DECONGEST CITY CENTER. Undated photo shows Burnham Park in Baguio City with the central business district (CBD) in the backdrop, which the local government plans to decongest by developing six nearby growth nodes. Aileen Refuerzo, city chief information officer, on Monday (April 4, 2022) said that while new economic areas will soon rise, the CBD will remain the prime commercial and institutional center. (PNA DECONGEST CITY CENTER. Undated photo shows Burnham Park in Baguio City with the central business district (CBD) in the backdrop, which the local government plans to decongest by developing six nearby growth nodes. Aileen Refuerzo, city chief information officer, on Monday (April 4, 2022) said that while new economic areas will soon rise, the CBD will remain the prime commercial and institutional center. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The local government is planning to develop six new economic areas or "growth nodes" to help decongest the city's central bu
BURNED HOUSES. The city of Koronadal logs its first fire incident this year when a blaze of still unknown origin gutted five neighboring houses in Barangay Santa Cruz on Wednesday night (March 9, 2022). The Bureau of Fire Protection is still investigating the cause of the fire that destroyed at least PHP800,000 worth of properties. (Photo courtesy of Junril Encio) KORONADAL CITY - An estimated PHP800,000 worth of properties were lost when a fire hit five adjacent houses in Barangay Santa Cruz, in this city on Wednesday evening, a fire official said. In a report Thursday, Senior Fire Officer I Alexander Alinsugay, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - Koronadal investigator, said the blaze that allegedly started at the house of the Tarucan family quickly spread to the neighboring residences. "Nobody was home (Tarucan) when the fire broke out but we are still determining the ignition source," Alinsugay said. He said the fire had gutted the houses when the BFP personnel were not
FIRE AFTERMATH. Fire probers are still determining the cause of the fire that destroyed at least PHP1.8 million worth of properties in two houses in Barangay Poblacion, Sto. Nino, South Cotabato on Thursday (March 3, 2022). The fire was the first in the province amid the observance of Fire Prevention Month this March. (Photo courtesy of 94.7 Density News FM) KORONADAL CITY - Firefighters are still investigating the cause of the blaze that razed at least PHP1.8 million worth of properties in two houses in Barangay Poblacion, Sto. Nino, South Cotabato on Thursday morning. Senior Fire Officer (SFO)4 Josiah Delmo, Sto. Nino OIC Fire Marshall said they responded to the fire at around 6 a.m. and declared fire out at around 7 a.m. Delmo said the fire, allegedly triggered by combustible materials, started at the house of Rey Harriet Regua spread quickly. "We found out that the back portion of the house was stocked with firewood and 'ukay-ukay' (second-hand clothing)," Delmo s
FREE. Concreting works on this road in Barangay Balanni, Sto. Nino, Cagayan began in November 2021. The Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict identified Balanni as one of six villages in the province that has been cleared of insurgency and is eligible to receive PHP20 million worth of development projects. (Photo courtesy of Cagayan-PIO) MANILA - Malacanang hopes the next administration will sustain the gains of the government against the communist insurgency, through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Executive Order 70 signed in December 2018 created the NTF-ELCAC that institutionalizes a whole-of-nation approach in obtaining exclusive and sustainable peace, giving the government an effective solution against communist terrorists. "Sana iyong next Pangulo, sinuman iyon, ay kaniya ring ipagpatuloy itong naging matagumpay na accomplishments ng(We hope the next President, whoever that is
FREE. Concreting works on this road in Barangay Balanni, Sto. Nino, Cagayan began in November 2021. The Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict identified Balanni as one of six villages in the province that has been cleared of insurgency and is eligible to receive PHP20 million worth of development projects. (Photo courtesy of Cagayan-PIO) MANILA - Malacanang hopes the next administration will sustain the gains of the government against the communist insurgency, through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Executive Order 70 signed in December 2018 created the NTF-ELCAC that institutionalizes a whole-of-nation approach in obtaining exclusive and sustainable peace, giving the government an effective solution against communist terrorists. "Sana iyong next Pangulo, sinuman iyon, ay kaniya ring ipagpatuloy itong naging matagumpay na accomplishments ng(We hope the next President, whoever that is