Provincial News

Antique quake may generate more aftershocks

MANILA, July 27 (PNA) -- More aftershocks are possible from the magnitude 5.0 earthquake that struck Antique province this week. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the 3:52 a.m. earthquake...

Cebu City councilor dismissed for dishonesty

MANILA, July 27 -- The Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) has dismissed from the service Cebu City Councilor Gerardo Carillo after finding him guilty of serious dishonesty. Carillo was also permanently banned...

Southern Leyte cops still on guard vs terrorists spillover

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, July 26 (PNA) -- The police provincial office here is strengthening their coordination with residents in coastal villages to prevent the entry of criminal elements and terrorist...

Zambo del Norte town mayor reprimanded for ignoring letter

MANILA, July 26 -- The Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) has reprimanded President Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte Mayor Jan Hendrik Vallecer for failing to reply to the letter of...

Ex-Biliran town mayor faces 6-8 yrs jail term for graft

MANILA, July 26 -- Former Caibiran, Biliran Mayor Melchor Maderazo is facing six to eight years imprisonment. This after the Sandiganbayan convicted Maderazo of violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No....

President’s SONA ‘comprehensive, straightforward’

BACOLOD CITY, July 24 -- City officials here were found the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte comprehensive and straightforward as he presented the concerns and...

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