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Naga City (29 July) -- Even as the Archdiocese of Caceres mourns the passing away of one of its good and dedicated priests, REV. FR. BALTAZAR A. ACOMPAÑADO, JR., circumstances regarding his recent death remain under investigation.

MANILA, July 31, 2010- The country's "Joan of Arc" and "Icon of Democracy" will be remembered in Sunday Masses in various Catholic churches across the country as the nation remembers the first death anniversary of former President Corazon Aquino.

It will be recalled the mother of current President Benigno Simeon Aquino III succumbed to colon cancer at the Makati Medical Center last Aug.1, 2009.

At 10:30 a.m., Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas will celebrate a special Mass for the late chief executive at La Salle Greenhills in Mandaluyong City.

LEGAZPI CITY, July 27 -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead the other day two people inside a videoke bar in Lupi town in Camarines Sur, belated reports reaching Camp Simeon Ola on Tuesday said.

The report identified the victims as Ruben Idanan and Vicente Dulison, natives of Lupi town.

SPO2 Alexie Virata said at least three identified assailants stormed at around 10 a.m over the weekend Merly's bar a videoke joint in Brgy. Mamalao in Lupi town and shot to death the two victims.

LEGAZPI CITY, July 26  - Albay is emerging as the economic hub in the region as it continuously leads and surpasses its internal revenue collection goal among the six Bicol provinces, the local Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) office said.

BIR report claimed that of the P2.4-billion tax collected for the first semester of this year, P901 million or 37 percent came from Albay, followed by Camarines Sur with P787 million; Camarines Norte - P257 million; Masbate - P197 million; Sorsogon - P180 million and Catanduanes with P103 million.

Legazpi City (29 July) -- Another Albayana is set to make her mark in an international beauty pageant.

Yvethe Marie A. Santiago, a 17-year old BS Accountancy student from Bicol University, will represent the Philippines in the upcoming 22nd World Miss University 2010 to be held in Seoul, South Korea on August 8, 2010.

LEGAZPI CITY --- The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) urged the Aquino administration to just distribute the excess rice that are still in the warehouses of the National Food Authority to the more than 4 million Filipinos that according to government data eat less than three meals a day.

LEGAZPI CITY, July 26 --Residents of this city glued to televisions as President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" C. Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.

As P-Noy's delivers his first SONA, market vendor Janeth Llaguno claps her hands as she watches the president on tv..

Janeth Llaguno said that the president's SONA was a big challenge not just for the president alone but also for every Pilipino.

"As a market vendor I will help P-Noy by giving receipts for the buyers and paying the right amount of tax," she said.

President Benigno C. Aquino III has appointed former Integrated Bar of the Philippines president, Jose Anselmo "Joel" Cadiz, the new Solicitor General. The Office of the Solicitor General is the law firm of the Philippine government. The Solicitor General has the same rank and qualifications as that of a Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals and will represent the People of the Philippines and the government, including its instrumentalities, in litigations.

Atty. Joel Cadiz was at the forefront of the opposition to the controversial Executive Order 464 issued by former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to prevent cabinet members and police and military generals from attending congressional inquiries without her approval. EO 464 effectively softened the senate investigation of alleged military involvement in rigging of the 2004 national elections and the NBN-ZTE deal scandal. Cadiz was one of the petitioners against the said executive order in 2005 and the state of emergency proclaimed by Arroyo in 2006 because of alleged coup attempt lead by General Danilo Lim.

MANILA, July 22, 2010- A Catholic bishop has criticized the Manilad Water Services Inc. for "mismanagement" causing a water crisis affecting a large portion of Metro Manila.

Bishop Jose Oliveros of Malolos said the blame should go to the company because million liters of water are lost daily due to its leaked water pipes.

"They should have done something about this long time ago... they are just making repairs now," Oliveros said over Church-run Radyo Veritas.

MANILA, July 21, 2010- Election watchdog Kontra Daya denounced the Commission on Elections en banc ruling allowing Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo, son of former President Arroyo, to sit in Congress as representative of Ang Galing Pinoy Partylist (AGP).

Shortly before the elections, militant organizations led by then senatorial bets Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza had filed disqualification cases against Arroyo, claiming he does not represent the security guards, tricycle drivers, and small businessmen AG claims to represent.

MANILA, July 23, 2010- Butuan Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos called on the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to stop the operations of the small town lottery (STL) in the province.

The prelate made the appeal after the start of the STL operation in the provinces of Butuan and Cabadbaran last month without any consultations.

Pueblos said the decision of PCSO to establish STL operations in the province is "highly questionable and immoral," because people were not properly consulted.

MANILA, July 22, 2010- An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called on President Benigno Aquino III to publicly state his position on a measure that seeks to promote birth control.

Fr. Melvin Castro, executive secretary of the CBCP's Commission on Family and Life, said Aquino should clarify his stance on the Reproductive Health bill when he delivers his first State of the Nation Address on July 26.

As the country's new chief executive, he said it would be best if Mr. Aquino lays out his plan regarding family planning.