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Japanese soldiers’ bones burned
KIANGAN, Ifugao – Japanese bone pickers were here last week to retrieve and ceremonially burn the skeletal remains of Japanese soldiers killed 62 years ago during World War II.
Transco privatization to result in higher power rates, exec says
BAGUIO CITY – The privatization of the National Transmission Corp. (Transco) will surely result in higher power rates that could greatly affect the ordinary consumers, especially those in the rural areas.
Tabuk police chief seeks scrapping of ‘bodong’ system
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Saying that the "bodong" (peace pact) is no longer practicable as it violates the rights of people and gets in the way of the enforcement of laws, Tabuk City chief of police Supt. Florante Camuyot, a member of the Lubuagan tribe, urged the Kalingas to consider the abolition of the indigenous justice system.
Son of Ilocos Sur governor elected SK federation head
VIGAN CITY -- A son of Ilocos Sur Gov. Deogracias Victor "DV" B. Savellano was elected unopposed as president of the provincial Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation in the province in an election held in the capitol early this week.
Maintain Cebu as cradle of Christianity — Vidal
CEBU CITY — Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal has appealed to Cebuanos to help him maintain Cebu as a Christian city and cradle of Christianity in the country and erase the impression that it is a "killing field" with vigilante-style executions and fraternity-related crimes.
Zubiri wants bird killers punished
Losing any of them to extinction would be breaking a link in the chain of life not only of those birds but of all of us, said Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri author of Republic Act No. 9147 or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act, on reports of bird massacre in Negros.
Cebu City uses predator fish to fight mosquitoes
CEBU CITY — The Cebu City government had opted for an unusual way in fighting dengue.
Davao region infra projects get int’l financing support
DAVAO CITY — The government and private sector of the Davao Region will begin working on a program to be backed by an international financing body which will source the appropriate amount to fund important infrastructure projects in the region to sustain its economic development.
Davao Region infra projects get int’l financing support
DAVAO CITY — The government and private sector of the Davao Region will begin working on a program to be backed by an international financing body which will source the appropriate amount to fund important infrastructure projects in the region to sustain its economic development.
UK-based group also mulls infra projects in south
COTABATO CITY – A United Kingdom-based organization is keen on putting up various projects in Mindanao areas in what Muslim officials hoped to implement as soon as possible in the south.
P400-million port expansion project nears completion
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Another door for economic activity is forthcoming in this city with the R400-million port expansion project expected to be finished by the third quarter of next year (2008).
Industrial sector airs concern on Sumilao land case
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has issued an executive order concurring in the recommendation of DAR to revert the 144-hectare land in Sumilao, Bukidnon from agro-industrial to agricultural on petition by a group of Sumilao farmers.
Six firecracker peddlers arrested in Kidapawan
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Authorities led by Insp. Benjamin Mauricio, deputy chief for operations of the Kidapawan City PNP, arrested on Friday six firecracker peddlers, three of whom were females, after they were caught selling firecrackers in a public market here.
Albay workers get more benefits
LEGAZPI CITY – Acting on a letter-request of Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda, the sangguniang panlalawigan (SP) of Albay has allotted P30,310,000 from savings for the year-end benefits and cash gifts of officials and employees of the provincial government.
Education program in Palawan boosted; DepEd edifice opened
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – Called by Palaweños as builder of dreams, Palawan Gov. Joel T. Reyes inaugurated recently important infrastructure projects that will leave a lasting legacy in the education sector of the province.
Ancestral land titles are awaiting LRA registration
BAGUIO CITY – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has approved at least 106 certificates of ancestral land titles (CALTs) of the Ibaloi tribe in this mountain resort city.
Clark’s Tom Hanks visits friends at airport
CLARK FREEPORT -- A Ghanian football player, who was stranded at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport here for six months and later struck a friendship with firefighters who took care of him, visited the Clark airport last week.
Protein digestion equipment acquired for Region 9 — DoST
The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) has acquired a protein digestion system equipment for Zamboanga in its bid to improve government regional laboratories and increase global competitiveness as some regional testing laboratories still need additional and rehabilitated equipment.
Prankster’s bomb threat stalls work at Gensan city hall
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A bomb scare sent City Hall employees here into panic on Thursday as explosive experts sipped through the government building but later found no explosive.
Muslims join in Christmas festivities
COTABATO CITY — Muslim constituents in this Asia’s lone Catholic nation join the celebration of Yuletide season, notably the purported birthday of Jesus, a revered prophet in Islam, even as their leaders yesterday rallied President Arroyo in her call on Filipinos here and abroad to pray for peace and help the poor.
3 Filipino pilgrims die in 5-day hajj
The five-day Islamic Hajj ended on Friday as the estimated 2.1 million pilgrims from all over the world left the tent city of Mina for Makkah after pelting the Jamrat in what Saudi authorities yesterday reported as most wholesome proceedings that saw no bloody stampede or left mass casualties.
Construction work at $ 2-B Misamis Or shipyard faces snag
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Construction of the US$ 2-billion shipyard complex in Misamis Oriental may be delayed as acquisition of the 500-hectare lot in Villanueva may face delay as heirs of the Jacinto Group of Companies are not on terms.
Eastern Visayas police units placed on heightened alert
PALO, Leyte — The Police Regional Office 8 which covers Eastern Visayas is now on heightened alert status from Christmas until New Year as New People’s Army (NPA) rebels raided the Hinabangan, Samar police station and the municipal hall.
Bohol bankers report P10 billion deposits
THE Bohol Bankers Association (BBA) is seeking the establishment in Tagbilaran City of a cash unit of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Rebels storm town hall, police station in Samar town
PALO, Leyte — Suspected communist rebels raided the police station of Hinabangan, Samar at dawn yesterday, prompting authorities to place the entire Eastern Visayas police on heightened alert.
Cebuanos start talking about Gordon-Gwen 2010 tandem
CEBU CITY — Political observers here have started talking about a possible tandem of Senator Richard Gordon and Governor Gwen Garcia, for president and vice president, respectively, in the 2010 elections, following the senator’s visit here last Dec.15.
Cebu inmates’ ‘Thriller’ dance among Time’s best web videos
CEBU CITY — The "Thriller" video of dancing inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) was listed fifth as best of web videos in Time magazine’s "Best of the Year" issue.
Loren says instant noodles with malunggay is more nutritious
PANDAN, Antique — Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on economic affairs, has challenged the country’s biggest producers of instant noodles to find ways to build up their products with the highly nutritious malunggay.
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