Another oarfish found in Antique
SAN JOSE, Antique—Another oarfish, the third so far in a span of three weeks, was caught by fishermen in Antique’s Belison town on Thursday afternoon.
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SAN JOSE, Antique—Another oarfish, the third so far in a span of three weeks, was caught by fishermen in Antique’s Belison town on Thursday afternoon.
AN Abu Sayyaf bandit was killed on Friday after elite government troops clashed with the bandit group in Basilan.
THE leadership of the House of Representatives on Wednesday admitted that putting back the proposed basic law on the Bangsamoro in its original form is now impossible.
THE Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) warned on Wednesday that instead of bringing development and sustainable energy sources to the country, two solar projects in disputed Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)-covered lands in Tarlac and Negros Occidental will only aid land grabbing by foreign corporations.
CLARK FREEPORT—More than 4,000 Aytas based in Mabalacat City and nearby Bamban, Tarlac, are set to launch protest actions against the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) over the alleged refusal of the state-owned company to recognize the Ancestral Domain law.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is urging residents of Central Luzon to “support and actively participate” in the 2015 Census of Population (Popcen 2015) that started on Monday.
WATER is at the core of Negros Oriental’s efforts to pursue sustainable development, with the province poised to emerge as the best-case practice for using water as a key driver for inclusive growth.
CLARK FREE PORT—The plan of the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) to put up another structure at the main gate of this free port has met stiff opposition from Barangay Chairman Tony Mamac of Balibago, Angeles City.
By Johnny C. Nuñez / Philippines News Agency
KEA Industrial Corp., an electric tricycle (e-trike) operator and manufacturer, will pilot test a text-based reservation scheme in Bacoor City, Cavite, for e-trike passengers.
LEGAZPI City—Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, a Liberal Party (LP) member, has accepted his party assigned task for him to join the presidential campaign on full-time basis and shelve his plan to seek his province’s Second District congressional seat in next year’s elections as he earlier announced.
TACLOBAN CITY—The government-led post-Yolanda rehabilitation efforts could be a political issue in 2016, but talking about it agitates disaster survivors, an official said.
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently announced the cancellation of five mining contracts awarded to two companies and three individuals, owing to the contractors’ failure to comply with various mining regulatory requirements.
ELEANOR DIMAPORO LANTUD, 47, the first Muslim woman to be elected mayor in Lanao del Norte, is running for governor after serving Pantao Ragat town for three terms.
ANGELES CITY—The prosperous barangay of Balibago was downsized to prevent it from eventually separating from the city and becoming a new municipality. This in effect is what Balibago Barangay Captain Tony Mamac tried to explain at the media forum “Talk Widus” at the Prism Lounge of Widus Hotel and Casino last Wednesday organized by the Pampanga Press Club in cooperation with the hotel.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has released an initial P27.5 million for the repair of various infrastructure in South Cotabato that were damaged by the severe floods in the area in June.
THE Navy now has the capability to detect and monitor unauthorized ships planning to enter Batanes waters.
By Ashley Manabat / Correspondent
CLARK FREE PORT—A temporary restraining order (TRO) was issued against the construction of a “waste-recovery facility” right on the river channel of the Sacobia River at the Clark Special Economic Zone (SEZ) here.
CAMP GEN. SIMEON A. OLA, Legazpi City—Nine Chinese nationals who came to the country on tourist visas were arrested for overstaying by a joint Bureau of Immigration (BI), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Aroroy police in a raid on Thursday morning in Barangay Bagauma, Aroroy, Masbate.
TACLOBAN CITY—Four months after Wage Order (WO) 18, took effect, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) here has intensified its awareness drive for business owners.
IF Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte decides to run in 2016 and becomes president, he will never forget Visayas and Mindanao in the framing of government policies and implementation of laws.
By Joey Pavia | Correspondent
By Ashley Manabat / Correspondent
ANGELES CITY—City officials welcomed on Wednesday at the public hospital here the arrival of medical supplies as part of the humanitarian assistance of the United States military.
THE National Democratic Front-Bicol (NDF-Bicol) has condemned the brutality and deception of military squads after confirming that the four purportedly New People’s Army guerrillas killed in a “clash” in Barangay Mactan, Cawayan, Masbate, on August 3 were actually tricycle drivers.
By Henry Empeño / Correspondent
ANGELES CITY—The Supreme Court (SC) conducted its second Enhanced Justice on Wheels (Ejow) program here on Friday, primarily to decongest the city jail by resolving pending cases, especially those involving marginalized inmates.
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