a bar in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. A video of the brawl went viral on social media on Jan. 16 showing...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – The election process came to an abrupt stop in a polling center here on Monday morning, October 30, after six men barged in, locked themselves inside, and tore up hundreds of unused ballots in a clustered precinct. MAP of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan...
A 30-year-old man became an instant millionaire after hitting the P36.2-million jackpot in the Lotto 6/42 draw last month. The lotto patron from Puerto Princesa City in Palawan, who has been playing the games for nearly a decade, was the solo winner in the September 7 draw with the winning...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P375-million loan to the Puerto Princesa City Water District (PPCWD) to improve its services and address the needs of the city's growing population. DBP President and CEO Michael O. de Jesus (second from left) is shown during...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Some 450 inmates from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City and Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City arrived here late Sunday evening, October 1, for their transfer to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF). The group,...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel install booms and sorbent pads to contain an oil spill detected at the Puerto Princesa City Port in Palawan on Sept. 30, 2023. (Courtesy of PCG) An oil spill was monitored in the vicinity waters off Puerto Princesa City Port in Palawan on Saturday, Sept. 30. In a...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Crew members of the Philippine Navy (PN) frigate BRP Antonio Luna rescued a Filipino fisherman in a near-fatal accident in the waters near Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commander Ariel Joseph Coloma, Armed Forces Western Command (Wescom)...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – SM Foundation rehabilitated and refurbished the Barangay Irawan Birth Facility in this city, its 195th wellness center in the country. BARANGAY Irawan Captain Noel Baban Resuma Sr. delivers a message during the inauguration and turnover of a birthing facility in Puerto...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – The SM Foundation Inc. (SMFI), the social good arm of the SM group, recently refurbished two essential health centers here. BARANGAY Irawan birthing facility. (SMFI photo) The two health facilities – Naval Station Apolinario Jalandoon Medical Dispensary and the...
