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  • 01/14/2009 - 00:30
    Sports
    CHICAGO, Illinois — Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is due in court on March 3 for a conference management hearing of a civil case filed against him by Pacquiao’s alleged bodyguard before the Superior Court of Los Angeles in California.
  • JONAS TERRADO
    01/14/2009 - 00:28
    Sports
    The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has sweetened the pot for its 20-man developmental team whose members will be offered as much as three-contracts to keep them entertaining offers from the country’s major basketball leagues, in particular the PBA and the PBL.
  • NICK GIONGCO
    01/14/2009 - 00:26
    Sports
    Manny Pacquiao is entertaining thoughts about facing somebody else other than Ricky Hatton after negotiations for his proposed May 2 battle appeared to have come to a standstill owing to a conflict in the financial split.
  • WAYLON GALVEZ
    01/14/2009 - 00:25
    Sports
    Even with the long layoff, rustiness isn’t a concern for Alaska and Talk ’N Text when they take on separate foes at the start of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup best-of-seven semifinals series today at the Araneta Coliseum.
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    BAGUIO CITY — Rep. Mauricio G. Domogan (lone district, Baguio) said that a reported move by some of his colleagues in the House of Representatives for him to replace embattled Justice Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez will not prosper.
  • FREDDIE G. LAZARO
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    ARINGAY, La Union — Ninety-three families, composed of 471 persons, in Barangay Berlin-Alaska, Aringay, La Union were displaced by a storm surge that hit the shoreline of this town last Saturday, a belated report stated.
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    BAGUIO CITY — The temperature in this city continued to drop in the past several days.
  • FA SISON ALMAZAN
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    Abono party-list said yesterday the objective of the corn program is to encourage farmers to plant white corn to areas which cannot be planted to rice especially in elevated places.
  • JONAS REYES
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A group of environmentalists, religious leaders, and members of non-governmental organizations visited the controversial Ocean 9 hotel-casino project over the weekend and found out that no tree was cut at the site.
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
  • MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    CEBU CITY — It’s all systems go for the "festival of all festivals" as the Cebu City government and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have already finalized security plans for the Sinulog Festival 2009 on Jan. 18.
  • MALOU M. MOZO
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    CEBU CITY — International hotel chains in Cebu report high occupancy rate early this month as the Sinulog festivities come to its peak.
  • JACK C. GADAINGAN
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    NAVAL, Biliran — "I am urging all policemen to observe professionalism in the performance of their duty. Many of you have your own political leanings, but it should never influence the performance of your duties. There should never be any policeman actively participating in partisan politics."
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Policemen arrested a suspect in the killing of an anti-drugs policeman, who was ambushed last October at the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, during a drug "buy bust" operation at a mall here.
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
  • MIKE U. CRISMUNDO
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga Region) has cleared the remaining barriers that obstruct the full operation of a multi-billion-peso forest plantation project in this landlocked province of Agusan del Sur, paving the way for the acceleration of economic growth in the area, this was learned yesterday.
  • NONOY E LACSON
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    ILIGAN CITY — The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) is expecting to complete the restoration of power supply in the Zamboanga Peninsula today.
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Officials in Northern Mindanao blamed continuous illegal logging and mining, including permitted logging and mining operations, for the recent flooding that displaced thousands of residents in this region’s capital city and several towns in Misamis Oriental and Gingoog City, this was learned yesterday.
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional
    Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. yesterday urged Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. to exercise his authority in banning the aerial spraying of pesticides of banana plantations in Davao and other areas in Mindanao due to its harmful effects on human health and the environment.
  • 01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Regional