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Plebiscite for Palawan’s division into 3 provinces set on March 13 THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) announced that the plebiscite that will determine the division of Palawan into three separate provinces will be held on March 13, 2021. In its Resolution No. 10682 dated December 16 and published on Tuesday, the Comelec en banc set the voting date as well as the plebiscite period from February 11 to March 20. During this period, authorized activities include campaigning for the law, fundra...

Published December 22, 2020, 11:04 AM CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga —- Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) Director Brig. Gen. Valeriano T. De Leon has announced 265 firecracker zones in Central Luzon that aim to reduce injuries and fire incidents caused by fireworks and firecrackers during the New Year revelries. Of the 265 identified firecracker zones, 12 are in Aurora, 18 in Bataan, 78 in Bulacan, 32 in Nueva Ecija, 40 in Pampanga, 29 in Tarlac, 55 in Zambales, and one in Olongapo City. A total of fi...

Share Environment minister Say Sam Al (right) received the equipment from Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian on December 21. Environment Ministry $3M in green-friendly equipment provided to environment ministry Tue, 22 December 2020 The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment, through Shenzhen Spark Co Ltd, provided equipment for reducing carbon dioxide emissions with a total value of $3 million to the Ministry of Environment. The equipment includes 2,800 street lights, 200 solar ...

SunStar 24 LGUs in Central Luzon ban firecrackers FIRECRACKER ZONE. Revelers are only allowed to light up pyrotechnics in designated firecracker zones. (PRO-Central Luzon) + December 18, 2020 TWENTY-FOUR local government units (LGUs) in Central Luzon have banned the use of firecrackers during New Year, the Police Regional Office (PRO) reported. Based on the report, five cities and several municipalities passed local ordinances that prohibit the use of da...

Rare bird ‘Falcated Duck’ spotted in Odisha for first time Post News Network The rare bird was sighted in the lake of the sanctuary. According to a source, a trustee of Mangalajodi Conservation and Tourism Trust, Madhu Behera, spotted the bird when he was roaming in the sanctuary. He also clicked some photographs of the Falcated Duck in his mobile phone. The scientific name of this bird is Anas falcata. These birds are generally seen in Siberia, Mongolia, China and Japan. In ...

Published December 17, 2020, 1:56 PM DAVAO CITY – Local tourists may not be able to spend their holidays in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) which is famous for its white-sand beaches in Davao del Norte province.  The local government of IGACOS announced on Thursday that the island will prohibit tourism or leisure activities from December 18 until January 4.  “Only the transport of essential goods and services for work in offices or industries permitted to operate under IATF Guide...

Red tide warning lifted THE BUREAU of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has lifted the red tide warning for Inner Malampaya Sound in Palawan, Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar and San Pedro Bay in Western Samar. Consumers may now eat shellfish from these areas, the agency said in a bulletin on Wednesday. The red tide warning stays for Bataan province, particularly the areas of Mariveles, Limay, Orion, Pilar, Balanga, Hermosa, Orani, Abucay, and Samal; Honda and Puerto Princesa bays in Palawan...

his campaign. i encourage it for the obama campaign to examine that record and to discuss it. >> if the presidents advisers were pressuring booker to mitigate his criticism, heres why. this morning obamas campaign released a new five-minute web videotape highlighting an indiana paper company shuttered after it was bought by bain. >> to me romney takes from the poor and the middle class and gives to the rich. just the opposite of robin hood. >> jonathan capehart, on the heels of all of ...

in a democracy and especially ours you should be able to disagree with the president, disagree with the administration, disagree with the reelection effort. but on the other hand, when youre a surrogate for that administration, for that re-election effort, you should be a little more careful in how you talk about certain things. i mean, cory booker is a man of principle. he believes firmly in everything that he says. so i dont fault him for feeling the way he felt. but he shouldnt be s...

our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. were going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnns ivan watson. >> reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say theyve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. theyre trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but theyre awar...