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Day: October 7, 2024

Pimentel sees need to reform party-list system

Manila: Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is eyeing to push for reforms in the party-list system if ever he gets to be elected again as a legislator.

In a press briefing on Monday, Pimentel said he agrees with concerns that the curr…

Incumbent Dagupan City councilor vies for mayoralty post

DAGUPAN CITY – Incumbent city councilor Celia Lim is gunning for the city’s mayoralty post.

Celia, widow of former mayor and Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Benjamin Lim, filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec)…

Baguio partly resolves daily demand gap of 60K m3 of water

BAGUIO CITY – Completion of five new Baguio Water District (BWD) deep wells will further close the gap in the city’s 60,000 cubic meters daily demand, especially during peak tourism season.

BWD general manager engineer Salvador Royeca, in a report t…

September anti-drug ops yield P42-M shabu in W. Visayas

ILOILO CITY – Sustained anti-drug operations in Western Visayas last month yielded PHP42.3 million worth of illegal drugs, the Police Regional Office 6 said Monday.

Data showed that 230 police operations were conducted last month that led to the arr…

‘Julian’ affects 33K farmers, leaves P600-M agri damage

Manila: Super Typhoon Julian has affected 33,110 farmers and left more than PHP 600 million in agricultural damage, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Monday.

‘Based on the assessment of DA Regional Field Offices (RFOs) in Cordillera, Administra…