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Lepanto Mines afloat amid DENR’s suspension

BAGUIO CITY – Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company remains afloat and is braving back at the environment department’s suspension order, which it denounced as “without legal ground and basis”. Bryan Yap, president of the LCMC, speaking during the signing of the 27th Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the mine firm and officials of the Lepanto Local […]

Panalangin ng Pasasalamat dahil sa Tagumpay

O magpasalamat kayo sa Panginoon, sapagkat siya’y mabuti; ang kanyang tapat na pag-ibig ay nananatili magpakailanman. Sabihin ngayon ng mga natatakot sa Panginoon, “Ang kanyang tapat na pag-ibig ay nananatili magpakailanman.” Tumawag ako sa Panginoon mula sa aking pagkabalisa, sinagot ako ng Panginoon, at inilagay ako sa maluwag na dako. Ang Panginoon ay para sa […]

800 new jobs in Region 1 with Sitel’s 4th Baguio site

BAGUIO CITY – More than 800 new job opportunities were opened for job seekers in Region 1 and Cordillera with Sitel’s opening of its fourth site in Baguio City on March 24, 2017. With its 13 full-service customer contact service centers in the country, Sitel has sustained its growth trajectory in the Philippines. The BPO […]

La Union welcomes new PNP regional director

La Union led by Governor Francisco Emmanuel “Pacoy” R. Ortega III and Vice Gov. Aureo Augusto Q. Nisce welcomed the newly-installed director of Police Regional Office I, PCSupt.  Charlo C. Collado, in a simple ceremony on March 16, 2017 at the Speaker Pro-Tempore Francisco I. Ortega Legislative Building, City of San Fernando, La Union. Collado, […]

Arabica bloom in La Trinidad

The Foundation for Sustainable Coffee Excellence (FSCE) spearheaded a campaign that seeks to herald the country’s return to the global coffee spotlight which is supported by Michael Harris L. Conlin, president and CEO of Henry & Sons (5th from left), together with La Trinidad Mayor Romeo K. Salda, DOT-CAR Regional Director Marie Venus Q. Tan, […]

Armadong amazona tiklo, 5 drug pusher huli

CAMP DANGWA, LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET – Isang 26 anyos na babae na diumano ay armadong miyembro ng New Peoples Army ang nadakip ng kapulisan ng lungsod matapos ipagbigay alam ito ng isang impormante na diumano’y may mga babaeng armado na nakita sa Block 8 Muslim Village Purok 15, Cypress Irisan noong nakaraang linggo. Sa ulat […]

Anti-illegal fishing campaign ti Bauang, mapapigsa

BAUANG, LA UNION – Kiniddaw tai lokal a gobierno kadagiti amin a mangngalap a tumulong dagitoy a lumaban iti maiparit a panagkalap. Daytoy ket impauna ni Mayor Eulogio Clarence Martin P. de Guzman III kabayatan ti naisayangkat a Gobyernong Abot ang Barangay (GABAY) sadiay Barangay Taberna, Bauang. “We have to fight illegal fishing just as […]

Tobacco farmers ready to faceoff with new NTA Chief

SANTIAGO, ILOCOS SUR – Tobacco farmers in the Ilocos region and Abra are facing off with newly-appointed National Tobacco Administrator (NTA) Dr. Robert Seares Sr. on March 27 to thresh out issues concerning the low pricing of tobacco products. Led by the Solidarity of Peasant Against Exploitation (Stop Exploitation) with other tobacco farmers’ associations, tobacco […]

36th Strawberry Festival gives growth to La Trinidad and its people

With more visitors and more participants in the celebration, this year’s Strawberry Festival became a venue for staging the unity and culture of the people of La Trinidad and the local economic growth. Aiming for the success not only of the festival but of the whole town, residents worked together, from the local government units […]

Bineng Hydro Project to provide benefits to La Trinidad

After getting the approval of the La Trinidad Indigenous People Organization and the host barangays, Barangay Bineng, Alno and Alapang, Hedcor is getting the approval of the Municipality of La Trinidad for the 19-megawatt Bineng Combined Hydropower Project. Last January and February, the IP community and the host barangays had already signed memoranda of agreement […]

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