BI deports ‘Yakuza’ gang member wanted for faking passports in Japan
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 20 — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported a Japanese national wanted in his country for faking passports and for being a ranking member of the dreaded "Yakuza" gang syndicate.
Mancao's lawyer refutes Lacson
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 20 –The lawyer of former police Sr. Supt. Cezar Mancao II challenged on Sunday Senator Panfilo Lacson to place him under a lie detector test to prove that he did not get witness Lymith Bagual to link the senator to the double murder case.
Group fears jeepney drivers loss P180/day due to oil price hikes
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 20 –A lawyer of transport group Pasang Masda said on Sunday that jeepney drivers and operators possibly suffer losses of about P180 a day due to alleged overpricing of petroleum products.
Police collar Cavite City's No. 2 most wanted
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
MANILA, Sept. 20 — Police operatives collared Cavite City’s number two most wanted man involved in illegal drug trade during an operation Saturday, a ranking police official said today.
Police seize illegally-cut coco lumber, 4 chainsaws in Pangasinan
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 20 — Police and barangay tanod seized an estimated 12,000 board feet of coco lumber and four chainsaws aboard two elf trucks at a checkpoint in Barangay Domalandan here on Saturday dawn.
WHO arrives in Butuan City for A (H1N1) mitigation planning workshop
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 20 — Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Butuan City over the weekend to coordinate with the officials of the Department of Health (DoH) in Caraga region in conducting Mitigation Strategic Planning Workshop against A(H1N1).
Php21.5M Civic Center inaugurated in Lanao del Norte town
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
KOLAMBUGAN, Lanao del Norte, Sept. 20 – A Php21.5- million Civic Center was inaugurated over the weekend in Kolambugan town, Lanao del Norte.
DA creates 5,000 jobs in Caraga region
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
BUTUANA CITY, Sept. 20 -– The government’s Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP) being implemented by the Department of Agriculture (DA) has generated 5,000 jobs in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga region).
NPA rebels raid DOLE banana plantation in Surigao del Sur
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
TAGO, Surigao del Sur, Sept. 20 – At least 30 heavily armed communist-New People’s Army (NPA) rebels swooped down on a banana plantation owned by the DOLE Philippines and burned road construction equipments at Sitio Kabalawan, Barangay Anahao-daan, this town on Saturday morning.
Ex-army corporal masterminded RCBC robbery in Negros Occidental
September 20, 2009 11:20 am· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 20 – Military authorities have tagged a former army corporal as the mastermind of the Sept. 8 robbery of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) bank in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental.