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Watershed-protection teams formed
BAGUIO CITY – Alarmed by the rapid pace of forest and watershed denudation, the Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC) approved the creation of quick-response teams.
DPWH now enforcing stricter rules on load limit of vehicles
BAGUIO CITY – Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. ordered regional offices of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) nationwide to enforce strictly the new rules on load limit in an effort to prevent the deterioration of roads.
Bataan folk support House bill on special ecozone, freeport
MARIVELES, Bataan -- The Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) has been left behind in terms of development and investments.
Baby tornado hits San Carlos City, snaps power cables
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan -- A 30-minute baby tornado, accompanied by unusually heavy rains, struck this city at about 5:45 p.m. last Friday, snapping some communications and power cables and causing a brownout.
Bohol town buying fresh water
The "warring" local officials of thirsty Panglao town Friday set aside differences and agreed to bulk buy fresh water for distribution to consumers through its existing water system from the winner in an open competitive bidding.
Export group urges traders to attend educational trainings
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport)-Cebu has readied a series of educational trainings to keep its global competitiveness even as the US dollar is gaining its strength against the peso.
P3.3-B Bohol rice master plan turned over to DA
TAGBILARAN CITY ---- Bohol Gov. Erico B. Aumentado and 1st district Rep. Edgar M. Chatto led municipal government executives here yesterday in launching and turning over the province’ rice sufficiency plan (2009 — 2010) to officials of the Department of Agriculture’s Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) Rice Program.
Masskara Festival 2008 preparations in full swing
BACOLOD CITY – The most awaited annual cultural and tourism activity in Bacolod, the Masskara Festival, is on its full swing preparations.
Alay Lakad doubles number of scholars
CEBU CITY – The Alay Lakad Inc. in this city is targeting 500 scholars next year in its aim to equip and educate out-of-school youth (OSY) for a better future.
AFP-MILF clashes cause P19-M damage to ARMM
The fighting between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has inflicted at least P19,791,000 damage to conflict-affected areas (CAAs) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), with internally displaced persons (IDPs) or evacuees reaching over 220,788.
Arab investments urged
House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles urged yesterday the Arroyo government to invite businessmen from oil-rich Arab nations to invest in Mindanao, believing it could be the solution to the twin problems of lack of law and order and extreme poverty in the region.
PNP implements reforms to cope with modern times
ZAMBOANGA CITY-- Philippine National Police (PNP) Deputy Director Gen. Jesus A. Verzosa admitted there is a pressing need to overhaul policing in the country, stressing that the ongoing Integrated Transformation Program of the PNP is gradually implementing reforms within the police organization.
US spends $ 10 M on projects in Sulu
JOLO, Sulu – The United States military has poured some $ 10 million in infrastructure and development projects in an effort to win hearts and minds in this southern island province, according to Filipino officials.
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