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MANILA, April 23  -- Former UN peacekeepers who were newly deployed to augment Special Task Force Masbate, arrested four suspected members of a partisan armed group (PAG) in Bgy. Naocondiot, Placer, Masbate on Thursday afternoon, a military officer said.

Major Harold M. Cabunoc, Division Spokesperson said that the former UN peacekeepers are among the combined elements of the STF Masbate which was sent to check the reported presence of gun-toting gunmen in the village.

Legazpi City (22 April) -- Fresh from the successful "Regional Forum on Environmental Concerns" which set the Bicol Environmental Agenda, the PANGATAMAN-Bikol (Bicol Center for Environmental Protection) challenged both local and national candidates to start cleaning-up their campaign materials beginning tomorrow in commemoration of Earth Day.

LEGAZPI CITY, April 23 -- Hundreds of trees were planted and vast coastal shores lines were cleaned by a big number of people from all walks of life that observed Friday's celebration of International Earth Day, a provincial environment officer said.

LEGAZPI CITY, April 21  - "Mayon Volcano is still unsafe for mountaineers and human activity within the six-kilometer permanent danger zone remain is also prohibited," Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) resident volcanologist Ed Laguerta told the public.

He warned mountaineers and tour guides that climbing Mayon in not safe until now because the volcano is still emitting gases and lava. "Although the lava and gases emission are minimal still it is dangerous to human," he said.

LEGAZPI CITY, April 22  -- Authorities filed Thursday murder charges against a Masbate policeman, the principal suspect in the killing of a political supporter of a mayoral candidate in Placer town in Masbate, a Philippine National Police (PNP) official said.

Police Senior Supt. Eddie Benigay, PNP Masbate provincial director, said the PNP had filed today with the provincial prosecutors office murder case against Police Officer (PO1) Gilbert Patingan, the security escort of incumbent Placer town Mayor Joshur Judd Seachon Lanete.

LEGAZPI CITY, April 23 (PNA) - At least three persons died and another was injured in a road mishap involving a fuel tanker truck and a motorcycle at dawn at the Maharlika Highway in Casiguran town in Sorsogon, a ranking police officer reported Friday.

With the regular summer vacation soon drawing to a halt, the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP), is now inviting enrollees who intend to receive a teaching certificate after completing their review for the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) this vacation.

In line with this, the university is now in full swing accepting interested enrollees who wish to take part in the LET review being spearheaded by UNEP's College of Education.  UNEP is offering 18 units of learning package to non-education graduate.

BULUSAN, Sorsogon, April 22 -- The Aggrupation of Advocates for Environmental Protection (AGAP-Bulusan) Inc. has successfully launched recently the Mt. Bulusan Conquest Special held here recently highlighting Mt. Bulusan Mountaineering as its major activity.

AGAP-Bulusan President Philip Bartilet said the mountaineering activity promotes and develops Mt. Bulusan and its environs as a competitive tourism product not only of Sorsogon but also of the Bikol region.

MANILA and Naga City (April 19)  -- Frontrunners Liberal Party presidential and vice presidential bets Senators Benigno Aquino III and Mar Roxas got the support of former and current local and national leaders from the Bikol region, virtually a sure win from one of the largest voting blocs in Luzon.