Provincial News

Chinese investor finds monorail feasible in Iloilo City

ILOILO CITY -- Iloilo City is capable of hosting a monorail project according to a pre-feasibility study conducted by the BYD Auto Co. Inc., an automaker and new energy technology based in...

3 nabbed in NegOr drug bust

DUMAGUETE CITY – Since the return of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the administration’s war against illegal drugs, the PNP in Negros Oriental has continued its relentless operations against suspected...

Mayon affects more people; DOT-Bicol issues travel advisory

LEGAZPI CITY -- As the Albay Public Safety Emergency Management Office (APSEMO) extended the danger zone to a 9-km. radius, the number of families affected has increased to 14,241 or 56,217...

DOTr starts land price re-evaluation for Kalibo airport expansion

KALIBO, Aklan -- The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has started its three-month re-evaluation project to acquire farmlands around the Kalibo International Airport (KIA). Provincial Administrator Selwayn Ibaretta, vice chairperson of the Provincial...

Ordinance filed declaring Oct. 29 Palawan ‘IPRA Day’

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- An ordinance declaring October 29 of every year as “Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) Day” was filed Tuesday morning at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan by ex-officio Board...

Phivolcs: Brace for more Mayon eruptions; danger zone now 9km

LEGAZPI CITY – The phreatic and volcanic eruptions of Mt. Mayon on Monday and Tuesday were just the start and more explosions could be expected from the volcano, the resident government...

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