Provincial News
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Department of Education in the Cordillera Administrative Region is strengthening its learning continuity measures to help students keep pace with lessons when face-to-face classes are suspended due to calamities. DepEd-CAR Regional Director Nicolas Capulong said the region is developing policy guidelines to improve the implementation of alternative learning modalities during…
The Visayas grid will be placed under a yellow alert for two hours on Thursday due to tight power supply, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. NGCP said the alert will be in effect from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A yellow alert is issued when the grid’s operating margin falls below…
By Tracy Cabrera Six candidates allied with the Bangsamoro Grand Coalition secured six of Lanao del Sur’s nine district seats in the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, while three seats went to candidates from the United Bangsamoro Justice Party. Comelec provincial election supervisor Mohammad Nabil Mutia, who chaired the provincial board of canvassers, led the proclamation…
By Tracy Cabrera USTDA backs expansion of Subic ship repair facility The Philippine maritime industry is set to gain additional ship repair capacity as the United States Trade and Development Agency supports the planned expansion of a key drydock facility in Subic Bay. The project involves Subic Drydock Corporation, which plans to expand its operations…
(Photo courtesy of Richard Falcatan) ISABELA CITY, Basilan – Three candidates from the Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP) and one from the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) were proclaimed winners in Basilan’s four parliamentary districts following the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections. Basilan OIC Provincial Election Supervisor Miguel Roberto Dela Peña led the proclamation ceremony Tuesday afternoon…
(PNA photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY – Twenty-four persons with hearing impairment in Ilocos Norte received free hearing aids on Wednesday through a provincial government program aimed at improving communication and participation in daily activities. Gov. Cecilia Araneta-Marcos led the distribution at the Provincial Capitol auditorium. Each hearing aid, valued at Php 40,000, was…
(Photo courtesy of Balita Halin sa Kapitolyo) ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has called for stronger backup power capacity and the timely repair of offline generating plants as the province prepares for higher electricity demand during El Niño. Defensor met with representatives of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, power generators…
Photo courtesy of PNP-CIDG Eleven people were arrested after authorities raided suspected unauthorized license plate production sites in Metro Manila and Davao City, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. The arrests stemmed from three operations conducted on Sept. 2 and 3 as police and the Land Transportation Office investigated the alleged production of plates resembling…
Photo courtesy of PNP-CIDG Two men accused of killing a security guard in Sta. Rosa City were captured in separate operations in Biñan after authorities tracked them to the same barangay, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said. The first suspect, known by the alias “Ito,” was arrested in Barangay Tubigan at around 5:30 p.m….
Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said Visayas consumers could see fewer grid alerts in the coming months as the government pushes short-term measures aimed at improving power stability. Garin said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has been urged to move faster on a battery installation contract that could help steady the Visayas grid. She…