OCD reports 3 deaths, 3 missing, 3 injured in CAR due to 'Pedring'
September 29, 2011 9:41 pm· Comments Off
BAGUIO CITY, Sept. 29 — Government assistance is now underway for the families of three residents of Hingyon, Ifugao who died in a landslide Tuesday at the height of Typhoon "Pedring."
CDC, Ingasco seal $ 50-M pact for air separation plant
September 29, 2011 9:41 pm· Comments Off
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Sept. 29 — The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and a leading Japanese gas company –Ingasco– have recently signed an agreement for the establishment of a $ 50-million air separation plant in this Freeport zone.
P1.2B Cebu City tunnel under repair for cracks
September 29, 2011 9:41 pm· Comments Off
CEBU CITY, Sept. 29 -– Cracks were found on the ceiling and the pavement of the P1.2 billion four-lane tunnel of the Cebu South Coastal Road.
Iloilo City pushes “low load” program on electric consumption of urban poor
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ILOILO CITY, Sept 29 -– The city government here is pushing for a specific load capacity for the electric consumption of urban poor communities, specifically those living in city relocation sites.
New PRO 7 chief says Central Visayas lacks manpower
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CEBU CITY, Sept. 29 – Newly-installed Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Marcelo Garbo has revealed that Central Visayas lacks 57 police superintendents.
Cebu City accounting office tracks officers with unsettled cash advances
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CEBU CITY, Sept. 29 – The Office of the Cebu City Accountant is tracing the disbursing officers of cash advances worth more than half a million pesos in 2010 that have yet to be liquidated.
4 big wood mini-sawmills catering to illegally-cut logs dismantled in Agusan del Norte
September 29, 2011 9:41 pm· Comments Off
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 29 — Four big wood processing plants allegedly operating without permits but alleged to be actually mini-sawmills were rounded up by joint police and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) operatives of the anti-Illegal logging Task Force in villages in Santiago town and Cabadbaran City, all in the province of Agusan del Norte on Tuesday, a belated report from Agusan del Norte provincial police office said.
Bataan town placed under state of calamity
September 29, 2011 9:41 pm· Comments Off
DINALUPIHAN, Bataan, Sept. 29 — This town was placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday after 33 of its 46 barangays were submerged in knee-to-breast-deep flood waters due to rains spawned by typhoon "Pedring."
PESO managers undergo training for strengthened employment facilitation capacity
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ILOILO CITY, Sept. 29 -– Public Employment Service Office (PESO) heads and managers from various provinces in Western Visayas recently underwent a seminar aimed at strengthening the employment facilitation capacity of their respective offices.
DENR to employ new foresters next year to ensure NGP implementation
September 29, 2011 9:41 pm· Comments Off
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 29 -– The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will employ “hundreds” of new foresters starting next year to guard the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP).