LEGAZPI CITY,July 31 -- Low frequency quakes rocked Mt. Mayon and steam emission surged, an indication that magma is building up, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Friday.

MANILA, Aug. 1 -- Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino died early Saturday morning at age 76 after battling colon cancer for over a year, her family said. Corazon Aquino's son, Senator Benigno Aquino III, confirmed that the former Philippine leader died of cardio respiratory arrest at 3:18 a.m. local time Saturday (1918 GMT Friday) at the Makati Medical Center in the country's capital Manila.

Other than the lack of history and meaning, parading with wooden guns is the most pathetic thing in the parade, according to anthropologist and Naga City Mayoral Awardee 2009 Tito Valiente. Further, the use of toy guns is carnivalesque. There is nothing wrong with real soldiers marching with real guns, according to him. But there is really something ridiculous with non-soldiers parading non-guns during a non-military event.

It is summer time in Germany. June and July are the hottest months here in central Europe and gradually all the German countries have entered their summer break. Some, like Niedersachsen, Thüringen and Sachsen-Anhalt started it on June 26 already and Bayern being the last country in the line will be off duty after August 2.

MANILA, July 22, 2009- Many priests are being pushed to run for public office in forthcoming national elections, a Catholic Church official affirmed Wednesday.

MANILA, July 22, 2009-Followers of the Presidential candidate Governor Ed Panlilio has affirmed support through formal launching of the Kilos Na! Movement last July 18, 2009 at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Auditorium in Quezon City.

LEGAZPI CITY, Jul. 22 -- The economic growth in Bikol Region posted a moderate 4.3 percent in 2008 as a result of massive implementation of government programs and projects in the region.

LEGAZPI CITY, July 24 -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Bikol is targeting at least 85 percent coverage of the region's population with health insurance protection.

MANILA, July 25 -- The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill abolishing the payment of documentary stamp tax and premium tax on all life insurance policies.

MANILA - Sen. Mar Roxas is raising hell about the alleged collusion between the Arroyo government and the pharmaceutical industry to delay if not derail the implementation of Republic Act 9502, or the "Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008," which was signed on June 6, 2008. Among the provisions the multinational pharmaceutical companies are reportedly blocking is the setting of the maximum retail price for 22 essential medicines.