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Benguet folk hit Baguio on ‘garbage avalanche’
TUBA, Benguet – For the nth time this year, tons of garbage from the Irisan open dumpsite of Baguio City cascaded the other day to several villages here.
Satur, 3 other party-list solons face slay raps
PALAYAN CITY -- Satur Ocampo, Liza Maza, Teodoro Casiño, and Rafael Mariano, party-list representatives of Bayan Muna, Bayan, and Gabriela, were charged with kidnapping with murder and two counts of murder in connection with the alleged liquidation of three rebel returnees who were suspected as "deep penetration agents."
SCTEX seen to boost Ifugao tourism
BANAUE, Ifugao – The full operation of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) will bring wonders to the tourism industry of this world-heritage province because of the expected influx of foreign tourists who want to have a glimpse of the famous Banaue rice terraces here.
Civic group sets meeting in Laguna
The General Response Emergency Assistance Team (GREAT), with chapters in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Southern Tagalog and Bicol, will hold its general membership meeting on Sept. 14 at Camp Vicente Lim, Canlubang, Laguna.
Gov’t leaders supporting ‘One Visayas’ initiative
CEBU CITY — Government leaders in the three regions in the Visayas will soon gather in Cebu to discuss the proposed "One Visayas," an initiative aimed at strengthening the relationship among the various islands in Central Philippines.
Veco allots P59.9 M for meter-deposit refund to customers
CEBU CITY — Cebu-based distribution utility firm Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) has allocated P59.9 million for the refund of meter-deposit fees paid by its customers.
Official of Capiz sees improved health services
ROXAS CITY — Health and provincial officials in Capiz are looking forward to more improved health-care facilities in various hospitals here.
Groups conduct consultation on ASEAN
CEBU CITY — The Focus on the Global South, together with other civil society groups, conducted recently consultation on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Export company employs 5,000 Boholano weavers
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — Some 5,000 residents of several barangays in Bohol are being tapped by an export company here to meet the P25-million orders for utility baskets abroad.
‘Hawkish people’ blamed for war
KIDAPAWAN CITY — Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), a group documenting human rights violations, has blamed people whom, it said, have "narrow interests in politics and hawkish attitude towards the Moro issue in Mindanao" as the culprits behind the renewed hostilities.
Lawyer hits people asking for all-out war
COTABATO CITY — Saying that Mindanao conflict can not be resolved through a military solution, a young Moro lawyer, peace and human rights advocate Wednesday asked those who are crying for another all-out war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to change place with the refugees and experience the horrors of war.
10 laborers held for re-bagging NFA rice
TACURONG CITY — Police authorities raided here last Wednesday a warehouse owned by a local trader and arrested 10 of his laborers who were caught in the act of re-bagging at least 1,000 sacks of NFA (National Food Authority) well-milled rice.
BIR officer cited for top performance
DIPOLOG CITY — Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Lilian B. Hefti has cited the revenue district officer (RDO) of the Dipolog Revenue District Office No. 91 for outstanding performance as government’s tax collector during a program marking the 104th anniversary of the BIR here.
Wushu makes a winning start in Beijing exhibition
BEIJING — Exhibition sport wushu got underway Thursday and the Philippines’ Willy Wang took the early lead in the artistic event of taulon at the Olympic Sports Center near the Bird’s Nest stadium.
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