ITOGON, Benguet — The National Housing Authority (NHA) has released P10 million for the acquisition of land to resettle families removed from landslide-prone areas and danger zones here. Earlier, the NHA already released P10 million to purchase…
The temporary suspension of quarry operations will just worsen the country’s inflation, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero warned yesterday. Earlier, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) released a memorandum suspending quarrying operations in Regions 1, 3,…
Too late is the relief of four officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Central Visayas. Too late is President Rodrigo Duterte’s review of the mining industry, years after mine closures by erstwhile environment secretary Regina…
The House Committee on Natural Resources is planning to conduct a public hearing to probe on the tragedy that hit Itogon, Benguet due to typhoon Ompong. Cebu City South District Representative Rodrigo “Bebot” Abellanosa, who sits as…
A Philippine police officer says at least 40 people, mostly gold miners, are feared to have been trapped in a landslide in the country’s north and seven bodies have been dug out by rescuers. Police Superintendent Pelita…
TEN public schools in Lanao del Norte, La Union, Benguet, Capiz, and Leyte are getting digital technology packages that can help enhance the education of their kindergarten students. Smart Communications is donating units of the Smart TechnoCart,…
BAGUIO CITY — Cordillera farmers, who produce salad vegetables for markets like those in Metro Manila, said the Duterte administration must not relax regulations on the importation of Chinese products in his move to cozy up to…
All storm signals were lifted as Tropical Storm “Egay” (international name: Linfa) moved out the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday morning, the state weather bureau said. As of 8 a.m. Egay was spotted 320 kilometers…
ONE OF OMEGA Boxing Gym’s ace boxer, the undefeated Jack “Golden Boy” Tepora, and his opponent Jilo Merlin of Benguet, Mountain Province, passed the official weigh-in for their scheduled 10-round non-title showdown today in Bacolod City. Both…
More than 2,000 Aboitiz team members showed up last May 22 as business units from various parts of the country simultaneously planted a total of 62,000 seedlings in line with the company’s commitment to plant nine million…
TUBA, Benguet—A popular soap opera series that has put a small farming community here on the tourism map is becoming collateral damage in the fight to protect a forest reservation against destruction feared to be the aftermath…
