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More Baguio groups buck STL plan
BAGUIO CITY – A plan for an experimental operation of the controversial Small Town Lottery (STL) in this mountain resort city by an amusement company will not get the support of many sectors despite blatant efforts to railroad its approval in the city council.
Bugkalot tribe invokes rights to protect its ancestral domain
KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya – A pro-mining Bugkalot tribe leader denied yesterday reports that his group has been harassing anti-mining tribesmen staging pickets at a mining exploration area in the upland village of Kaguidugen, this town.
House panel okays Bataan freeport bill
MARIVELES, Bataan -- The House committee on economic affairs has approved a bill calling for the conversion of the Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) into Bataan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (BSEZF).
OK of House bill seen to boost eco-tourism dev’t of Boracay
BORACAY ISLAND — There is no hindrance to the disposal of agricultural lands on the island into eco-tourism projects as House Bill No. 1109 was passed on the final and third reading by the House of Representatives last week.
RP can now export mangoes to China
ROXAS CITY — Mango growers in the Philippines expressed appreciation of Beijing ‘s approval for the export of Philippine fruits to China.
Leyte’s medical caravan resumes mission
TACLOBAN CITY — Leyte’s province-wide medical caravan’s Inter Community Operation Tambulig (ICOT) wheeled off anew, this time with "back-to-back packaged" medical and social services to clustered barangays in Tacloban City and Calubian town in the third district of the province.
Sister provinces Bohol and Jiangxi hold Friendship Day
A festive parade with street dancing and the inauguration of the Loboc River Lighting Project highlighted the celebration Thursday of the First Bohol-Jiangxi Friendship Day.
Pump boat sinks off Cebu; 17 rescued
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Strong winds and big waves brought about by typhoon Butchoy battered a pump boat boarded by 17 persons, causing it to sink off the waters of Caohagan Island, this city Sunday afternoon, following heavy downpour in the entire province.
Sanitation urged in Iloilo as dengue cases increased
ILOILO Province — About 87 dengue cases were recorded in Iloilo province from January to April this year.
Appointment of new AFP chief welcomed by ARMM leaders
MARAWI CITY — Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao led by ARMM Gov. Zaldy Uy Ampatuan hailed yesterday the assumption of Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano as chief-of-staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines leadership.
Libya to send 20 troops for IMT in Mindanao
Dr. Salem Mohammad Adam, envoy to the Philippines of the global Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF) headed by Saif alIslam al-Gaddafi as president, said yesterday Libya is preparing to send this month an advance team for the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Mindanao, to pave the way for the coming in of at least 20 more soldiers.
MNLF endorses Sulu mayor as bet for top ARMM post
ZAMBONGA CITY — Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Muslimin Sema said that he is not running in the August polls of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao but clarified the front is endorsing Mayor Alvarez Isnaji of Indanan, Sulu to President Arroyo as a candidate for the region’s top post.
1,100 Muslims, Christians served at NCR mission
COTABATO CITY — At least 1,100 Moro and Christian residents in the National Capital Region availed of free medical and dental services and rice rations on Thursday in what the Office of Muslim Affairs (OMA) touted as its initial effort in helping build interfaith unity amid the prevalence of varied events dividing the nation.
Automated August ARMM polls prone to cheating, lawyer warns
MARAWI CITY — While the Commission on Election (Comelec) is optimistic about the fraud-free features of the scheduled automation in the next polls in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), voters are warning that the election’s computerization is still susceptible to fraudulent human interventions.
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