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Cordillerans gather for 7th Gong Festival

BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) — Thousands of indigenous people from the Cordillera provinces gathered to celebrate the seventh staging of the Gong Festival over the weekend.

 Garbed in their colorful ethnic attires and adorned with accessories, at least 40 cultural groups from schools and organizations, all indigenous people of the Cordillera from the different provinces in the region, played their…

PIA Cordillera SCOFAD is a retired teacher

BAGUIO CITY, Oct. (PIA) — Every year in October, senior citizens are given a day to run the affairs of the local government unit and national government agencies in celebration of the Elderly Filipino Week. 

A retired teacher of Mabini Elementary School served as the Senior Citizen Officer of the Day (SCOFAD) of the Philippine Information Agency-Cordillera (PIA-CAR) vice Director Helen R. Tibaldo.

Consumernet conducts market monitoring

Dr. Pia Gundan of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Cordillera inspects a label of a fish product  mislabeled as Salmon when in fact it is a Pangasius fish. She advised the seller to label his product properly.  (MAWC-PIA CAR) 

BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-CAR) spearheaded the inter-agency monitoring of basic necessities and prime…

PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija, Oktubre 18 (PIA) — Pinangunahan ni Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles ang pagbubukas ng National Irrigation Administration o NIA Pantabangan Lake Resort Hotel sa Nueva Ecija.    Ayon kay Nograles, mahalagang naibalik muli sa NIA ang pagmamay-ari ng pasilidad at ngayon ay mapakikinabangan ng tanggapan sa mga gampanin at programa para sa mga magsasaka.    Aniya, 1970s pa…

DILG 10 launches book on conflict-sensitive Katarungang Pambarangay

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct. 17 — Child-friendly, gender-responsive, and culture-sensitive Katarungang Pambarangay. 

These are the features of the newly launched Katarungang Pambarangay Guidebook (The Regions 10 and 13 Experience), following a conflict-sensitive approach. 

Rolled out on October 9, 2019, the launching oriented the participating punong barangays, lupon members, and SK chairpersons of…

DPWH completes road leading to Hilangagan Beach in Punta Maria

BORONGAN CITY, October 17 (PIA) – – The Department of Public Works and Highways – Eastern Samar Engineering Office (DPWH-ESDEO) completed the construction/improvement of the tourism access road leading to Hilangagan Beach, Brgy. Punta Maria, Borongan City.   According to Engr. Jayson G. Espeso, Engineer II/Info Officer that the road project amounted to P11.7-M funded by General Appropriations Act…

Piagapo farmers gear up for farm mechanization

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Oct. 18 — Farmers from Piagapo municipality are seen to move to mechanized farming as farm machineries were delivered in the municipality by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), through the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) Recovery Program on October 16, 2019.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), through the…