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Cordillera now has a population of 1.52 million
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera office of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) here reported that the region has a total population of 1,520,743, based on the results of the 2007 census of population.
PAF gets P5-B fund, 15 training airplanes
FERNANDO AIR BASE, Lipa City – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro announced here that the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has acquired 15 new training planes.
Angeles City readies measures vs avian flu
ANGELES CITY — Mayor Francis "Blueboy" Nepomuceno has ordered the Angeles City Avian Influenza Task Force (ACAITF) to adopt emergency measures against the bird flu.
250 ComVal highlanders evacuate due to clashes
NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley — The local government unit (LGU) here and the Army’s 1001st Infantry Brigade extended assistance to members of Manobo-Matigsalog tribes who left their mountain homes and farms for fear of being caught in the crossfire in the ongoing skirmishes between government troops and communist insurgents in Bermuda, Compostela town, in this goldrich province, it was reported yesterday.
ARMM officials committed to peace process, support MILF-gov’t talks
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) officials led by Gov. Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan are committed to the Mindanao peace process, which includes the full implementation of the 1996 final peace agreement (FPA) signed by the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the negotiation between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
NPA commander’s son killed by troops in ComVal firefight
NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley Province — A ground commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported last Thursday that one of three rebels killed in a series of encounters in Mangayon, this province is a son of a dreaded New People’s Army (NPA) commandere.
Peasant leader killed by gunman in Davao City
KIDAPAWAN CITY — An unidentified gunman shot and killed Celso Pojas, regional spokesman of the Davao Citybased militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas-Southern Mindanao Region (KMP-SMR), yesterday morning during his coffee break in front of the Farmers Center in Bugac, Ma-a, Davao City, Thursday morning.
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