Day: October 1, 2024

LAOAG CITY – Ilocos Norte lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure placing the whole province under a state of calamity due to the onslaught of Super Typhoon Julian. ‘There is a need to declare a state of calamity for the provincial government to mobilize the use of its 5 percent calamity fund to provide relief to the affected families, as well as to reprogram or realign funds for the repair and rehabilitation of the damaged properties and infrastructure,’ Provincial Board member and chairperson of the committee on natural calamities Franklin Dante Franklin Respicio said during a special session. For

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Pangasinan provincial office registered an additional 5,000 to 6,000 voters from mid-August until the deadline on Monday. These are on top of the 123,000 voters that registered since the start of the registration last February 12 up to August 15, Comelec-Pangasinan election supervisor lawyer Ericson Oganiza said on Tuesday. “Some election offices in the province have extended until midnight yesterday to accommodate registrants on the final day of registration,” he said in a media interview. He said registrations done from July to Sept. 30 will still undergo the election registration board’s hearing

ILOILO CITY – Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. said the provincial government would like to give a new perspective to agriculture, promoting it as a good business and a foundation for the nutrition program. ‘We give agriculture a different point of view. We want to make it more interesting for our youth and our millennials,’ Defensor said as he led the opening of the four-day Farmers and Fisherfolk’s Week at the capitol grounds on Tuesday. He said the concept of promoting ‘agriculture as a good business’ was presented when the provincial government got its citation as one of the Top 5

Manila: The Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP), the country’s premier organization of business journalists, in partnership with Aboitiz Power Corp., will hold its maiden renewable energy forum. The EJAP-AboitizPower Renewable Energy Forum is set on October 4 at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s SecECenter in Makati City. The forum, with the theme ‘Powering A Sustainable Future’, aims to tackle government and private sector initiatives towards achieving the Philippines’ 35 percent renewable energy (RE) target by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Javey Paul Francisco will deliver the opening remarks on behalf of

Manila: Senator Nancy Binay pledged to maintain Makati’s acclaimed social services, and prioritize education to address the current educational challenges as she filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) on Tuesday for mayor of the city. In an interview, Binay said she intends to leverage her Senate experience to enhance governance in Makati. “Nais po nating ipadama sa ating mga kababayan ang pusong may pagkalinga. Ito rin po siguro ang gusto nating maging direksyon ng ating lungsod , at makilala ang atin pong mga lingkod-bayan na buong pusong kumakalinga at nagbibigay serbisyo sa bawat mamamayan ng Makati (We want to make