CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Regional Development Council (RDC) in Central Luzon recently gave the green light for the construction of the P16.09-billion Balog-Balog Multipurpose (BBM) dam in San Jose town, Tarlac. In a statement, RDC said the rock-filled dam, which is part of the second phase of the BBM project of the National […]
ANGELES CITY — A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbor in a village here on New Year, the city police said. The suspect — Reynaldo Mercado, 45, of Barangay Balibago — was drunk when he abused the victim, according to Chief Inspector Luisito M. Tan, Police Station 4 chief. Mercado was charged with […]
THE Philippine government will adopt a national payroll system within the year covering the departments of Education, Public Works and Highways, Budget, Finance, the Armed Forces, and the National Police. Announced by Budget Secretary Florencio Abad on Tuesday, the move is part of the Good Governance and Anti-corruption (GGAC) plan, intended to simplify and integrate […]
A VETERAN brigade commander with the 6th Infantry Division in Maguindanao has been designated the new senior military adviser to the Government of the Philippines peace panel negotiation with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (Opapp) announced Tuesday. Brigadier General Leo Cresente Ferrer replaces Brigadier […]
STATE weather forecasters ruled out the possibility of a storm caused by a low pressure area off Mindanao even as the government asked the residents to heed warnings in case of a pre-emptive evacuation due to heavy flooding. Foreign weather agencies also had the same assessment after the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Joint Typhoon […]
TRAFFIC on the Philippines’ busiest highway will be slashed by as much as 40 percent once a new alternate structure called the Skybridge will be built. This was announced on Tuesday by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), saying the elevated roadway will serve as an alternate route to Epiphanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa), […]
MANILA — The House prosecution panel challenged Tuesday Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona to disclose his statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) after receiving documents indicating his purchase of a high-end condominium unit in Taguig City. Corona and his wife Cristina purchased a 303.5-square-meter condominium unit from the Megaworld Corporation on […]
STA. ANA — Mayor Rommel Concepcion distributed Tuesday P100,000 as assistance to the Public School Teachers Association of Sta. Ana in a bid to improve teaching conditions here. Concepcion said the fund is the annual contribution of the Municipal Government of Sta. Ana to the various programs of the association. He said the fund is […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Provincial Government said the newly rehabilitated Don Andres Luciano Memorial Hospital (DALMH) (formerly known as Balitucan District Hospital) in Magalang town will open to the public on Monday. Governor Lilia Pineda said at least P35 million was spent for the construction of the new building. The budget was part […]
SENATOR Aquilino Pimentel III announced Tuesday that he will gather government agencies and non-government groups in Mindanao to assess the island’s readiness against future disasters after Tropical Storm Sendong left more than a thousand people from Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City dead late last year. He said the summit will attempt to create “a […]