As the deadline for the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) registration nears, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in Region 4-A will start making the rounds of areas in Rizal Province this week to help residents with their registration. From March 22 up to March 24, the NTC will...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – Two soldiers were wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Tanglagan here on Saturday, March 18. Troops recovered two improvised explosive devices, blasting caps, 15 cartridges containing bullets, a solar panel, C4, various medical supplies, a cellphone,...
CEBU CITY (PNA) – Sen. Robin Padilla on Thursday, March 16, said the government could save as much as P28.5 billion if amending the 36-year-old 1987 Constitution would be through a Constitutional Assembly (Con-Ass). PADILLA (Gov. Garcia FB) Padilla, chairman of the Senate Committee on Charter...
INFANTA, Quezon -- A three-year-old boy died while a 49-year old woman was injured when a fire broke out around 2:26 in the morning on Tuesday, March 14, at Purok Rosal in Barangay Tudturan in this town. The Infanta police said the boy (whose name is withheld) died after he was left alone in a room...
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato – North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza disclosed that the province is No. 1 in rubber production in the country during her State-of-the-Province Address (SOPA) at the Provincial Gymnasium in Barangay Amas here on March 14,Tuesday. NORTH Cotabato...
CEBU CITY – Culling of pigs has been suspended in the African Swine Fever (ASF)-affected Carcar City in southern Cebu. GOV. Garcia (FB) The suspension was ordered by Gov. Gwen Garcia who said the province will come up with its own procedures in determining ASF infection. Garcia noted that there...
There will be no water in some parts of Rodriguez and Binangonan, Rizal for six hours from March 16 to 17. In an announcement on its social media pages, Manila Water said the water service interruption will start at 10 a.m. on March 16, Thursday, until 4 a.m. on March 17, Friday, in some parts of...
NIGHT OWL Last March 3, six sites in the Province of Antique gained access to the government’s Free Wi-Fi Program as the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) officially launched its flagship program, Broadband ng Masa, in the province. DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy and...
CEBU CITY —Police seized two kilos of suspected shabu worth P14.7 million and arrested two men in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tisa here on Saturday, March 11. SUSPECTED shabu worth at least P14 million was seized from two men in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City on Saturday,...
CEBU CITY – Economic and tourism activities are expected to boom further in Bohol after the opening of a new shipping route in the province to Cebu. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (fifth from right), Bohol Rep. Vanessa Aumentado (fourth from right), and Chester Cokaliong (sixth from right), chief...
Oil slicks from the recent oil spill in Oriental Mindoro have already reached a number of areas in Palawan, prompting barangays to take part in preventing further damages. In a “Laging Handa” briefing on Monday, March 13, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Head...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Two members of underground mass organization (UGMO) Pinag-isang Lakas ng mga Magbubukid (PIGLAS)-Quezon under Anakpawis and Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police at the 405th Maneuver Company (MC) in Barangay...
