Arrest of drug syndicate-operators in Asia lauded by DFA
February 24, 2010 1:02 pm· 1 Comment
By Gloria Jane Baylon
MANILA, Feb. 24 — The recent arrest in Pampanga province of three nationals of Guinea Bissau in West Africa and a Filipino woman, suspected of belonging to a drug-trafficking syndicate operating in Asia, was lauded by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) –which said the “decisive action” by law enforcers should serve as a stern warning to those who have been victimizing Filipinos.
More Filipinos optimistic about personal quality of life
February 24, 2010 1:02 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Feb. 24 — More Filipinos are optimists than pessimists, with 33 percent of 2,100 adults expressing in a pre-Christmas 2009 interview that they expect their personal quality of life to improve in the next 12 months while just 12 percent expecting it to get worse, according to pollster Social Weather Station (SWS).
DSWD hails passage of ESCA law
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MANILA, Feb. 24 — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) hailed the enactment into law of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act (ESCA) of 2010
Palace assures Cabinet appointees seeking local elective posts ready to resign
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MANILA, Feb. 24 — Cabinet officials seeking local elective positions in May 2010 are already preparing to relinquish their posts, Malacanang said on Wednesday.
DAR set to install 9,000 farmer-beneficiaries this year under CARPer — Pangandaman
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MANILA, Feb. 24 – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said on Wednesday more than 9,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) are targeted to be installed this year in their respective farmlands in accordance with the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program extension with reform (CARPer) Law.
Today in History
February 24, 2010 1:02 pm· Comments Off
February 24, 1888
MANILA, Feb. 24 — On February 24, 1888, General Vicente Lim, Bataan hero and the first Filipino to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1914) was born in Calamba, Laguna.
Maguindanao has new acting governor
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COTABATO CITY, Feb. 24 – Regional Gov. Ansaruddin Adiong on Monday appointed a Maguindanaon businessman as acting provincial governor of Maguindanao, replacing acting vice governor Narimon Ambolodto who was earlier designated as acting provincial governor.
Dark days in Visayas are over, Reyes says
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CEBU CITY, Feb. 24 – Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes on Tuesday assured the “dark days are over in the Visayas.”
PGMA spends night in Malapascua Island off northern Cebu
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CEBU CITY, Feb. 24 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took off from a hectic schedule Tuesday in her legacy tour of the Central Philippines super region by spending the night at Malapascua Island off the northern Cebu town of Daanbantayan.
18 towns in Caraga region eyed as beneficiary of expanded KALAHI-CIDSS 2 program
February 24, 2010 1:02 pm· 1 Comment
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 24 -– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Tuesday the inclusion of 18 towns in the Caraga region as beneficiary of the expanded “Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS)" this year.