Provincial News

Tourism skills program offered to W. Visayas residents

ILOILO CITY -- A total of 372 graduates of the Tourism Industry Skills Program (TISP) will be the new frontliners to assist local and foreign visitors in Western Visayas. The graduates, beneficiaries of...

Tacloban under state of calamity due to ‘Urduja’

TACLOBAN CITY -- The city council here has placed the regional capital under state of calamity as Tropical Storm Urduja triggered widespread flooding this week. Vice-Mayor Jerry Yaokasin said that during the council’s...

Free irrigation for rice lands with maximum area of 8 hectares: NIA

URDANETA, Pangasinan—The free irrigation fee from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) won’t apply to rice lands over eight hectares in area, according to John Celeste, NIA Region 1 director. Celeste told newsmen...

Thousands displaced in E. Visayas by ‘Urduja’

TACLOBAN CITY -- Thousands of families have been displaced by widespread floodings as tropical storm Urduja battered Eastern Visayas region in the past two days. The Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management...

Northern Iloilo boat trips cancelled due to ‘Urduja’

ILOILO CITY -- Boat trips to and from Northern Iloilo on Friday were still cancelled due to tropical storm Urduja. PCG-Iloilo commander Lt. Ramil Palabrica said in an interview that the cancellation...

Leyte’s quake-hit villages get water filters

ORMOC CITY, Leyte -- Five villages severely affected by the 6.5-magnitude earthquake here last July received water filtration systems on Wednesday through Landbank's Gawad Katubigan program. Landbank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) head...

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