Day: July 23, 2025

Cagayan de oro: The Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) and the Commission on Higher Education in Northern Mindanao (CHED-10) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to streamline the process of integrating Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) graduates into the Armed Forces of the Philippines as automatic reservists. According to Philippines News Agency, Maj. Joe Patrick Martinez, the chief of the 4ID Public Affairs Office, highlighted that ROTC graduates will receive their training under the 10th Regional Community Defense Group (RCDG). The program, which involves ROTC units with 350 or more cadets, is expected to be implemented on a nationwide

Bacolod city: The city government here welcomed the additional PHP300-million investment of Phinma Corp. into the 21-hectare township project of its property arm Phinma Properties along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road in Barangay Bata. According to Philippines News Agency, the mixed-use development called Saludad will feature key facilities such as Phinma Hospitality’s lifestyle brand TRYP by Wyndham Bacolod and Phinma Education’s Southwestern University (SWU). Frances Mae Llamas, head of the city’s Department of Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion, noted that Bacolod City celebrates Phinma Properties’ first venture here as a significant milestone. Llamas stated that the additional investment is

Negros island region: The Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) on Wednesday spearheaded the launch of the Joint Focus Legal Action Team (JFLAT) to enhance the delivery of justice across the region. The activation ceremony took place at the Kanlaon Hall of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office headquarters in Camp Alfredo M. Montelibano Sr. According to Philippines News Agency, PRO-NIR Director Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay was accompanied by stakeholders from the Department of Justice, Philippine Army, and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) during the event. The initiative aims to coordinate efforts between these bodies, emphasizing a

Manila: Agriculture students from the Asian Association of Agriculture Colleges and Universities (AAACU) are currently in Northern Samar for a two-week summer enrichment program at the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) in Catarman town. The provincial government formally welcomed on Tuesday the 35 participants of the summer enrichment program, an exclusive agriculture training for students from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines. According to Philippines News Agency, “A first time for Northern Samar, the visit attests to the province’s potential for agriculture, which can contribute not only to academic advancement but also to the agriculture industry,”

Antique: Three towns in Antique have declared a state of calamity after being severely affected by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Severe Tropical Storm Crising. Provincial Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer III Michael Tolentino, in an interview Wednesday, said Sebaste, Barbaza, and Culasi, all northern towns in Antique, are under a state of calamity. According to Philippines News Agency, Culasi declared a state of calamity on Wednesday, Sebaste on Monday, and Barbaza on Tuesday. Tolentino, citing the minutes for the state of calamity declaration in Barbaza, said the heavy to sometimes intense rainfall greatly affected their critical and