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Masbate City, (May 6 2011) - A Philippine Army truck ran over an NPA landmine at MR Espinosa, Milagros, Masbate at 6:30 am today, leaving 3 soldiers wounded.

Naga City  (May 6, 2011) – Trains, the most cost-effective of all means of land transportation,  will not be spared from the ill effects of continued oil price increases as the Philippine National Railways (PNR)  imposes fare hike in the middle of May this year.

(UPDATED) Naga City (May 9, 2011) – Typhoon Bebeng (international name: Aere), the second storm to enter the country this year, merely skirts the province of Camarines Sur but was still deadly and destructive. More than the wind, heavy rains and flood waters caused much of the damage to life and property.

Naga City, (May 3, 2011) - Eight months after the Supreme Court's third division ruled with finality that Plaza Rizal belongs to Naga City, not to the province of Camarines Sur, the provincial government still controls and manages the important city landmark. In a gesture of goodwill and amiability, Mayor John Bongat who is a lawyer likes to wait it out to allow the provincial capitol to turn over the property amicably. The city councilors are more impatient and has filed a resolution requesting the mayor to file in court a writ of execution for a forced turn-over.

Naga City, (May 3, 2011) – Not everybody is on board on Mayor Bongat's gambling-free drive. Breaking his silence, city councilor Salvador del Castillo who heads the committee of Games and Amusement, candidly reveals that he personally favors the operation of legal gambling here, particularly the Small Town Lottery that he believes could reduce or weaken the proliferation of the illegal numbers game known as jueteng.

Naga City, (May 2 2011) – Refurbished and inaugurated yesterday, May 1, the former Naga City Public Market (NCPM) is now known as the Naga City People’s Mall. And, with new improvements and new terms of occupancy put in place, the city government believes it is now poised to compete with existing shopping malls in the city.

Naga City, (May 2, 2011) – Naga Mayor John Bongat has ordered PNP City Director Vert T. Chavez to stop all kinds of gambling within the city's jurisdiction. According to Mayor Bongat, his administration does not tolerate any kind of illegal gambling, consistent with the main thrust of his administration.

Naga City, ( April 28 2011) – Naga's  Committee on Consumers Protection headed by Councilor Babeth Lavadia, with the concurrence of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, has requested the Department of Energy(DOE) and the Philippine congress to investigate the apparent overpricing of oil products in Naga City.