SUIT URGED VS. OWNERS OF SHIP IN ILLEGAL FISHING
GREENPEACE International has called the Philippine government to immediately pursue a legal action against a Filipino ship that was previously engaging in an illegal transfer of fish on the high seas.
According to Greenpeace International, the Filipino reefer, Sal 19, was found illegally transferring fish to Heng Xing 1, a Cambodian-flagged reefer, along with two Indonesian purse seine fishing vessels KM Starcki 10 and KM Starcki 11 on the high seas on November 14. FRANCIS EARL A. CUETO
MMDA LAUNCHES METRO WEATHER SYSTEM
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has launched the Metro Weather that aims to provide the public with near real-time weather and help them prepare for severe weather conditions. MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said the Metro Weather stations would collect and store information such as rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, solar radiation and ultraviolet index. “Metro Weather will also help save more lives on the road,” he added. RITCHIE A. HORARIO
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:300
By : NEIL A. ALCOBER REPORTER
THE legal counsel of martial law human rights victims has chided the Philippine government, claiming that the biggest stumbling block for the compensation of the victims is the opposition from it and not from the Marcoses. Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:216
By : WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL
INCOMING chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista vowed on Wednesday to bring down the insurgency problem to a negligible level before the end of his tour of duty or before the Aquino administration vows... Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:196
By : JING VILLAMENTE
Employees of the Agrarian Undersecretary Felix Perry Villanueva, Finance Management Office (FMAO) officer-in-charge, stormed his office on Tuesday, to condemned the purported militarization of the department’s perimeter. Read more
Published : Thursday January 17, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:191
By : JOHN CONSTANTINE G. CORDON
EVEN if she is only holding an ad interim position in the Commission on Elections (Comelec), poll member Ma. Graciela “Grace” Padaca still believes that impeachment must first be initiated before she faces her corruption charge. Read more
Published : Wednesday January 16, 2013 | Category : Nation | Hits:331
By : JING VILLAMENTE REPORTER
The prosecution’s bid to turn into a state witness the backhoe operator who supposedly dug the graves of the massacre victims was opposed by the defense team handling the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre case. Read more
