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Gov’t agencies warned on P1.7-B road project
BOKOD, Benguet – Concerned government agencies should ensure that all the rehabilitation works done on the P1.7-billion Benguet-Nueva Vizcaya road have been done properly before they accept this foreign-funded project.
Businesswoman, live-in partner found dead in Laguna
STA. CRUZ, Laguna — A 49-year-old businesswoman and her live-in partner were found dead the other night in their home in Barangay Saint Joseph here.
Mining firm to reply to petition filed with High Court
Oceana Gold Phils. Inc. (OGPI) has been made aware that a petition for review on certiorari was filed by Kasibu (Nueva Vizcaya) Mayor Romeo Tayaban and members of the municipal council.
P300-M sports complex project in Tarlac readied
CAPITOL HILL, Tarlac City — The construction of the P300-million Tarlac Sports Complex will soon start, Gov. Victor A. Yap announced.
DILG cites PNP for arrest of 72 persons
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has lauded the intensified anti-crime campaign by the Philippine National Police (PNP) as it reported the arrest of 72 lawless elements, including Calamba City’s No. 10 most wanted person, during a series of operations in Laguna.
Iloilo ports used as transit point for human trafficking
ILOILO CITY — Iloilo is a transit point and a destination area for human trafficking, a non-government organization cited in its studies.
Student group blames CHED for tuition increase
CEBU CITY — A militant student group here criticized the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) for allegedly facilitating the requests to increase tuition fees of colleges and universities in the Visayas instead of regulating the said schools.
Milk feeding hels reduce malnutrition
CEBU Province — The National Dairy Authority (NDA) --Visayas Field Office has been cited by the National Nutrition Council as one of the agencies to have helped reduce hunger incidence in Central Visayas through its milk feeding programs in Day Care centers and schools in the Visayas area, particularly regions 6, 7, and 8.
Koreans are top tourist visitors in C. Visayas
CEBU CITY — Korean tourists appear to have invaded Central Visayas.
Cebu launches micro-financing for mothers
CEBU CITY — The province of Cebu will launch on Feb. 14 and 15, a micro-financing "Grameen" like program for mothers of the severely malnourished children.
Aklan aiming to become livestock capital
KALIBO, Aklan — The Aklan provincial government is aiming to become the livestock capital of Western Visayas by 2010 as part of food security preparations of the province.
Group seeks pullout of troops
KIDAPAWAN CITY — The human rights group in Southern Mindanao has urged local government officials in Davao Oriental to demand the immediate pullout of military troops in Baganga town to pave the way for the return of thousands of people who fled from their villages when military has intensified operations against communist insurgents since last January.
Nograles asked to give priority to bills benefiting Mindanao
COTABATO CITY — As they took turns in hailing the rise of Rep. Prospero Nograles to the top leadership of the House of Representatives, Muslim leaders urged yesterday the new Speaker to give priority attention to the passage of bills that are beneficial to Mindanao.
5 NPA rebels killed in Comval clash — AFP
MAWAB, Compostela Valley — Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were believed killed and several others were seriously wounded when a fierce gunbattle erupted over the weekend between government troops and communist insurgents at the remote forested, mountainous municipal boundary of Baganga and Cateel, both of Davao Oriental, a flash report reaching the area command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) stated.
NFA reduces rice supply to retail stores in Zambo
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The National Food Authority (NFA) has reduced rice allocations for grain retail stores at the public market after it noted the continuous influx of commercial rice at lower, affordable prices in this city.
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