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Mountain Province calls off Lang-ay festival amid energy emergency

BAGUIO CITY — Citing the need to conserve energy amid a national energy emergency, Mountain Province  has called off major activities for this year’s Lang-ay Festival. Governor Bonifacio C. Lacwasan Jr., through Executive Order No. 17, directed all provincial offices and local government units to suspend festival events and adopt strict energy-saving measures. The move

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Guiuan, E. Samar converts evacuation facility into drug rehab center

TACLOBAN CITY — The municipality of Guiuan in Eastern Samar has opened its own community-based drug rehabilitation center, after converting a former evacuation facility. Located in Barangay Cogon, the facility can accommodate up to 350 individuals and is expected to serve as a key intervention center for drug surrenderers in the town, Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan

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2 drugs suspects fall in Rizal; shabu, gun seized

LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Anti-illegal drug operatives arrested two suspects and seized around P510,000 worth of shabu and an unlicensed firearm in a buy-bust operation in Cainta, Rizal, on Tuesday. The Police Region 4A police in a report on Wednesday said the operatives collared the suspected pushers identified only by their aliases as “Marco” and

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Protest greets Davao Light takeover of Nordeco assets in Tagum City

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur– Hundreds of members of the National Confederation of Electric Cooperatives’ Member-Consumer-Owners staged a prayer rally in Tagum City on Wednesday to show support for the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (Nordeco) even as the Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC) took control of its key assets. The march comes on the

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