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Palawan asks full accounting of its 40% share in gas project
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY — In its bid to get a full accounting of the total amount paid by the Malampaya consortium to the national government for the commercial utilization of the Camago-Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project and secure its legal and rightful share of 40 percent of the gas proceeds, the Palawan provincial government represented by Gov. Joel T. Reyes has filed a motion for the government "to render a full accounting of the actual payments by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) to the Bureau of Treasury to ‘freeze’ and/or place in escrow account the 40 percent share of Palawan.’’
Mindanao coalition urges gradual pullout of gov’t troops from Sulu
JOLO, Sulu — A multi-sectoral organization committed to the restoration of peace in Mindanao is pressing for the gradual phaseout of the military in Sulu to stop once and for all disastrous clashes between the troops and secessionist rebels as a prelude to lasting peace in the south.
27,000 poor residents of Cavite benefit from livelihood program
TRECE MARTIRES CITY — If Cavite’s economy is bullish nowadays, it could partly be attributed to the provincial government’s renewed interest in helping poor people find their niche in entrepreneurship.
Firm hits unauthorized sugar withdrawal
BACOLOD CITY — A Bacolod City trader was accused by Victorias Milling Co. (VMC) of allegedly withdrawing a truckload of refined sugar valued at R753,000 from the firm’s warehouse.
Stop Baguio plan vs Teachers Camp, DepEd exec pleads
BAGUIO CITY — The Department of Education (DepEd) has asked the Baguio City government to temporarily hold in abeyance its plan to convert portions of the famous Teachers Camp reservation into relocation or housing sites.
OFWs hurt by strong peso — TUCP
CEBU CITY — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families are actually being hurt by the peso’s six-percent upsurge against the dollar, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said.
16 Cordillera OFWs want to go home
BAGUIO CITY — Sixteen Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) working in Saudi Arabia as patient attendants, recently appealed to the government to speed up the processing of their repatriation since they could no longer tolerate the abuses of their employer.
Fears of vendetta killings aired
COTABATO CITY — Two unidentified men ambushed and killed last Wednesday a wealthy trader and royal leader here in this city’s suburban neighborhood, triggering shock among the residents and fears of vendetta killings.
DENR pushes rehab of 1.2-M hectare watershed areas in Caraga Region
BUTUAN CITY – The rehabilitation of 26 watershed areas in Caraga Region is now in full swing.
Ship janitor with R1-million shabu nabbed
CEBU CITY — Authorities here scored big in the fight against illegal drugs when elements of the Region 7 office of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Cebu City Police Office arrested a janitor of a passenger vessel and seized one kilo of shabu worth 1 million in an entrapment operation Thursday morning.
Top Eastern Visayas leaders support ConCom’s proposals
CATBALOGAN, Samar — Top leaders of the Eastern Visayas Region are now openly advocating the approval of the Constitutional Commission proposals, a report issued the other day by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) office here stated.
Bill lowering prices of medicines drafted
SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — Sixteen doctors of medicine in the House of Representatives have drafted a bill designed to lower the prices of medicines which, they claimed, are higher by 200 percent than those in the United States and neighboring countries.
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