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By newsmaster on September 6, 2010
Police commandos killed a leader of the Abu Sayyaf extremists and two of his men in an encounter on the strife-torn island province of Sulu, a ranking police officer reported on Sunday.
Posted in News, Region | Tagged abu sayyaf, encounter, leader, mindanao, police, sulu |
By MBJ on August 29, 2010
The estimated 1,000 kilos of cocaine bricks which were thrown overboard by the crew of a vessel off Samar province in the Visayas in late 2009 came from Colombia, the chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has disclosed.
Posted in News, Region | Tagged cocaine, Colombia, drug lords, Hong Kong, pdea, South America, visayas |
By newsmaster on August 27, 2010
Still unidentified gunmen shot and killed two policemen in uniform and two civilians in a pre-dawn attack Thursday on a passenger bus in Lanao del Norte province in Mindanao, a ranking police officer reported.
Posted in News, Region | Tagged gunmen, Lanao del Norte, mindanao, policemen |
By newsmaster on August 23, 2010
A police chief of a town in Surigao del Sur province in Mindanao was slain in an encounter with suspected members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA), a spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Sunday.
Posted in News, Region | Tagged communist party of the philippines, milf, mindanao, npa, pnp, Rebels |
By MBJ on August 23, 2010
A senior official of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Sunday insisted that amending the 1987 Constitution is vital to attempts to bring peace to strife-torn Mindanao. Mohagher Iqbal, the chief of the MILF’s “deactivated” peace panel, warned there would be no genuine end to the Mindanao conflict if amending the Constitution, also known as Cha-cha or Charter change, does not come into play.
Posted in News, Region | Tagged cbcp, Constitution, malacanang, milf, noynoy, philippine supreme court, Ramadan, University of the Philippines |
By MBJ on August 19, 2010
MANILA – A loaded bus plunged into a 35-foot (100 feet) ravine while negotiating a sharp curve in Benguet province in the Northern Luzon highlands, killing at least 40 passengers and injuring nine others in what is considered as one of the worst road accidents in recent years, police reported on Wednesday.
Posted in Region | Tagged accidents, benguet, cebu, highway, investigators, Iranian, philippines, vehicles |
By MBJ on August 18, 2010
MANILA – A Philippine Navy (PN) helicopter with five people on board, including two pilots, crashed in the sea off Zamboanga City in Mindanao, a PN spokesman reported on Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Edgard Arevalo said three of the passengers were rescued but the two pilots remained missing.
Posted in Region | Tagged Cotabato City, filipino chinese, kidnapping-for-ransom, maguindanao, philippine navy, Zamboanga City |
By MBJ on August 16, 2010
A radio report from GMA News said the order was issued by the Regional Trial Court of suburban Quezon City, Metro Manila for the arrest of Gerry Salapuddin, the former deputy House speaker for Mindanao.
Posted in Headlines, Region | Tagged Gerry Salapuddin, pinoy headlines, pinoy news, Wahib Akbar, zamboanga bombing |
By MBJ on August 15, 2010
MANILA – Despite the reported “saber-rattling” by the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Mindanao peace process remains on track, a Malacanang official assured on Saturday.
Secretary Edwin Lacierda, the presidential spokesman, said Secretary Teresita Deles, the presidential adviser on the peace process, is confident the MILF will push through with the peace negotiations.
Posted in Headlines, Region |
By MBJ on January 23, 2010
MANILA – A Belgian environmentalist and six Filipino trekkers were rescued in a daring operation involving two Philippine Air Force (Paf) helicopters in the mountain fastnesses of Isabela province in the Northern Luzon highlands, a Paf spokesman reported.
Posted in Region | Tagged belgian national lost, bert peeters, dumagat tribe, luzon tourist destination, pinoy news, sierra madre luzon, sierra madre mountain range, sierra madre philippines |
By MBJ on January 19, 2010
MANILA – The Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified 56 candidates running for local positions in the coming May 10 polls in Maguindanao province, Mindanao where 57 people were massacred on November 23, a Comelec spokesman announced.
Posted in 2010 Elections, Region | Tagged comelec, comelec disqualification, maguindana comelec, maguindanao candidates, mindanao elections, philippine news, philippine politics, pinoy news |
By MBJ on January 18, 2010
MANILA – Strong opposition from local officials in Mindanao appears to be the main stumbling block in the signing of a peace agreement with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) before the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ends in June.
Posted in Region | Tagged adamat, armm, basilan, celso lobregat, gloria arroyo term, lobregat, maguindanao, milf, mindanao rebels, peace pact, pinoy news, ronald adamat, sulu, zamboanga |
By MBJ on January 5, 2010
MANILA – Still unidentified persons launched grenade attacks on the mansions of members of a powerful and influential clan allegedly involved in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao on November 23.
Posted in Region | Tagged Alex Lenesis, ampatuan, ampatuan clan, ampatuan mansions, maguindanao massacre, maguindanao news, maguindanao updates, pinoy news |
By Ms. D on December 2, 2009
Former President Fidel V. Ramos called for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on the advent of her decision to run as representative of the Second Congressional District of Pampanga. Citing the “inexcusably mysterious†intention of PGMA as to how she was able to come up with such decision, Ramos, who was on his way to attend conference in Australia, appealed for “equal protection of the law and equal opportunity; it also diminishes the stature of the presidency.â€
Posted in 2010 Elections, Headlines, Nation, News, Politics, Region | Tagged 2010 elections, arroyo, Fidel V. Ramos, FVR, gloria macapagal arroyo, gma, maguindanao, pampanga, pgma, ramos |
By MBJ on November 30, 2009
MANILA – A lower court ordered the woman governor in the Visayas to return the equivalent of $2 million to her impoverished province, which represented payments for the purchase of medicines and other items.
Posted in Region | Tagged calbayog city, dilg, milagrosa tan, philippine politics, pinoy news, samar governor, sharee ann tan |
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