NPA kills 9 cops, village exec
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Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 23:13:00 08/21/2010
Filed Under: Crime, insurgency, Police
NINE POLICEMEN, among them two ranking officers, and a barangay official were killed in two separate incidents in Samar and Surigao del Norte on Saturday.
In Catarman, Northern Samar, communist insurgents ambushed and killed eight policemen who were responding to reports that the rebels [...]
Everybody’s guilty in the Aug.23 hostage-crisis
MUSING MAASIN
By Ronald O. Reyes
Bang!
Down went the reputation of the Philippines in the face of the entire world.
Like other Filipinos who were glued in their TV set, radio, phone and internet to get the latest update of the 11-hour hostage-drama staged by a dismissed senior police officer against his 25 hostages (composed of 22 Hongkong [...]
DPWH bans putting names or pictures of officials in project billboards
Manila — In accordance with the instruction of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III ordering all government agencies not to use his name or image on government programs and projects, the DPWH has revised the implementing guidelines on DPWH signboard structures which should now only contain the name of the project and location, contractor, the [...]
Ex Bontoc mayor starts 90 days suspension
By JANI ARNAIZ
First posted July 31, 2010
MAASIN CITY – One year after the final ruling of The Sandiganbayan affirming its decision suspending the mayor of Bontoc town in Southern Leyte, the DILG finally served the suspension order last Friday.
However, Pedro Fustanes will not be suspended for 90 days as mayor of Bontoc town having served [...]
UPDATE ON PALIMA CASE
Prayers, pleas for Maasin OFW jailed in Iran continue
By Ronald O. Reyes
TACLOBAN CITY—Family and friends of Rudelia Palima, an OFW from Maasin city jailed in Iran for allegedly carrying prohibited drugs, continue seeking help from various sectors in the country on the immediate resolution of the latter’s case.
Charlie Cinco, Communication and ATN officer in the [...]
Rain is falling, tap still flows in trickles
NIA to help Maasin water district, says mayor Samaco (watchvideo)
By Jani Arnaiz
First posted July 28, 2010
MAASIN CITY – The rain has been falling here but tap water flows in trickles.
Despite the rainfall experienced in the city, the Maasin City Water District continues to ration water.
Nestor Geraldo, manager of Maasin City Water district (MCWD), said they [...]
Filipina maid inherits millions from employer
SINGAPORE (AFP) – – A devoted Filipina maid inherited six million Singapore dollars (more than four million US) from her late employer after more than 20 years of service, a newspaper report said Wednesday.
“I am the luckiest maid in Singapore, with or without the money,” the 47-year-old single woman — identified only by the pseudonym [...]
OFWs, friends of Rudelia appeal for help
Ma appeals for jailed daughter in Iran
By Jani Arnaiz
Update posted on July 13, 2010
MAASIN CITY – Several Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from all over the world have appealed to authorities to help a Pinay OFW from Maasin City in Southern Leyte, who was jailed in Shiraz, Iran allegedly for carrying prohibited substance.
Rudelia Palima, 34 years [...]
OFW from Maasin, jailed in Iran
MAASIN CITY – The mother of a jailed OFW has sought the help of Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino for the release of her daughter who is now locked up in Iran after she was allegedly found with prohibited substance upon arrival from Cambodia.
Mila Palima, a resident of Abgao village here, said her daughter, Rudelia Palima, [...]
28% of Filipinos 15 years up are smokers, says NSO
Manila — Twenty-eight percent or 17.3 million Filipino adults age 15 years and above are current tobacco smokers, a report at the
NSO website shows.
The National Statistics Office report used the results of the 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey which showed that almost half or 48% which is equivalent to 14.6 Million of adult males and [...]
