Is there something fishy with the belated implementation of a 1999 order to ban the sale of imported fish like salmon and pampano in wet markets and supermarkets? The Office of the Ombudsman is set to find out.
GREEN TOWN. Pagudpud, the green municipality of the north, is poised to establish a tourism economic zone. One of the areas being considered to host the ecozone is Barangay Caparispisan. (File photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY - The local government unit of Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte is poised to establish a tourism economic zone in Barangay Caparispisan. Reelected Mayor Rafael Ralph Benemerito II said Tuesday the establishment of an ecozone will become one of his top priorities under his second term to entice more investors and tourists to the area. "We have already discussed this with the Investment Office [under the Ilocos Norte government] and there are groups looking for real estate properties to be developed in Pagudpud," he said. In 2021, the state-run Mariano Marcos State University-Special Economic Zone Institute (MMSU-SEZI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) committed to assist Pagudpud become a tourism economic zone. As host to a mushrooming number
AWARENESS. The Grand Duterte Legacy caravan held in Tacloban City on May 1, 2022 participated by key officials from national government agencies hosted by the Philippine National Police. The caravan held on Labor Day in Eastern Visayas seeks to raise public awareness of the major accomplishments of the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. (Photo courtesy of PNP Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Philippine National Police (PNP) regional office hosted the simultaneous Grand Duterte Legacy caravan held on Labor Day in Eastern Visayas seeking to raise public awareness of the major accomplishments of the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Each city or provincial police office partnered with other government agencies to deliver goods and services on Sunday that benefited around 5,547 individuals in six provinces and seven cities. "The conduct of the grand caravan is not a culmination of programs and projects of the present administration per se but rather an awarenes