Category: Provincial

Tobacco farmers to ‘spill beans’ at House inquiry on fund misuse

STA. CRUZ, ILOCOS SUR – Tobacco farmers in the Ilocos region vow of “spilling the beans” in the alleged tobacco fund misuse in the continuing inquiry at the House of Representatives. Leaders of the Solidarity of Peasants Against Exploitation (STOP Exploitation) and Alyansa Dagiti Mannalon ti Ilocos Norte (AMIN) serve as resource speakers on a […]

811 newly promoted PROCOR officers

Police Regional Office Cordillera Regional Director PCSupt Elmo Francis Oco Sarona spearheaded the pinning and donning of ranks of the newly promoted police officers of the Regional Headquarters, Benguet PPO and BCPO in a simple ceremony at the PROCOR Covered court, Camp Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad, Benguet on September 20, 2017.

Coffee product development

Brian Tenorio, a New York-based entrepreneur, designer, and communications specialist suggests improvements to the labels and packaging of coffee producers from the Cordillera provinces during a two-day product development seminar conducted by DTI-CAR in Baguio City. 

P67.8-M pasilidad mula DOH, ilalaan sa 7 ospital sa Pangasinan

LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN – Nakatakdang lagdaan ni Governor Amado Espino III sa susunod na linggo ang Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) kasama ang Department of Health (DOH) na magbibigay ng P67.8 milyong halaga ng pasilidad para sa pitong hospital na pinamamahalaan ng provincial government. Ang provincial board na pinangungunahan ni Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim Jr. […]

50-megawatt solar power project, iminungkahi sa Pangasinan

LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN – Naghayag ng layunin ang isang kumpanya na nakabase sa Metro Manila upang magtayo ng solar energy project sa Barangay San Bonifacio at San Roque sa bayan ng San Manuel, Pangasinan. Ito ay inihayag sa liham ni Dr. Romel Carlos, president and chief executive officer ng Pilipinas Newton Energy Corporation mula sa Taguig […]

Kalinga women trained on loom weaving for livelihood

CITY OF TABUK, KALINGA – At least 30 Kalinga women have started a livelihood program while enhancing their skills in heirloom weaving. Members of the Kalinga Indigenous Weavers Association (KINWA ETNIKA) successfully completed a 5-day Basic Handloom Weaving Training organized by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines through Project Baro.

Accident in LU

A public transport jeepney falls down a ravine injuring seven passengers at Barangay Baraoas, San Fernando City, La Union, Thursday afternoon (Sept. 14, 2017). ERWIN BELEO

Regional development council in Apayao

Apayao Governor Elias Bulut Jr. (left) called on the different government line agencies thru the Regional Development Council to establish offices to ensure that services will be provided to the people of Apayao during the RDC-RPOC meeting in Luna, Apayao last week. Also in photo are Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan, NEDA-CAR Regional Director Milagros […]

P20M aid, inilaan sa 6,000 biktima ni Lawin

LUNA, APAYAO – Nagbigay si Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello ng P20 milyon para sa emergency livelihood assistance para sa mahigit 6,000 manggagawa sa probinsiya ng Kalinga at Apayao na biktima ng tropical depression “Lawin” noong Oktubre 2016. Sa isang panayam kay DOLE Cordillera Regional Director Exequiel Guzman ay sinabi niyang […]

Cultural sensitivity manual for media out 

A manual for sensitive reportage has been made. The Cordillera News Agency has crafted the first manual for reporting for media and bloggers after months of research and immersion. The CNA has immersed in seven indigenous peoples groups covering the entire Luzon getting media protocol from the Bago’s of Ilocos in Region I, the Ibanag’s […]

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