MALOLOS CITY — Hundreds of Bulacan farmers staged a rally in front of the National Food Authority (NFA) provincial office here demanding a hike in the price of palay and a rollback on the price of farm inputs. Bonifacio…
CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — The Angeles City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has dismissed a case filed by a nongovernment organization against some officials of the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) and Premier Central Inc. (PCI)…
FORT Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City—The military on Tuesday denied charges that human rights violations characterized the government's operation against New People's Army rebels in Pura, Tarlac, last week. Instead the…
CAMP Gen. Alejo S. Santos, Bulacan — In just a space of three days, three big cargo delivery trucks were found by local policemen abandoned on the roadsides in the towns of Balagtas, Baliuag and Bulacan, police reports…
TARLAC CITY — Families of retired and active military men squatting inside Camp Aquino in Barangay San Miguel this city have been given 15 days to vacate their houses or "face possible demolition." The order came from…
CABANATUAN CITY — Senior Supt. Allan Paul Monteagudo is the new provincial police director of Nueva Ecija relieving Sr. Supt. Luisito Palmera, promoted deputy director of the Philippine National Police Special Action…
BAGUIO CITY — Controversial escort girl Keanna Reeves, who rocked Congress with an exposé about unidentified lawmakers availing themselves of the services of escorts girls, is back to her normal life and busy attending…
ILAGAN, Isabela — A mining company's application for a mineral production sharing agreement (MPSA) in a remote coastal town in the province has been suspended after the company allegedly conducted an illegal exploration…
VIGAN CITY — Ilocos Sur will soon be producing fruits like lanzones, durian, rambutan and mangosteen. This is the ultimate goal of a technical working group running an organic farm in Paraesus Berde in Lidlidda town…
LAOAG CITY — The town of Banna in the Second District prevailed over 16 finalists in the capitol's search for the best public market in the province. The capitol staged the search in observance of the Consumers' Welfare…
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet — Four persons, including a soldier, were arrested in separate occasions in the Cordilleras for alleged illegal possession of firearms, the Cordillera police reported Tuesday. The arrests was a…
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — Department of Agriculture regional director, Reinerio Belarmino Jr., allegedly threatened the five female agriculture department employees, who had filed criminal and administrative charges…
BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Political discontent is brewing in Bataan with politicians who lost in the last election discussing the possibility of ousting the newly elected Gov. Enrique Garcia through a recall election. But…
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) could help the government in its austerity program if only its personnel and their dependents would heed the public clamor for them to move from Clark Special Economic Zone to the spacious…
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Outgoing Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chair Felicito Payumo handed over to his successors on Monday the reins of the SBMA, inaugurating the third administration to manage this free port…
MALOLOS CITY — The Bulacan mural—the largest of its kind in the country—is to be restored next year, but local artists expressed indifference. "That mural is priceless and it should be restored that way it was conceived…
BAGUIO CITY — Agent of the National Bureau of Investigations the other day confiscated hundreds of millions of pesos worth of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks, refilling and weighing apparatus and delivery trucks and…
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — A policeman and two security guards from the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) were arrested on Tuesday afternoon by joint operatives from the La Union police provincial…
BAGUIO CITY — Baguio's population has been projected to reach an all-time high close to 400,000 by year 2010 and the city designed for 25,000 inhabitants could face a serious crisis six years from now. Over the weekend…
SAN MANUEL, Pangasinan — The police are stepping up their investigation into the escalation in the conflict between two politicians who ran for this town's mayorship in May, the Ilocos regional police command reported…
BANTAY, Ilocos Su r— A member of the Sangguniang Bayan was shot dead on Sunday evening as he was filling sacks with palay at a basketball court in Barangay Ambug in Burgos, police reported on Monday. Police said…
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