Filipino worker’s remains retrieved in Haiti Sunday
February 8, 2010 10:42 pm· Comments Off
By Gloria Jane Baylon
MANILA, Feb. 8 —The death of a Filipino supermarket worker in Haiti has been officially confirmed with the recovery early Sunday of her body from under the rubble of her workplace, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.
PRO 6 nets 68 gun ban violators in W. Visayas
February 8, 2010 10:42 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 28 – The number of persons arrested for the violation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban continues to increase, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO 6) public information office said.
Treñas to meet with city cops to discuss peace and order
February 8, 2010 10:42 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Feb 8 – Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has asked for a meeting with the city police to discuss the peace and order situation in the city.
Discounts for Business name registration fee extended
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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 8 — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has extended the 50 percent discount on business name registration fee for another six months, or up to June 30, 2010, a DTI official said Monday.
Ammunition for high powered firearms recovered in Maguindanao
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SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao, Feb. 8 – Government forces unearthed on Monday several high powered ammunition at a house here believed to be part of the arsenal of former Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr, police authorities said.
Accreditation of lst KABAGIS as party list lauded
February 8, 2010 10:42 pm· Comments Off
By Freddie G. Lazaro
VIGAN CITY, Feb. 8 –Leaders of the 1st Kabagis (Kabalikat ng Bayan Ginhawang Sangkatauhan) lauded the Commission on Election (Comelec) for accrediting their group as partylist organization for the May 10, 2010 polls.
PASG agents’ face gun ban raps
February 8, 2010 10:42 pm· Comments Off
TAGBILARAN City, Bohol, Feb.8 – The Commission on Elections and the Candijay municipal police headquarters, 92 kilometers from here, slapped separate charges of violation of the election gun ban against three agents of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG).
Gunmen seize retired Army official in Zambo
February 8, 2010 10:42 pm· Comments Off
By Teofilo P. Garcia
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 8 –The police and military have launched an operation to rescue a retired Army officer who was abducted by gunmen last Saturday in this southern port city.
Dance hall shooting leaves two dead, four wounded in Dumarao, Capiz
February 8, 2010 10:42 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 8 -A heated arguments triggered the fatal shooting two persons and wounding of four others inside the dance hall in Dumarao, Capiz.
40,000 sacks of sugar pin worker to death
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ILOILO CITY, Feb. 8 –An employee of a sugar central was fatally pinned to his death by the deluging stockpile of sacks of sugar of a sugar milling firm in Passi City, Iloilo.