2 killed in Cotabato highway robbery‏
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Jan. 30 – Unidentified armed men pulled off a robbery-holdup along the highway in Pikit, North Cotabato province and killed on the spot the driver of a van and his lone passenger at around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, a police report said.
Renewed hostilities in N. Cotabato town displace 350 families
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Jan. 30 — Renewed armed hostilities in a village in Kabacan town in North Cotabato drove some 360 families to vacate the area on Friday morning, police reports said.
Boholano solon pushes bill redefining GSIS survivorship pension
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
TAGBILARAN CITY, Jan. 30 — Rep. Erico Aumentado (2nd District) recently filed a bill removing the restrictions in granting survivorship benefits to spouses of deceased members and pensioners of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
19 juvenile crocodiles released into lake
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
SAN MARIANO, Isabela, Jan. 30 – At least 19 juvenile crocodiles, measuring about 1.5 feet each, have been released into the lake in Sitio Dunoy in Dibuluan village here on Thursday.
3 suspected robbers killed in Bocaue shootout
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
BOCAUE, Bulacan, Jan. 30 — Three alleged members of a notorious robbery-holdup gang were killed in a shootout with agents of the Bulacan PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Team (CIDT) in Sitio Balubaran, Barangay Duhat here early Sunday morning.
Calabarzon police set grand bike caravan for peace in February
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
CAMP VICENTE, Laguna, Jan. 30 – In a bid to encourage multi-sectoral groups in Southern Tagalog to support the clamor for lasting peace and cessation of hostilities between the New People’s Army (NPA) and government forces, PNP Region IV-A has scheduled a grand bike caravan for peace in Laguna early next month.
NPA amazon killed in Negros Occ. encounter
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 30 – A New People's Army (NPA) amazon was killed during an encounter between government troops and a group of NPA guerrillas on Friday in the hinterlands of Calatrava town in northern Negros Occidental.
NFA Iloilo begins seed distribution
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 30 – The National Food Authority (NFA) Iloilo provincial office has started dispensing certified seeds to farmers early Friday and will continue well into the second week of March under the aegis of the Rapid Seed Supply Financing Program (RSSFP).
LTFRB re-calibrates 959 taxi meters in Iloilo City
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 30 — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) regional office here has completed the re-calibration of a total of 959 taxi meters in Iloilo City.
3 drug syndicate members fall in Zambo buy-bust operation
January 31, 2011 7:50 am· Comments Off
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 30 — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested three local drug syndicate members, including a former town councilor, in a buy-bust operation in this southern port city, a top PDEA official announced Sunday.