(Update): ‘Clan war’ eyed in Basilan community attack
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, Feb. 27 — Twelve people, including four children, died and 11 others were wounded when suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits and other lawless elements attacked a civilian community in Maluso town in Basilan on Saturday morning, top military officials in Mindanao reported.
Phivolcs warns coastal communities of possible tsunami
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
By Lilybeth G. Ison
MANILA, Feb. 27 — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday warned coastal communities on the eastern side of the archipelago to prepare for possible evacuation after a powerful earthquake in Chile might trigger a tsunami.
Phivolcs on tight watch on Pacific tsunami
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
By Mediatrix P. Cristobal
MANILA, Feb 27 — State seismologists are closely monitoring over the possibility of destructive waves reaching Philippine shore after the 8.8 magnitude quake struck the other side of the Pacific Saturday afternoon.
13 int’l fashion, toys, food stores to locate in Davao City next year
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
By Digna D. Banzon
DAVAO CITY, Feb. 27 — About 13 stores, many of them of international brands, are locating here by the second quarter next year.
2 more miners found dead in South Cotabato
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
COTABATO CITY, Feb. 27 — Rescuers retrieved late Friday evening the remains of two more miners who died while mining in a remote village in T'boli, South Cotabato, officials said.
Davao Sur now experiencing fixed 5-hour brownout everyday
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Feb. 27 — The power supply distribution in Davao del Sur has set a fixed five-hour power interruption in three different areas that started last Thursday.
For hosting geothermal plant, Kidapawan demands 'special treatment' from NGCP
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Feb. 27 — For hosting one of the biggest geothermal plants in the country, the city government here is demanding a ‘preferential’ treatment from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)
Soldier killed, several NPA rebels wounded in encounter
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
LAGANGILANG, Abra, Feb. 27 — An army trooper was confirmed killed and undetermined number of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were reported wounded in an encounter between them in Barangay Kili, Tubo, Abra last Thursday.
Policemen rescue 2 Chinese nationals in Basilan
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
By Teofilo P. Garcia
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 27 — Combined police forces have rescued the two Chinese nationals who were kidnapped together with a Filipino companion by the Abu Sayyaf bandit in the island province of Basilan, a police official said Saturday.
Pangasinan doles out 200 water pumps to save drying up farms
February 27, 2010 11:03 pm· Comments Off
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Feb. 27 — Governor Amado Espino Jr. distributed on Friday some 200 water pumps to south-central Pangasinan to save hundreds of hectares of corn lands from drying up due to the El Nino phenomenon.