BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed while seven others, three of them Army troopers, were reportedly wounded as heavy gunbattle still rages between government forces and communist insurgents in southern Philippines since early dawn yesterday morning up to 5 p.m.
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Peace negotiation between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to end the internecine Mindanao conflict will be held this month of August, with the exact date being awaited from facilitator Malaysia.
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The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced more job fairs until December for the benefits of graduates, skilled workers, displaced workers, would-be overseas workers and other jobseekers nationwide.
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Congressmen yesterday warned that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s public approval rating will plummet to an all-time low if government decides not to issue an advisory cautioning Filipinos from traveling to the United States.
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A Spain-funded solar project worth P1,419,428 is now operational, energizing the entire Barangay Ned of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato, according to Agrarian Reform Secretary Jose Mari Ponce.
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All graduates of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) are urged to attend the Alumni Homecoming and Foundation Anniversary on August 12 and 13 at the NDCP Campus, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
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3 pushers nabbed in buy-bust
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it would continue to install more pink urinals in Metro Manila despite widespread criticisms.
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QUEZON CITY — The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) consulted yesterday Muslim congressmen and governors on the coming election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
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Two female suspects reportedly involved in using fake foreign credit cards to withdraw cash were arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in an operation in Greenhills, San Juan.
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2 bank branches robbed
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PASIG CITY — A total of 43,826 public high school teachers throughout the country have taken the required self-assessment test (SAT) for English for the past school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced here recently.
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Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay challenged yesterday the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to explain where it spends the five percent contribution of Metro local government units (LGUs) to the agency.
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NAVOTAS — The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) and Navotas municipal government asked the squatter residents on C-4 Road in Bagumbayan North to prepare to vacate the area which the government is converting to a bus terminal.
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A 21-year-old man’s confession to a murder led yesterday to the shocking discovery of the body of a teenage girl at the back of the suspect’s house in Caloocan City.
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Court orders election of ‘Khalsa’ officers
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The Department of Labor and Em ployment (DoLE) has said wage and salary employment rose by 9.8 percent (+1.437 million) to 16.072 million in April this year from 14.835 million in the same period last year.
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Two notorious drug pushers in Makati City have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Makati Regional Trial Court.
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Parañaque City Mayor Florencio Bernabe has ordered the cleaning of the city’s three-story public market located in Brgy. La Huerta after receiving numerous complaints that cleanliness in the market had been neglected for three years now.
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Recognizing the concerns of the small entrepreneurs on how to effectively promote their products, the city government of Muntinlupa has developed avenues such as bazaars and the like to help their products move faster and create better market for them.
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PASIG CITY — Over two million books intended for Filipino elementary school children will soon be donated by the International Publisher Scholastics, Inc. through the Department of Education here.
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QUEZON CITY (PNA) — Charges of serious illegal detention are now being readied against operators of a fishing vessel operating in the South China Sea who held some 300 individuals to conduct the illegal “muro ami”.
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QUEZON CITY — Health authorities in Quezon City were directed yesterday to conduct a regular monitoring of slaughterhouses to ensure that edible animals have passed the sanitary and safe requirements set by the local government before they are sold in the market.
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The Quezon City regional trial court (QC-RTC) issued last Friday two separate warrants of arrest for the immediate arrest of two former employees of Senator Jamby Madrigal for alleged estafa.
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A 54-year-old technician from Caloocan City the other day learned that the environmental personnel from neighboring Quezon City are apparently serious in their campaign to keep QC clean.
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A civilian traffic volunteer, taking to his heart his volunteerism, nearly lost his life yesterday when the bus driver he cited for traffic violation tried to run over him after which the bus conductor stabbed him in Caloocan City.
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The United Nations and the European Commission yesterday joined the Philippine government in condemning the separate killings of two broadcast journalists in the country in just a week.
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The first Filipino to be named auxiliary bishop in the United States, Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis is set to arrive in the country on August 8, Sunday, for a series of activities.
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Vice President Noli de Castro yesterday expressed his support for a Senate bill seeking to give poor Filipinos more access to cheaper drugs by imposing stiffer penalties for drug companies that do not comply with the generic prescription requirements.
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The Philippine Peasant Institute (PPI), a farmer-based, non-government organization, yesterday expressed apprehension over the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) July framework paper on agriculture, warning that it will force the Philippines to further open up its agricultural markets while failing to
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Tourists are coming despite travel advisories
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