DUMAGUETE CITY – The Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW), a joint venture between Metro Pacific Water (MPW) and Dumaguete City Water District (DCWD), has procured three generator sets for its pumping stations in response to the series of regular power outages in the city. A media release on Thursday said the procurement came as power outages…
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The city government joined the nation in mourning the passing of former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III on Thursday morning. The Philippine flags at the city hall complex here were flown at half-mast as directed by Mayor Ronnel Rivera following the confirmation of the former President’s death. “The local government unit…
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 11 (BFAR-11) has strengthened its fisheries monitoring control surveillance (MCS) through conducting regular sea patrol operations in the region. In a statement issued on Thursday, it said BFAR-11 along with the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group will conduct sea…
ILOILO CITY – The provincial and city governments of Iloilo extended their condolences to the family of former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and remembered him for his legacies. “At the start of his term, he launched the aggressive concreting of our national highways. It was a very good initiative because his target was at…
BACOLOD CITY – The Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) and the Central Philippines State University in Negros Occidental have received grants totaling PHP41.163 million under the Smart Campus Development project of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). On Thursday, the CHMSC headed by president Norberto Mangulabnan, representing the Visayas, gave a project presentation with…
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four suspected big-time drug pushers were among the six people arrested while some PHP617,760 worth of illegal drugs were seized in a series of anti-drug operations in this southern port city, a top police official announced Thursday. Two other drug suspects facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of…
