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Kanlaon treks suspended; tight watch now in place

Published : Sunday February 12, 2012   |  Category : Regions   |  Views : 85
By : MA. ESTER L. ESPINA

BACOLOD CITY : Mountaineering activities at Mt. Kanlaon in Central Negros has been ordered suspended until the extent of damage caused by last week’s 6.9 earthquake can be determined. Read more

Bishop urges President Aquino to fast-track land distribution

Published : Saturday February 11, 2012   |  Category : Regions   |  Views : 348
By : MA. ESTER L. ESPINA CORRESPONDENT

BACOLOD CITY: “Do a Moses and deliver millions of landless Filipino farmers from bondage.”Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra made this appeal to President Benigno Aquino 3rd in a mass at the San Sebastian Cathedral Thursday, capping the four-day caravan of Task Force Mapalad farmers in Negros Occidental. Read more

Flash floods displace thousands in Dapitan

Published : Saturday February 11, 2012   |  Category : Regions   |  Views : 298
By : XINHUA

COTABATO CITY: Thousands of people have been displaced as flash floods triggered by heavy downpour hit the southern city of Dapitan, a local official said Friday. Read more

Baby turtles sent back to their home

Published : Saturday February 11, 2012   |  Category : Regions   |  Views : 308
By : BELLY OTORDOZ AND ANTHONY BAYARONG

Baby turtles sent back to their home

The sea turtle hatchlings were placed in a basin prior to their release to the sea on Friday at San Roque, Sariaya, Quezon. PHOTO BY BELLY M. OTORDOZ         SARIAYA, Quezon: One hundred twenty-three (123) newly hatched baby sea turtles of the Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys Olivacea) species were released yesterday, February 10,... Read more

REGIONS IN BRIEF

Published : Saturday February 11, 2012   |  Category : Regions   |  Views : 128

THREE KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN BATANGAS SHOOTINGThree people were shot dead and another was wounded after attending a court hearing in Batangas on Thursday, police said on Friday. Read more

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