PGMA visits Malasiqui and San Carlos City
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan, Nov. 17 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited this province on Tuesday to inaugurate a multi-purpose building at the Arenas Civic Center in Malasiqui town and lower the time capsule and start the construction of a gym in San Carlos City.
PGMA fulfills promise to an impoverished Aeta girl
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
PORAC, Pampanga, Nov. 17 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived on Tuesday in Barangay Diaz to announce the start of construction for a school building.
PCG plans to allow seacraft to sail during storm signal 1
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 17 – Vessels and motorboats engaged in short distance voyages may sail during fair weather condition in an area placed under Public Storm Warning Signal No. 1 provided conditions under a proposed memo circular are “strictly satisfied.”
More firearms confiscated in 4 Negros areas
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
BACOLOD CITY, Nov. 17 – Eight loose firearms were recovered and others surrendered to police authorities in Negros Occidental recently, a police report said.
Two nabbed for illegal drugs in Bacolod
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BACOLOD CITY, Nov. 17 – Two Bacoleños on Monday were arrested for illegal drugs by the Anti-Illegal Drugs-Special Operations Task Group of Bacolod City police.
Search for Outstanding Policemen on; P250,000 prize awaits winners
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
BACOLOD CITY, Nov. 17 – The Metrobank Foundation Search for the Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) was launched recently, said Negros Occidental Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Police Chief Inspector Rico Santotome Jr.
Negros Oriental police distributes anti-red tape charts
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
BACOLOD CITY, Nov. 17 – Police chiefs in the province were reminded yesterday of the Philippine National Police' support to Republic Act 9485, or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, during a simple turnover of flow charts.
SSS inaugurates new Central Visayas cluster building
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
CEBU CITY, Nov. 17 – The Social Security System (SSS) on Tuesday opened its new multi-million-peso Central Visayas cluster building on the same site of its old building along Osmena boulevard, Cebu City.
Cebu City has over 500,000 voters for 2010 polls
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
CEBU CITY, Nov. 17 – Cebu City, one of the country’s vote-rich cities, now has 517,798 registered voters who will be able to vote in next year’s election, which means an increase of 6.4 percent or some 31,000 voters compared to the number recorded in the October 2007 polls.
Microfinance group pushes finance services for poor
November 18, 2009 1:53 am· Comments Off
CEBU CITY, Nov. 17 – A group of microfinance institutions is pushing for the speedy enactment into law of a bill creating Micro-Enterprise Development Institutions (MEDIC) to enable the poor to have more access to various microfinance services.