SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija — The government’s hybrid-rice commercialization program has saved for the country $23.25 million which could have been used to puchase rice imports.
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — Two persons charged with illegal recruitment and human trafficking were convicted by the regional trial court (RTC) here and sentenced them to double-life imprisonment.
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BAGUIO CITY — "Sin establishments," also called "fun houses," have only until Christmas to entertain their patrons.
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TRECE MARTIRES CITY — A group of insurance companies has formed an alliance called the Environmental Insurance Alliance (EIA) and has appointed and designated Stronghold Insurance Co. as the lead writing company for bonds and liability insurance required under the mandatory environmental insurance coverage (MEIC) program of the national government.
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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — In its effort to help save one of the country’s vital sources of power and irrigation water from an "untimely death," the provincial government has launched a bigscale tree-planting program and other projects in the dam’s watershed areas.
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PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija — Hundreds of employees of this town are adversely affected by unresolved election protest case involving the mayoralty position.
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Former University of the Philippines (UP) President Dr. Francisco Nemenzo yesterday rallied UP students in the Visayas to follow the lead of their counterparts in UP Los Baños, Laguna who have organized themselves into brigades of anti-poverty activists.
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BACOLOD CITY — A congressman from Cagayan has bewailed the increasing number of deaths in major thoroughfares all over the country and urged that the national government as well as local government units (LGUs) improve road safety, install warning gadgets and place guard rails in high-risk areas.
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CEBU CITY — The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) will hold its last session for the year next Monday but the Board’s Committee on Budget and Appropriations still has not come up with the committee report essential for the approval of the P2-billion budget of the province for next year.
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Iloilo officials are urging the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to prevent a massive power outage from taking place in Iloilo City, pointing out that such a scenario will be "inimical to the economic growth and development of the province as well."
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CATBALOGAN, Samar — The entire provincial board of this province, in a unanimous decision, has approved a resolution endorsing the conduct of surface mining of manganese in Daram, one of the 25 municipalities of this province.
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BUTUAN CITY — The House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources the other day pushed an investigation on a shipping line in the wake of the series of seizures of illegally-cut flitches and lumber concealed in containerized vans.
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COTABATO CITY — Members of the city’s Tourism Council and the city government here is now busy preparing for the week-long celebration of Shariff Kabungsuwan Festival set for December 15-19.
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BUTUAN CITY — Members of the Philippine Army (PA) and the Citizens Auxiliary Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) lived through 15 minutes of gunfire from suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) last Sunday, December 4, before finally finding out minutes later that their attackers had left, content with staging one of numerous daytime sniping operations.
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ALABEL, Sarangani (PNA) — Local health authorities have stepped up prophylactic measures and monitoring of dreaded meningococcemia following the reported death of another person showing symptoms of the disease.
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DAVAO CITY (PNA) — Community leaders from various parts of Mindanao, Thailand and Pakistan gathered in this city early this week for a week-long joint capacity-building training on literacy development within the Asia-Pacific region.
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The committee on finance and appropriations of the House of Representatives approved last Thursday the proposed R8.34-billion budget of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for 2006.
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OLONGAPO CITY — The preliminary investigation on the alleged rape of a Filipina by 5 US Marines were cut short yesterday afternoon by Olongapo City Prosecutor Prudencio Jalandoni.
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Consultative Commission (ConCom), which assigned to draft amendments to the Constitution for submission to President Arroyo and to Congress, is studying a proposal to strip the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of its quasi-judicial powers to curb corruption in the electoral process.
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San Fernando City (La Union) Bishop Artemio Rillera denounced yesterday the provincial government for approving a plan to set up a casino at Poro Point in that city, saying the province can achieve progress without gambling.
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