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By MBJ on November 23, 2009
MANILA – A Mindanao governor has been suspended by the office of the Ombudsman for six months without pay for allegedly pocketing part of the calamity assistance fund equivalent to $60,000, which was granted to his province in 2008.
Posted in Region | Tagged jesus sacdalan, may 2010 elections, mindanao news, north cotabato, philippine politics, pinoy news |
By SiteRocker on November 19, 2009
MANILA – Twenty five protesters, including two Catholic priests, have gone on a hunger strike to denounce a senior member of the Arroyo Cabinet, for allowing a Norwegian firm to conduct nickel mining exploration on an island province in Southern Luzon.
Posted in Region | Tagged cerge remonde, denr, intex resources, lito atienza, mangyan mission, mindoro, nene pimentel, philippine environment news, philippine mining, philippine news, pinoy news, rev edu garriguez |
By MBJ on November 14, 2009
MANILA – Close to 800 families, composed of about 4,000 individuals, were evacuated from a town in Albay province in the Bicol Region following warnings from government volcanologists that Mayon Volcano is again acting up by spewing ash and causing earthquakes.
Posted in Region | Tagged albay, daraga, joey salceda, mayon volcano, mayon volcano eruption, mayon volcano news, mayon volcano updates, phivolcs, pinoy news, solidum |
By Happinay on October 14, 2009
Mayon Volcano is showing signs of life and could erupt again soon,†The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) warned Monday.
Posted in Headlines, Region | Tagged Mayon, mayon volcano, PDCC, Philvolcs, Volcanic Alert, Volcano |
By MBJ on October 12, 2009
MANILA – Hunger and disease stalk thousands of victims in the Northern Luzon highlands, including the country’s mountain resort city of Baguio, as rescuers dug up more bodies which brought the total death toll to 284.
Posted in Region | Tagged baguio city, benguet, cordillera, la trinidad, luzon floodings, mt. province, northern luzon, philippines news, pinoy news, summer capital of the philippines, typhoon ondoy, typhoon pepeng |
By MBJ on October 7, 2009
MANILA – A businessman-brother of the governor of Northern Samar in the Visayas was gunned down as he was preparing a leave a cockpit arena he reportedly owned in one of the towns of the province, police reported.
Posted in Region | Tagged cecilio lucero, comelec, manolo daza, northern samar, philippine politics, pinoy news, pinoy politics, raul daza |
By Happinay on September 30, 2009
The Department of Education announced Tuesday (September 29) that classes in all levels in Metro Manila and other areas affected by typhoon “Ondoy†will remain suspended until Saturday, October 3.
Posted in Region | Tagged ched, deped, malacanang, metro manila, ncr, Ondoy, president gloria macapagal arroyo, suspension of classes |
By SiteRocker on September 29, 2009
The Social Security System (SSS) and Pag-Ibig announced that they accept applications for calamity loans (Pag-ibig) and Salary Loans (SSS), following the widespread devastation brought about by typhoon “Ondoy†over the weekend.
Posted in Features, Headlines, Region | Tagged download pagibig calamity loan form, how to apply for pagibig calamity loan, how to apply for sss loan, Ondoy, pagibig calamity loan, pinoy news, sss calamity loan, sss loan application, sss loan form, typhoon ondoy |
By MBJ on September 14, 2009
MANILA – A Catholic bishop has accused a close business associate of ousted president Joseph Estrada of trying to bribe him apparently to soften his stiff opposition against the introduction of on-line gambling in the Northern Luzon highlands.
Posted in Headlines, Region | Tagged atong ang, bishop ramon villena, cbcp, constantino joson, joseph estrada, lingayen gulf, meridien, nueva vizcaya, online games, pagcor, pinoy news |
By MBJ on September 8, 2009
MANILA – Five heavily-armed men shot and killed a Catholic priest, also the brother of a former lawmaker and actively involved in human rights activities in the Visayas, a report reaching the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.
Posted in Region | Tagged Father Cecilio Lucero, militant priest, philippines news, pinoy news |
By MBJ on September 3, 2009
MANILA – A former governor of a province, described as the “killing fields†in Northern Luzon, was arrested for allegedly masterminding the killing of a lawmaker shortly before Christmas Day in December 2006, a spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Wednesday.
Posted in Region | Tagged abra, ilocos, luzon, makati, pinoy news, vicente valera, vigan |
By MBJ on September 1, 2009
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the dismissal of a lower court judge in Luzon after he was found guilty of dishonesty and falsification of an official document, an SC spokesman reported. The spokesman said the SC imposed the ultimate penalty on Judge Virgilio Caballero of the Regional Trial Court in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija province in Central Luzon.
Posted in Region | Tagged cabanatuan city, central luzon judge, judge virgilio cabellero, nueva ecija, philippine news, supreme court |
By MBJ on August 30, 2009
MANILA – About 1,200 people, mostly members of the Manobo tribal group, have been displaced by the continuing armed conflict in Surigao del Sur province in Mindanao, according to a report reaching the Commission on Human Rights (CHR).
Posted in Region | Tagged chr, commission on human rights, leila de lima, manobo tribe, mindanao, philippine tribal groups, pinoy news, surigao del sur |
By MBJ on August 29, 2009
MANILA – Thousands of displaced families staying in evacuation centers in Central Mindanao have been forced to sell their food rations to traders in order to earn extra money, local officials and representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) disclosed.
Posted in Region | Tagged abu sayyaf, mindanao conflict, mindanaw news, philippine news, pinoy news, wfp mindanao, world food programme |
By MBJ on August 25, 2009
MANILA – Tragedy struck when three members of a family of a returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW) and five others were killed while 42 others were injured in a head-on collision between two commuter buses along the national highway in Quezon province, Central Luzon, police reported on Monday.
Posted in Region | Tagged bus accident, lucena bus, lucena city, ofw, overseas filipino workers, philippine bus, pinoy news |
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