Category: Politics

TACLOBAN CITY: Six slain members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were given decent burials by local officials and the military in Las Navas, Northern Samar, days after their comrades abandoned their bodies following a gun battle with government forces.   The six rebels, two of them women, were buried Saturday at the Las Navas […]

MANILA: Senator JV Ejercito sees no reason not to extend the National Housing Authority (NHA) charter that is set to expire by 2025.   During a hearing on Monday by the Committee on Urban Planning, Housing, and Resettlement which Ejercito chairs, the NHA was recognized as the agency solely in charge of housing production.   […]

ZAMBOANGA CITY: President Ferdinand R. Marcos has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide decent livelihood to Badjaos to stop them from going to Manila to beg every Christmas season.   This was according to DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo, who led the distribution of cash assistance to some 500 Badjao families […]

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The city government and the province of Misamis Oriental have began talks with telecommunications companies to strengthen internet connectivity to improve public services.   In a statement Monday, Mayor Rolando Uy said the partnership with PLDT-Smart aims to provide free Wi-Fi connection to the city’s 60 villages.   The initiative was […]

DUMAGUETE CITY: Government troops must continue their efforts to protect the youth from recruitment of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as they are vulnerable targets, an Army official here said on Monday.   “My wish and my desire for the youth, actually, is to give them the right inspiration […]

DUMAGUETE CITY: Thousands of residents, students and the communities in Barangays Caidiocan and Malaunay in Valencia, Negros Oriental will benefit from the free Wi-Fi project that was officially turned on during a simple switch-on ceremony on Monday.   The ceremony was held at the covered court of the barangay of Caidiocan, one of the three […]

LEGAZPI CITY: Albay Governor Noel Rosal on Monday urged his supporters to remain calm and pray more as they await the Supreme Court (SC) decision on his petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) pertaining to his disqualification case.   Rosal, who has just arrived from Metro Manila, said the magistrates would meet on Tuesday […]