Manila Archdiocese to pray for rain
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Feb. 26 – The Archdiocese of Manila will release its 'Oratio Imperata,' or intercessory prayers, for rain to lessen the effects of the impending El Nino phenomenon.
NFA has enough supply of rice for Zambo Peninsula
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 26 — An official of the National Food Authority (NFA) has assured Friday the grains agency has sufficient stocks of rice for the entire Zamboanga Peninsula area.
DPWH assures more than 80% of SONA projects to be finished on time
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Feb 26 – Public Works and Highways Secretary Victor Domingo assured that more than 80 percent of projects included in the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “will be finished on time.”
President Arroyo pours in P33B worth of projects in Western Visayas
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
By Perla G. Lena
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 26 – Western Visayas is one of the favored regions of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, according to Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Victor Domingo.
City settles 26-year old lot row of La Paz high school
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 26 – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has ordered the final settlement of a lot problem besetting the La Paz National High School here so as to allow the rehabilitation and construction of school buildings for more than 4,000 high school students in the city district.
El Nino has no effect on Panay power supply
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 26 – The Panay National Grid Corporation (PNGC) declared that the El Nino phenomenon will not have an impact into the situation of power in Panay Island.
OPAPP turns over completed projects in peace development areas in Tigbauan, Iloilo
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Feb. 26 – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on Friday turned over some P9 million worth of projects under its Kalayaan Barangay Projects (KBP) in two peace development areas in Tigbauan, Iloilo.
Six RP cities review counter-corruption reforms
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
By Gloria Jane Baylon
MANILA, Feb. 26 — Top officials of six Philippine cities met recently in Manila to review the gains achieved after a two-year implementation of their counter-corruption reforms under a project funded by the British Embassy in Manila.
Basilan court metes life sentence on 3 Marine beheaders
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 26 – A court has sentenced three Abu Sayyaf bandits to life imprisonment for the killing of Marine troops in the island province of Basilan, south of this city.
Duterte orders police, military to impose stricter measures to ensure public safety
February 26, 2010 10:58 pm· Comments Off
DAVAO CITY, Feb. 26 – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police and the military to impose stricter measures to ensure public safety at all times following the recovery of improvised explosive devices at the city hall and along Quirino Avenue Thursday.