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 [...]
PNoy calls on barangay leaders to be in forefront of change
Tacloban City (August 3) — President Benigno Aquino III called on barangay chairmen to live up to the trust given them by their respective barangays and to police their own ranks so that the seed of change sowed by the Aquino Administration will bear fruit.
“Kayo po bilang mga barangay officials, ang nasa harapan ng patuloy [...]
2010 Election: fast, furious, phew!
MUSING MAASIN
By Ronald O. Reyes
Hopefully, this will be my last piece on 2010 election. It’s good to know that no worst-case election-related scenario erupted in our midst, at least here in Eastern Visayas. Credits goes to the local authorities, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), media, volunteers and teachers–comprising the election inspectors—for tirelessly manning [...]
Justice for slain journalists a test to Aquino’s admin, says solon
By Ronald O. Reyes and Eden Benusa-Reyes
CARIGARA, Leyte— In the wake of successive killing of mediamen in the country, congressman-elect Sergio Apostol of the 2nd district of Leyte has called on to president-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III to bring justice to the victims and their families immediately.
“The solution of these killings is not yet forthcoming. [...]
We are back!
June 21, 2010
AFTER over a month of hiatus, The Reporter online will resume its operations bringing news and feature stories in and about Southern Leyte province and the rest of the Eastern Visayas.
The Reporter online opted for unforced break to heal and “put ice” on the heated minds of its bloggers from the opposing camps.
Unfounded [...]
Estrada, Aquino, 32 others lead church’s tag
By Ronald O. Reyes
TACLOBAN CITY — “Discern whether supporters of RH bill deserve to be our leaders.”
This warning altogether with the names of candidates who supported the Reproductive Health (RH) bill is written in 40 pieces of tarpaulins, measuring about 2 meters by 5 meters, and which are now visibly hanged in the churches in [...]
Reflections and realities: Onli in the Pilipins
MUSING MAASIN
By Ronald O. Reyes
The past Holy Week was an opportune time for everyone to sit back, relax, and take the long view—particularly on pressing subjects like what I dubbed here as 3Ps: politics,
politicians, and politicking.
This corner has realized that these 3Ps are far more important subjects other than those with what our dear readers [...]
“Party’s intact,” Apostol assures supporters
By Eden Benusa-Reyes
BARUGO, Leyte–No less Eastern Visayas Lakas-CMD-KAMPI stalwart Atty. Sergio Apostol has confirmed that their merged-group is solid than ever amid the growing suspicion that the administrative party is on the brink of splintering after its presidential standard bearer Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro quit the national chairmanship last week.
Apostol, former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s chief legal [...]
Search for 2010 outstanding public officials and employees is on
By R. G. Cadavos
Maasin City, Southern Leyte — To recognize deserving government workers in their performances, the Civil Service Commission ? Southern Leyte field office in a press release sent to PIA announces the search for the 2010 Outstanding Public Officials and Employees throughout the nation.
Cyril Nathan Sm. Eamiguel, CSC Director II based here in [...]
Candidates, please… obey poster-pasting rules
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Tacloban City (17 February) — The shallow excuse among supporters of political partes — or perhaps among candidates themselves — on why their own election campaign posters sprouted all over during the campaign season is that their opponents did the job to shame them.
Would you buy that? Such a reasoning is flimsy, [...]
