DA crafts roadmap for Mindanao tobacco industry

The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the National Tobacco Administration (NTA), has come up with a five-year roadmap to help improve the tobacco industry in Mindanao, especially in the northern region.

In a statement Friday, DA Undersecretary…

Negros Occidental IT school to establish bamboo garden

The Negros Occidental provincial government launched a bamboo growing initiative at the soon-to-open Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) Global Campus in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City on Friday.

The planting acti…

Dagupan City inaugurates Balay Silangan

The 12th Balay Silangan Reformation Center in the province of Pangasinan was inaugurated here Friday, with an initial 11 clients who will undergo rehabilitation program.

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Pangasinan director Retchie Camacho, in an i…

Passengers of missing boat from Palawan town rescued near Verde Island

All seven passengers of a missing motorized banca (boat) have been rescued by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel in this province on Friday afternoon.

Ensign Chrieson Dave Gabayan, spokesperson for PCG District Palawan, said the group was spotte…

Prioritizing locally-made vehicles under PUVMP would create jobs

Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday assured local manufacturers of modern jeepneys that the government will prioritize Philippine-made vehicles for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP).

During a dialogue with local jeepney manufac…

Health authorities probe death of child due to rabid dog bite

Health authorities in Negros Oriental are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a grade school boy who died on Wednesday after being bitten by a rabid dog last month.

Dr. Liland Estacion, Provincial Health Officer (PHO), denied cl…

C. Visayas 4Ps families use POS for cash grant transactions

CEBU CITY: Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Central Visayas can use cash grants from the government through point of sale (POS) terminals, a social welfare official said Thursday.

Shalaine Marie Lucero, director of th…