Two killed, four hurt in accident
CABARROGUIS, Quirino—Two persons were killed and four others were injured on Monday evening when a dump truck bumped a tricycle in Barangay Andres Bonifacio, Saguday, Quirino, the police said on Wednesday.
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CABARROGUIS, Quirino—Two persons were killed and four others were injured on Monday evening when a dump truck bumped a tricycle in Barangay Andres Bonifacio, Saguday, Quirino, the police said on Wednesday.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The archbishop of Cagayan de Oro has warned of a rise of Moro extremism in Mindanao, if Congress fails to pass a meaningful Bangsamoro basic law (BBL).
THE Department of Energy (DOE) team tasked to investigate the landslide at the North Panian Pit, which left nine workers of Semirara Mining and Power Corp. dead, has submitted its report and recommendation to the agency’s officer in charge.
INCLUDE Moro history in college curriculum.
By Ayunan G. Gunting / Special to the BusinessMirror
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) posted a P687-million net income in the first six months of the year, marking an unprecedented 104-percent increase over its financial performance in the same period last year.
ANGELES CITY—It is not only the lack of classrooms and teachers, but now the lack of schools, that will accommodate thousands of senior high-school students next school year.
ILOILO CITY—The Iloilo Bantay Dagat Task Force has filed criminal charges against nine persons who were allegedly caught using improvised explosives to catch fish off the coast of Concepcion and Carles towns.
CEBU CITY—The Cebu provincial government, in partnership with SM City Cebu and the Department of Trade and Industry launched on Friday Exquisitely Filipino trade exhibit aimed at introducing Cebu-made products to the delegates of the Asia- Pacific Cooperation (Apec) who are meeting in Cebu.
By Ashley Manabat | Correspondent
By Johnny C. Nunez / Philippines News Agency
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol—A National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) team swooped down the business office of Klikmart Shopping Mart Corp. on Palma Street, in this city, on Thursday night, for alleged violations of Republic Act 8799, or the Securities Regulation Code.
ILOILO CITY—The provincial government here is eyeing the establishment of an investment zone in the coastal town of Dumangas.
By Manuel T. Cayon | Mindanao Bureau Chief
By Marvyn N. Benaning / Correspondent
A total of 68 projects worth P20.4 million were completed in Sultan Kudarat to promote peace and development, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) reported on Wednesday.
BUTUAN CITY—Still unidentified armed men raided the office of a cooperative, burned it, stabbed a victim and shot two others dead before fleeing the area on Tuesday morning at an interior barangay of a coastal town in Surigao del Sur, police reports said.
HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday challenged the country’s highest ranking police official to hold policemen involved in human-rights violation accountable for their crimes and turn the organization into protector of the people.
THE Philippine Consulate General, in partnership with the New York chapter of the Knights of Rizal, hosted a forum on the Bangsamoro basic law (BBL) with former Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr. at the Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center on August 20.
By Jelly F. Musico / Philippines News Agency
THE annual Kamahardikaan Festival in Tawi-Tawi, that brings out the cultural richness of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will be held this month.
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—The Pangasinan police command has vowed increased presence in the streets with the new patrol jeeps distributed to 44 Pangasinan towns by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
A MAGNITUDE-6.1 earthquake jolted the province of Davao Occidental on Wednesday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
FISHERMEN in areas devastated by Supertyphoon Yolanda (international code name Haiyan) are still reeling from the effects of the destruction wrought by the storm and badly need government assistance, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya (Pamalakaya) said.
CLARK FREEPORT—It is now only a matter of time before Congress will start its inquiry into the Capilion Corp. Pte. Ltd. and car company projects of the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) which allowed the companies to locate themselves at the main gate of this free port, earning the ire of Clark stakeholders.
SAYING that the costs far outweigh the benefits, an environmental group opposed proposals to establish a Minahang Bayan that will legalize small-scale mining operation in the town of Quirino, Ilocos Sur.
BY the end of the year, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) hopes to open a training center which will offer technical vocational, or “tech-voc,” courses for skills training and development.
THE human-rights watchdog Karapatan has rejected outright the invitation of the Army’s Fourth Infantry “Diamond” Division (4ID) for the group to send a representative to speak before the participants of a course for soldiers to be handled by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR).
A MILITANT labor group chided President Aquino for allegedly tolerating the “incompetence” of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis N. Tolentino to address the worsening traffic problem in Metro Manila.
THE camp of Vice President Jejomar C. Binay slammed the Aquino administration for misleading the public and claiming that there are no budget cuts for state universities and colleges (SUCs).
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