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  • Zambo Power Coop Development Continues
    TONY PE. RIMANDO
    02/10/2012 - 20:27
    Regional
    Citing his performance during his one-year stint project supervisor and acting general manager of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco), The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended indefinitely the services of Engineer Jesus Y. Castro in the cooperative.
  • JICA Completes Mindanao Digital Maps
    ALI G. MACABALANG
    02/10/2012 - 20:25
    Regional
    The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has presented its newly completed digital maps of Mindanao for validation by concerned local government units (LGUs) in support of peace and development initiatives in Southern Philippines, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said.
  • Rural Projects
    02/10/2012 - 20:25
    Regional
    Mindanao Newsbits
  • Two Winners Share P74.75-M Bonanza
    EDD K. USMAN
    02/10/2012 - 19:41
    Main News
    Surely, life would be more fun now for two new instant millionaires after snatching Super Lotto 6/49's P74.75 million jackpot Friday, raising to P263.72 million the total payout to 12 on-lottery winners so far this year.
  • Angara Airs View On Budget
    HANNAH L. TORREGOZA
    02/10/2012 - 19:40
    Main News
    Sen. Edgardo Angara warned Friday on the “deadly tools” that may allow the manipulation of the P1.7-T national budget.
  • Assistance For Three Distressed OFWs
    FRANCIS T. WAKEFIELD
    02/10/2012 - 19:38
    Main News
    Three distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were provided with financial and livelihood assistance by the Villar Foundation.
  • MMDA Prepares Men Vs Disasters
    ANNA LIZA T. VILLAS
    02/10/2012 - 19:37
    Main News
    At least 4,000 employees and volunteers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be mobilized to prepare them for disasters.
  • Help Philippines, Fil-Chinese Businessmen Urged
    JC BELLO RUIZ
    02/10/2012 - 19:36
    Main News
    Vice President Jejomar C. Binay urged Friday Chinese-Filipino businessmen to help the Philippines become a dominant player in the global business arena.
  • Blessed Mother
    02/10/2012 - 19:35
    Main News
    Around the Nation
  • Saudi Investing $1.2B
    ALI G. MACABALANG
    02/10/2012 - 18:40
    Main News
    A Saudi Arabian agro-industrial firm is investing $1.2 billion to cultivate an initial 2,000 hectares of idle lands in Maguindanao for the production of banana and root crops that are highly in demand in their oil-rich nation.
  • Measures To Relax Secrecy Of Foreign Deposits Pressed
    ROLLY T. CARANDANG and RIO ROSE RIBAYA
    02/10/2012 - 18:36
    Main News
    Senator Ralph G. Recto on Friday called for a revisit of the laws on foreign currency deposit units (FCDUs) and the confidentiality of bank accounts to hammer out better laws responsive to the “changing times and changing crimes” in the wake of the controversy over the bank accounts of impeached Chief Justice Renato C. Corona.
  • 7 New Metallurgical Engineers Bared
    02/10/2012 - 18:34
    Main News
    The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Friday that 7 out of 8 passed the Metallurgical Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Metallurgical Engineering in Manila from Feb. 7-9, 2012.
  • Somali Pirates Take 21 Pinoys
    ROY C. MABASA
    02/10/2012 - 18:31
    Main News
    Twenty-one Filipino crew members of a Greek-owned but Liberiaflagged ship were kidnapped by Somali pirates off the western coast of the Socotra Islands in Yemen on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Friday.
  • Maceda: It's Now 8-5 For Prosecution
    MARIO B. CASAYURAN
    02/10/2012 - 18:28
    Main News
    The prosecution now has eight senator-judges on its side, while the defense panel has five.
  • 2 Quake Survivors Found
    ELENA L. ABEN
    02/10/2012 - 18:27
    Main News
    Two survivors of the powerful earthquake that jolted Negros Oriental last Monday were recovered from the wreckage of their house, government officials reported Friday.
  • PNoy Dares Corona
    GENALYN D. KABILING
    02/10/2012 - 18:25
    Main News
    President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday challenged Chief Justice Renato C. Corona to reveal the contents of his dollar accounts in the Senate impeachment trial if he has nothing to hide.
  • Hike In PhilHealth Premiums Questioned
    FRANCIS T. WAKEFIELD
    02/10/2012 - 18:04
    Main News
    Some 100 health workers from the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) and various health organizations Friday joined patients and families in a protest action in front of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) national office in Pasig City, to denounce the increase in premium payments being implemented by PhilHealth.
  • Oral Hygiene Among Students Promoted
    INA HERNANDO-MALIPOT
    02/10/2012 - 18:03
    Main News
    The Department of Education (DepEd) Friday renewed its call to promote oral health among school- children to reduce absenteeism and improve school performance.
  • Large Population A Boon — Binay
    JC BELLO RUIZ
    02/10/2012 - 18:02
    Main News
    While some sectors take the population volume in the negative, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said this has served the country well.
  • PCGG Reports Rising Baseco Revenue
    KRIS BAYOS
    02/10/2012 - 18:01
    Main News
    A shipbuilding and ship repair corporation sequestered by the government reportedly increased its net income by as much as 750 percent since the current Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) assumed control of the firm.