CHIZ DISCLOSES ALLOCATION OF 2011 PDAF
Nearly P136 million, or about 68 percent, of Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s P200 Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for 2011 had been distributed equally to over 200 municipalities across the […]
Month: January 2012
VP BINAY CONFIDENT NEW ‘OFFLOADING’ GUIDELINES WILL FURTHER BOOST ANTI-TRAFFICKING DRIVE
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay expressed confidence that the newly-approved guidelines for departure of international-bound passengers by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) will boost the fight against human trafficking. […]
Impeachment: What to Expect?
As all eyes turn to the Senate, to watch the impeachment trial unfold, an understanding of the procedure and the intent of the Constitution would help everyone understand this process […]
Buses’ healthy business competition
JANUARY 14–Passenger buses in Ilocos plying the Laoag-Manila route and vice versa are enjoying a healthy business competition, a boon to the daily riding public. My wife Nannette and I […]
Legarda Presses for Stronger Disaster-Resiliency Efforts in Mindanao as More Flashfloods, Landslides Continue to Threaten the Region
Senator Loren Legarda today called on the national government and local government units (LGUs) in Mindanao to include disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in their priority […]
VP BINAY TAPS PRIVATE SECTOR FOR “SENDONG” HOUSING PROJECT
Vice President Jejomar C. Binay has tapped the private sector in the housing and relocation project of the national government for the survivors of tropical storm “Sendong.” Binay, the Chairman […]
Red Cross to transfer office?
LAOAG CITY, Jan. 13 – The administrator of PNRC-Ilocos Norte/Laoag City chapter has confirmed that the provincial government of Ilocos Norte had planned to transfer the Red Cross office to […]
PNoy revises guidelines on suspension of classes, gov’t work due to disasters
President Benigno S. Aquino III has expanded the existing protocol on the cancellation or suspension of classes and work in government due to typhoons to include flooding, calamities and other […]
Free airport shuttle bus service
LAOAG CITY, Jan. 12 –- The provincial government has provided free shuttle service for passengers arriving at the Laoag International Airport without an arranged vehicle to take them to the […]
Dig backyard hole for wastes–PENRO
LAOAG CITY, Jan. 12 — Waste management should start at home, according to Juan Delos Reyes Jr., chief officer of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) in Ilocos […]
