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Study: Baguio unfit for subdivision projects
BAGUIO CITY — This mountain resort city is not a suitable area for subdivision projects due to the high cost of development and the existence of many geologically hazardous areas as indicated in a study conducted by the Cordillera office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).
Tabuk City council probes quality of water supplied to residents
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The sangguniang panlungsod (SP) is conducting a legislative inquiry into complaints about the quality of the water supplied by the Tabuk Waters (Tawa), a private firm operating the water system of the city.
LTO Baler to be fully computerized
BALER, Aurora – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) here which was nearly abolished by the LTO central office about a couple of months ago will instead be fully automated beginning next month.
PNP bans long firearms in Davao
DAVAO CITY — Police Regional Office (PRO) in Region 11 will now be strictly implementing the ban against entry of long firearms in Davao City as part of strengthening the security measures inside and around the region.
P250-M subsidy for tuna sector eyed
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Senate is set to provide P250-million subsidy fund to the tuna industry gripped by high fuel cost, but also urge key players to avail of the P4-billion Department of Agriculture budget to cope with their problems.
Loren calls for ceasefire
Senator Loren Legarda yesterday called on the government to consider suing for ceasefire with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after it dissolved the peace panel in a move she branded as a "tragedy."
MILF praises gov’t peace panel, focuses on talks
While the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leadership might be bitter with the Arroyo administration for turning its back on the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MoA-AD), MILF peace negotiators led by Mohagher Iqbal yesterday praised profusely the members of the government’s disbanded peace panel.
6 NPAs slain in gunbattle
CAMP PANACAN, Davao City — At least six communist terrorists were reportedly killed while undetermined number of other rebels were believed seriously wounded during a running gunbattle on Saturday between pursuing government combat troops and fleeing New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in a far-flung village of Laak town, Compostela Valley (ComVal) province.
35 new typhoon victims identified thru DNA test
CEBU CITY — Additional 35 fatalities of Typhoon "Frank," mostly from the sunken Princess of the Stars, have now been positively identified through DNA testing by the Disaster Victim Identification-Information Management Center (DVI-IMC).
Body to probe ship that rammed PPA project
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant Vice Admiral Wilfredo D. Tamayo directed yesterday PCG Western Visayas commander Commodore William Melad to form a Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) that will conduct a fact-finding investigation on the M/V Cotabato Princess of Sulpicio Lines, Inc. (SLI) that accidentally rammed an ongoing project of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) in Iloilo City last Sept. 4.
Bohol tops rice yield in CV
TAGBILARAN CITY — Besides topping rice production in Central Visayas, Bohol also topped in rice production growth countrywide.
Aklan starts zero pothole program
KALIBO, Aklan — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here has started its current project of eliminating potholes in the province especially in Kalibo through asphalt overlay.
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