Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte once again topped Pulse Asia’s latest voters’ preference survey, surging ahead of Senator Grace Poe by a whopping seven percentage points. The survey was commissioned by ABS-CBN and was conducted from April 5 to 10. It covered 4,000 registered voters nationwide, with an error margin of […]
Day: April 20, 2016
Duterte bares Roxas’ Illegal Miner Crony
Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte accuses Liberal Party (LP) and administration bet Manuel “Mar” Roxas of granting illegal favors to mining crony Eric Gutierrez. Gutierrez owns San Roque Metals Inc. (SR Metals), which engages in “small scale mining” of 572 hectares of land in Tubay, Agusan del Norte. DENR ordered its […]
Baguio Leaders’ Forum engages vice mayoralty bets
BAGUIO CITY – Vice mayoralty candidates in the city faced off in the Baguio Leaders’ Forum, April 7. Three of the five vice mayoralty candidates presented their platforms formulating solutions on issues and concerns affecting Baguio City and at the same time debated on who should be the best choice for the city. Present were […]
DOH to launch OPV-IPV Vaccine on the 27th
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Health is set to intensify its campaign against Polio in the Cordillera with the regional launching of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) switch and Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) set this April 27 at the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center Under 5 Clinic. Joyce Rillorta of DOH Cordillera in […]
DOST introduces ceramic water filter
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Access to potable water is a problem in many rural areas, and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is coming to the rescue with the introduction of new technology. Dr. Victor Mariano, DOST-Cordillera regional director, said a funding of more than P4 million is allotted for ceramic water filter for […]
Mt. Province 2015 local revenue collections increased
BONTOC, Mountain Province, – Total revenue collections of the provincial government here in 2015 has exceeded that of 2014. Based on the Statement of Collection of the Office of the Provincial Treasurer, the total local revenue collections is P85, 597,080 which is P10, 884,740 higher than in 2014. Biggest contributor for the local revenues is […]
Baguio still OK without tax hike
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan underscored the city continues to develop as a premier tourist destination and a potential investment hub even without the mandatory increase in real property and business taxes mandated by the provisions of the Local Government Code (LGC) of the Philippines requiring local government units to increase their real […]
Indoor sports complex at Athletic Bowl pushed
BAGUIO CITY – The city school board created a technical working group to study the feasibility of putting up an indoor sports building within the newly refurbished Baguio Athletic Bowl to cater to the requirements of indoor sports using the P60 million earlier earmarked by the city government from its 2015 supplemental budget to strengthen […]
No fees to be abolished in public schools
BAGUIO CITY – The Division of city Schools of the Department of Education cited that there are no miscellaneous and tuition fees in public elementary and secondary schools that will be abolished considering that the government is mandated to provide free education to the youth. Education Assistant Regional Director and concurrent City Schools Superintendent Francis […]
Japan hit by more than 600 earthquakes in just 5 days
TOKYO – The total number of powerful and minor earthquakes on the Japanese island of Kyushu has exceeded 600 since Thursday’s devastating quake, local media reported. On April 14, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck to the east of Kumamoto city (the capital of Kumamoto Prefecture) on Japan’s Kyushu Island, killing local residents and damaging infrastructure. […]