Comelec Davao assures public demos on poll automation
November 9, 2009 11:27 pm· Comments Off
DAVAO CITY, Nov. 10 – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Davao Region has assured that series of public demonstration will be conducted once the automated poll machines or Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) will arrive in Davao City.
DPWH Davao on close watch SONA projects
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DAVAO CITY, Nov. 10 – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Davao is on close watch on road projects being implemented in Mindanao promised by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her State of the Nation Addresses (SONA).
Gov't troops clash with NPAs in Agusan del Norte far-flung village
November 9, 2009 11:27 pm· Comments Off
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte, Nov. 10 –- Army soldiers along with members of CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) encountered an undetermined number of communist terrorists in far-flung mountain Dalaw-an area, Barangay Rizal, Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province Monday morning.
Police nab 3 suspects in ex-Lanao Sur town exec's slay‏
November 9, 2009 11:27 pm· Comments Off
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Nov. 10 -– Police operatives in Kabacan town in North Cotabato arrested on Monday three suspected gunmen accused of killing a former town vice-mayor in Lanao del Sur in the Poblacion of Kabacan on Sunday morning.
1,070 job seekers participate mega jobs fair in Surigao City
November 9, 2009 11:27 pm· Comments Off
SURIGAO CITY, Nov. 10 -– At least 1,070 job seekers from various cities and provinces in the Caraga region participated in the recent two-day 2009 “Jobs Fair, Job Bridging” activity at the Surigao City Auditorium in Surigao City.
Aussie firm to put $ 6-M educational facility in Clark
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CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Nov. 10 — An Australian firm is set to put up a $ 6-million educational facility in this Freeport that seen to provide more employment opportunities and boost the economic growth in the province.
Clark big companies offer more than 3,000 new jobs
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CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Nov. 10 — The 14 big companies operating in this Freeport are offering more than 3,000 jobs opportunities which they intend to fill up before Christmas eve.
Al-Qaida video found at home of terror suspect in Chicago
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CHICAGO, Nov. 10 — U.S. Federal investigators found a video containing a speech by Osama bin Laden in the North Side home of a Chicago man charged with helping plot the assassination of a Danish cartoonist, local media reported Monday.
UN chief to meet U.S. officials on climate change
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 10 — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to discuss the issue of climate change on Tuesday with U.S. officials and Congressional leaders, just a few weeks before the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, a UN spokesperson said here Monday.
Honduran de facto gov't representative urges Congress to solve Zelaya's restitution
November 9, 2009 11:27 pm· Comments Off
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 10 — Negotiator of the Honduran de facto government Vilma Morales urged on Monday the Honduran Congress to give a sentence on the restitution of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, to fulfill one of the five points of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement.