Category: General

Antique: The Antique Provincial Board has approved on second reading an ordinance that proposes an increase in the annual remuneration of Child Development Workers (CDWs) from PHP 10,000 to PHP 15,000. According to Philippines News Agency, Board Member Mayella Mae Plameras-Ladislao, the principal sponsor of Provincial Ordinance No. 2021-296, emphasized during the provincial board regular session that the provincial government recognizes the sacrifices of the CDWs, justifying the increase in their remuneration. The ordinance, titled ‘An Ordinance Granting Financial Remuneration and Privileges to CDWs in the Province of Antique, Appropriating Funds Thereof and for Other Purposes’, aligns with the government’s

Benguet: This capital town gears to further increase its coffee production by planting more trees and adopting technologies. ‘We have prepared 20,000 seedlings for planting as soon as the rainy season starts this year so that we can improve our production,’ Nida Organo, municipal agriculturist, said on the sidelines of the opening of the town’s ‘8th Coffee Festival’ on Monday. According to Philippines News Agency, Organo said some residents planted at least 10 trees each in 2024 after seeing the potential of coffee in terms of income and market. A total of at least 5,000 coffee seedlings were planted that

Bacolod City: Department of Science and Technology (DOST) personnel from the Negros Island Region (NIR) will train public school teachers who will be deployed during the May 12 midterm elections on the use of automated counting machines (ACMs). NIR Regional Election Director Lionel Marco Castillano emphasized the necessity for teachers to be “certified by the DOST as having undergone training on the operations of the ACMs” before they can serve in the board of election inspectors. He stated that the law mandates teachers to pass the DOST exams on ACM use. According to Philippines News Agency, a total of 25

Antique: Supporters of senatorial candidates and party-list groups in Antique are rushing to remove illegally posted and oversized campaign materials following the directive of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). According to Philippines News Agency, Angel Pacificador, the Antique Provincial Coordinator of the Uswag Party-list, announced on Monday that efforts are underway to take down posters in public spaces and those exceeding the allowed size. The directive aims to ensure compliance with campaign guidelines as the election season progresses. AnaKalusugan Party-list supporter Wilson Geronimo also confirmed that their campaign is actively relocating posters from public areas along national roads to private

Subic Bay: The Fleet-Marine Ready Force (FMRF) has announced the deployment of the Philippine Navy (PN) contingent to participate in the 5th Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2025, scheduled to take place in Bali, Indonesia, from February 16 to 22. The send-off ceremony was held on February 8 at the Naval Operating Base in Subic Bay, Zambales. According to Philippines News Agency, the naval task group, designated as Naval Task Group (NTG) 84, comprises 175 personnel from various PN units and the offshore patrol vessel BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16). Captain Malone Agudelo leads NTG 84, while Commander Johanns Cruzada commands