Solon calls for the termination of SMI financing of army in mining areas
BAYAN MUNA Rep. Neri Colmenares yesterday expressed shock at the admission of the Philippine Army and the Mayor of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur that SMI-Xstrata is giving the AFP between P170,000 to...
View ArticleBelmonte: PNoy on the right path towards peace in Mindanao
“FILIPINO people should unite behind the government’s quest for lasting peace in Mindanao which ensures the realization of its economic development and consequently that of the entire country,” Speaker...
View ArticleGerman national natagpuang patay sa hotel
HINIHINALANG dalawang araw nang patay ang German national sa loob ng kanyang tinuluyang Hotel sa Ermita, Manila, ayon sa ulat ng pulisya. Nakilala sa passport ang biktimang si Andreus Benesch, 38...
View ArticleGroups raise alarm on attacks vs activists via series of robberies, surveillance
HUMAN rights group Karapatan and umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), together with members and leaders of several organizations condemned the series of attacks against people’s...
View Article‘Justice beyond monetary compensation’- groups
ENVIRONMENTAL and women’s groups are demanding ”justice beyond monetary compensation” for the USS Guardian’s grounding of the Tubbataha Reef National Park, saying that the incident is a blatant example...
View ArticleKabataan Partylist conducts ocular inspection to ensure compliance to posting...
RESPONDING to the Commission on Election’s call to post only in “common posting areas,” members and volunteers of Kabataan Partylist trooped to several Comelec-designated areas in Metro Manila today to...
View ArticleBelmonte cites creation of more trial courts to de-clog court dockets
THE upgrade and expansion of the country’s judicial system has been sustained by the 15th Congress with the enactment of laws creating court branches all over the country, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte,...
View ArticlePolice arrests ranking rebel leader in Benguet
POLICE on Sunday announced the arrest of a ranking communist rebel leader during an operation in a hinterland village in Benguet province. PNP spokesman, Chief Supt. Generoso Cerbo Jr., identified the...
View ArticleSolons: Stand-off sa Sabah idaan sa diplomatic channel
HINIMOK ng mga kongresista ang administrasyong Aquino na gumamit na ng diplomatic channels sa pamamagitan ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) para masolusyunan ng mapayapa ang Sabah standoff. Apela...
View ArticleBrgy. Ginebra bokya pa rin sa PBA
KAHIT dumating ang bagong import ng Barangay Ginebra San Miguel ay hindi pa rin sumapat upang ilista ang kanilang unang panalo. Tumungga lang ng 16 puntos si Ginebra import Vernon Macklin kaya nalasap...
View ArticleCory never fulfilled her promise in Edsa 1, says Laguna Lake fishers
LAKE based groups Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), Anakpawis partylist-Laguna Lake chapter and Save Laguna Lake Movement (SLLM) said the promise of the late...
View ArticleSunog sa Navotas, 1 patay, 2 sugatan
TODAS ang isa habang dalawa katao ang nasugatan at dalawa pa ang pinaghahanap ng awtoridad makaraang tupukin ng apoy ang tatlong bahay sa Daang Hari, Navotas kaninang madaling araw. Nabatid na bandang...
View ArticleMotorsiklo vs dyip: 2 todas
HINDI na umabot pa sa Ilocos Training Regional & Medical Center (ITRMC) sa San Fernando City, La Union ang dalawang motorista makaraang magsalpukan ang pampasaherong jeep at motorsiklo sa Barangay...
View ArticleOFW on Saudi death row lacked much-needed assistance from PHL gov’t
AS in previous cases of OFWs on death row, the Philippine government’s last ditch efforts to save the life of Joselito Zapanta is again happening late in the game. This was the statement made by...
View ArticleGroup calls for probe on subcontracting PHL labor services to a Saudi private...
MIGRANTE-Middle East (M-ME) today calls on President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to probe the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) amid report that Philippine Overseas Labor office (POLO) in...
View Article‘Tampakan mining threatens life and environment’- groups
ENVIRONMENTAL, research and scientist groups rebuked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Aquino administration for giving Xstrata-Sagitarrius Mines, Inc. (X-strata-SMI)...
View ArticleSurigao del Norte 2 beses nilindol
NILINDOL ng may magnitude 3.8 ang silangang bahagi ng Burgos, Surigao del Norte kaninang ala-1:28 ng madaling araw. Ayon sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), naitala ang...
View ArticleSolon says int’l air transport services to boost tourism and trade
A lawmaker has expressed confidence that the soon-to-be-enacted bill rationalizing taxes on international air carriers would reverse the current exodus of air transport services from the country. “I am...
View Article9 barko tutulong sa salvage ops ng USS Guardian – PCG
KINUMPIRMA ni Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena na nakaposisyon na ang 9 na barko na tutulong sa salvage operayion sa sumadsad na USS Guardian sa Tubbataha Reef. Ayon...
View Article11 supek pa sa pagpuga ng Chinese drug lord, tukoy na
SUMISIKIP na ang mundo para sa 11 pang suspek na tumulong para makatakas sa kanilang jail guard escorts ang tatlong Chinese drug syndicate inmates ng Cavite noong nakaraang Pebrero 20. Sinabi ni Chief...
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