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May 24, 2024
BAGUIO CITY: The municipality of Sagada will again hold the Etag festival in February after a two-year hiatus as an added attraction for tourists. “After its two-year recession, the annual Sagada Etag Festival is set to be celebrated in full blast from February 2 to 5. We will also be launching the Sagada tourism tagline aside from the institutional activities we used to have,” Mayor Felicito Dula said in a phone interview on Thursday. Dula said tourism plays an important factor in their town’s economy, with most of the residents engaged in the tourism industry. Town officials
MANILA: The humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Thursday urged dioceses and archdioceses in the country to help victims of the flooding in Misamis Occidental. Caritas Philippines asked for financial support that will assist people from the communities that were hit by the flood during the holiday. “The Archdiocese of Ozamis particularly suffered severely. Ozamis Archbishop Martin Jumoad has issued his appeal for help stating the above needs. In support, Caritas Philippines launches this national Solidarity Appeal to add to the initial assistance provided to the archdiocese,” the group said in its
MANILA: Majority of Filipinos believe that the Marcos administration should strengthen its security cooperation with the United States and Japan to defend the West Philippine Sea. In the latest Pulse Asia survey published Thursday, 84 percent of Filipinos want the government to work with the United States while 52 percent leaned toward Japan. Aside from the two, 25 percent of the respondents believe that the Marcos administration should strengthen ties with Australia, 24 percent with the United Kingdom, and 23 percent with South Korea, and 20 percent with China and the European Union. “This indicates that the Philippines
MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday dismissed as “gross travesty” the claims made by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) that government troops caused the death of a 9-year-old child caught in the cross fire during an encounter in Taysan, Batangas. In a message to reporters, DOJ spokesman Mico Clavano said available evidence show that it was the armed communist rebels who attacked a military unit in Sitio Amatong, Barangay Ginhawa, Taysan, Batangas who were responsible for the death of the minor who was caught in the cross fire. “The evidence we have
BANI, Pangasinan: The construction of a PHP91.7-million slope protection structure in Barangay Tiep here is ongoing while a seawall structure in Barangay Taboc in San Juan town, La Union has been completed, both projects aim to benefit residents and tourists. In a statement issued on Thursday, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Ilocos Region information officer Esperanza Tinaza said the slope protection in Bani town is being built to reduce the occurrence of landslides and will ensure safety of motorists. The ongoing project is to make the critical slope along Alaminos-Bolinao road, which leads to tourist spots
MANILA: The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is investigating the lack of operational passenger ships in Calapan Port in Oriental Mindoro that resulted in kilometer-long queues and waiting times of up to five hours for passengers on Tuesday. In a radio interview over DZRH on Thursday, PPA General Manager Jay Santiago said the situation at Calapan Port has normalized since Wednesday and the PPA is coordinating with the DOTr to address the lack of ships. “The number of daily sea trips there was usually 55. But on January 1, 2, and 3, when
