Category: Provincial

Mayors League welcomes Yap, supports Prov’l Board’s call for special election

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Mayors League of this province on Friday (Jan. 24), passed a resolution welcoming party-list Representative Eric Go Yap of Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS), as caretaker. At the same time, the mayor’s group demonstrated support on the recent Provincial Board’s resolution, asking Congress to initiate a special […]

Benguet farmers benefit DA livelihood assistance program

BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Cordillera (DACAR) through its High Value Crops Development (HVCD) program has begun distributing livelihood assistance to farmers in Benguet, the agency reported. A total of 19,805 local farmers in the said province are beneficiaries of the government’s livelihood assistance program worth Php11.667 million. Actually, the agency begun distributing the […]

DENR Grants Over P25.5M Funds For Ilocos Norte Waste Recycling Facility

Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (January 24, 2020) – The environment department’s Environmental Management Bureau Region I (DENR-EMB RI) granted the Ilocos Norte provincial government with P25.5 million to fund the construction of a plastic recycling and resource recovery facility (PRRF) at Brgy. Imelda, Marcos town. Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc signed a memorandum of agreement with […]

BSU holds bamboo mini-festival

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Jan. 24 (PIA) – The Benguet State University (BSU) will hold a bamboo mini-festival on January 27-31 with the theme, “Linking Local Bamboo Resources to the Industry.” The five-day fair will re-launch the bamboo development plan of the institution and will usher the bamboo industry in the Cordillera region having a potential […]

DBP, LBP mangipaay nababa’t interesna a pautang kadagiti mannalon

SIUDAD TI VIGAN, Ilocos Sur – Impakaammo ni Senador Cynthia Villar a mangipapaay ti Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) ken Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) ti nababa interes nga pautang para iti paggatang ti kasapulan dagiti mannalon ken mangngalap iti intero a pagilian. Kabayatan ti panagserbina a naisangsangayan a sangaili iti Aldaw ti […]

Halos dalawang dosenang part-time NPA gerilya sumuko sa Abra

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Dalawampu’t-tatlong part-time na rebelde sa ilalim ng “Militia ng Bayan” ang lumutang sa Abra na sinabing nahihirapan sila sa loob ng rebolusyumaryong pagkilos, ayon sa Cordillera police noong Martes. Nahihirapan sila at “ito ang karaniwang dahilan na nagudyok” sa kanila na sumuko at humingi ng tulong sa gobyerno, sabi ni Cordillera […]

Missing foreigner, natagpuan sa bangin

BAGUIO CITY — Makalipas ang walong araw pagkawala ng isang tourist French national, ay natagpuan ito ng mga search and rescue team sa gilid ng bangin, noong Miyerkoles ng hapon. Nanghihina nang matagpuan si Jacques Francioly, 70, sa may bangin ng Sitio Sikling, Barangay Latang, Barlig, Mountain Province, dakong alas 3:00 ng hapon, ng mga […]

Fil-Chinese Community in Baguio enjoy stronger ties

BAGUIO CITY — the annual celebration of the Spring Festival of the Lunar New Year is the key to further strengthen the relationship between Filipinos and the Chinese in this city. “As we have emphasized in every Spring Festival celebration, we greatly value relationships and the celebration of this grand event will surely foster a […]

MP CTG Pledge

At least 11 members of the Communist Terrorist Group operating in Mountain Province who surrendered to government forces were presented by the Mountain Province Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at the Camp Montes in Bontoc, Mountain Province. The mass surrender of the CTGs was thru […]

Peace Rally

Supporters of San Fernando City Mayor Hermenegildo Dong Gualberto gathered at the city plaza to shows support on regards for the Ombudsman decision on Gualberto’s dismissal from the service after found him guilty of grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty for the alleged misuse of development funds for the construction of city plaza as […]

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