Celeste Anna Formoso
has been with Palawan News since January 2019. She is its managing editor, overseeing and coordinating day-to-day editorial activities. Her writing interests are politics and governance, health, defense, investigative journalism, civic journalism, and the environment.
WESCOM evacuates 2 survivors from capsized boat in Cagayancillo
The two survivors of a motorized boat that recently capsized in the vicinity of Bonbon Island, Cagayancillo, were evacuated Sunday to Puerto Princesa City...
Captive breeding sees second egg hatching of Palawan forest turtle
Captive breeding efforts to conserve the critically endangered Palawan forest turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis) are on the right track and paying off with the successful...
UK pledges support for El Nido’s environment rehab
The British government has committed to support El Nido's cleanup and rehabilitation initiatives to produce environmentally safe sewage water for disposal or reuse.
The commitment...
Pangolin conservation field study nearing completion
The field study that would pave the way for the next step in the conservation of the endemic Palawan pangolin (Manis culionensis) is nearing...
El Nido to host world cliff diving tilt
The El Nido municipal government announced Friday they will host the 11th Season of the "Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series", a sporting event...
Fight against NPA, Duterte tells Palawan mayors
President Rodrigo Duterte told Palawan mayors in a meeting last week in Malacañang to help fight the New People's Army (NPA) and if necessary,...
DA MIMAROPA turns over agri tramline systems to Roxas
The regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) recently turned over two agricultural tramline systems to a coffee planters' organization and an agricultural...
City Hall welcomes Palawan’s removal in UK travel ban list
Palawan's removal in the United Kingdom's (UK) travel ban list only shows “it is safe and secured” from the acts of terrorism in Mindanao,...
No MPW in other northern Palawan towns – DA BPI region
The regional plant quarantine division of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) said except for Roxas town, the mango pulp weevil (MPW)...
USAID to inaugurate multi-purpose shed for Pala’wan IP farmers in Bataraza
A multi-purpose farm shed that can be used as a storage area for tools and crops by members of a Pala’wan indigenous people (IP)...
DOE softpedals on PALECO franchise cancellation
After backtracking from an earlier push for Congress to cancel the franchise of some 17 electric cooperatives in the country, including the Palawan Electric...
PPC Int’l Airport gets ‘one-star rating’ from UK-based OAG
The Puerto Princesa City International Airport (PPCIA) is among the nine Philippine airports that received "one-star rating" from the United Kingdom-based Official Aviation Guide...
