Ex-PAF colonel surfaces to deny alleged bribery try on key Maguindanao massacre witness
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, July 20 –The alleged emissary of detained Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Zaldy Ampatuan surfaced on Tuesday afternoon to deny allegation that he tried to bribe a key witness in the Maguindanao massacre with P10 million to retract his statement.
Pampanga local exec is LCP’s prexy
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 20 — Another feather in the city’s cap was added as Mayor Oscar Rodriguez was unanimously elected as the 9th president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP).
40 homeless families to receive houses from Gawad Kalinga
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, July 20 – Forty families whose houses were destroyed by flooding caused by typhoon Frank and displaced due to the construction of the Iloilo Flood Control Project (IFCP) here have been identified as recipients of houses that were built at the Jose Maria (Rusty) E. Cacho Gawad Kalinga (GK) Village in Brgy. San Isidro, Jaro here.
Peasant leader killing can be solved, says Nueva Ecija top cop
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, July 20 – Local police authorities on Tuesday expressed optimism that the killing of peasant leader Pascual Guevarra would be solved soon even as it downplayed the role of the Philippine Army (PA) in the attack.
Robbery gang busted in Nueva Ecija
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, July 20 – A robbery gang was believed to have been busted after its suspected leader and two other companions were arrested in a checkpoint by a composite team of law enforcers here, police reported on Tuesday.
Government buildings told to comply with Accessibility Law
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, July 20 -– The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here said that all buildings owned by the government should comply with the Accessibility Law.
Wreckage of S2-11 aircraft that crashed in Tarlac recovered
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
CONCEPCION, Tarlac, July 20 – The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has recovered the wreckage of the ill-fated S2-11 aircraft that crashed at the sugarcane field in Sitio Ligaya, Barangay Santiago, Concepcion, Tarlac last Monday.
OPDA urges persons with disabilities to register
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, July 20 -– The Office of Persons with Disability Affairs (OPDA) here is urging all PWDs in Iloilo to come out and register themselves.
NPA frees captured soldier
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
By Jessie L. Casalda
DAVAO CITY, July 20 – At exactly 4 p.m. Tuesday, Staff Sergeant Bienvenido Gentugao Arguelles Jr. of the 25th Infantry Battalion has re-united with his family after one month in captivity in the hands of the New Peoples Army (NPA).
Military authorities doubt Ito's Filipino citizenship
July 20, 2010 9:00 pm· Comments Off
ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 20 –Military authorities are checking the personal background of the 63-year-old Japanese hostage to determine whether he has already renounced his citizenship.