Ferrer finds reports that Mark Lapid won 2007 Pampanga gubernatorial race as entertaining
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· 1 Comment
MANILA, Feb. 19 – Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said he finds it entertaining about the report that it was Mark Lapid who won the 2007 gubernatorial race in Pampanga.
Gordon set to conduct probe on shabu ingredient found in rice sacks from Vietnam
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Feb. 19 – Bagumbayan standard-bearer Senator Richard Gordon said he is set to conduct an investigation into the alleged shabu ingredient found in some 50 rice sacks imported from Vietnam.
PGMA: Aurora is now insurgency-free
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· Comments Off
BALER, Aurora, Feb. 19 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo commended on Friday the province of Aurora, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police for setting a precedent: making Aurora an “insurgency-free province.”
PGMA drives through P2.7B Baler-Casiguran road project
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· Comments Off
BALER, Aurora, Feb. 19 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this morning drove through the entire stretch of the Baler-Casiguran Road project, now 98 percent complete, and rode a top-down pick-up on the Dibutunan Bridge, said to be the longest in Central Luzon.
PGMA opens “Aeronautical Highway” of Northern Luzon
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· Comments Off
BINALONAN, Pangasinan, Feb. 19 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo introduced here today the Aeronautical Highway of Northern Luzon project which will link air services from Binalonan Airfield to under-serviced airports in Northern Luzon such as the provinces of Isabela, Cagayan and Batanes.
Quezon family: GMA is close to us
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· Comments Off
BALER, Aurora, Feb. 19 — Ricky Quezon Avancena, grandson of late President Manuel Quezon, recalled here Friday the closeness of his family to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
(Metro News) QCPD recovers hijacked truck with P.5M sugar
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Feb. 19 – The Quezon Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said on Friday they had recovered a hijacked truck loaded with P500,000 worth of sugar in Galas, Quezon City.
RP triples rice yield – IRRI
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· 1 Comment
MANILA, Feb. 19 – The Philippines has more than tripled its rice yield in the last 50 years, while the world average rice yield has increased only about 2.3 times, according to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) based in Los Baños, Laguna.
Dacer family opposes motion of Lacson to recall warrant
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Feb. 19 –The family of slain publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer on Friday opposed the plea of Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson to recall the warrant of arrest issued against him.
Durano to LGUs: Develop more tourism products
February 19, 2010 11:24 pm· 1 Comment
MANILA, Feb. 19 — Tourism Secretary Ace Durano on Friday called on local government units (LGUs) nationwide to develop more tourism products to make their respective localities key tourist destinations.