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$39M for ‘Sendong’ victims sought

Published : Saturday February 04, 2012   |  Category : Nation   |  Views : 267
By : NEIL A. ALCOBER CORRESPONDENT

The United Nations (UN) and its humanitarian partners on Friday issued the second emergency revision of the Humanitarian Action Plan for Mindanao, as hundreds of thousands of people in the southern Philippines are in dire need of help one month after devastating floods, but a global appeal for aid has... Read more

Baguio faces contempt charge over Irisan dump

Published : Saturday February 04, 2012   |  Category : Nation   |  Views : 247
By : LARRY MADARANG

THE City of Baguio may face contempt charges for violation of a Supreme Court order over a writ ordered on the city’s Irisan dumpsite. Read more

Red tide still pesters Bataan; 600 families need help

Published : Saturday February 04, 2012   |  Category : Nation   |  Views : 245
By : ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BALANGA City, Bataan: The provincial agriculture office on Friday announced that the ban on the gathering, transporting and eating of shellfish imposed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on November 22, 2011 still continues in Bataan. Read more

DENR halts gold rush in Negros

Published : Saturday February 04, 2012   |  Category : Nation   |  Views : 130
By : NEIL A. ALCOBER

Residents of Siaton, Negros Oriental have discovered gold in their town but the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has stopped the gold rush, saying it is too dangerous for anyone to continue mining for the precious metal. Read more

Five rape raps heaped on ex-PNP officer

Published : Friday February 03, 2012   |  Category : Nation   |  Views : 2728
By : JOHN CONSTANTINE G. CORDON REPORTER

IT took a feminine sense of fairness for Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales to hear anew the complaint against a former high-ranking provincial officer of the Philippine National Police accused of assaulting the wife of another police officer—four more women police officers have also complained of being raped by the suspect. Read more

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