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LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 5  --- Mayon 's edifice continues to swell, signs that magma is still building up, which is an indication that the volcano's state of unrest might lead to a major eruption, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) told the Philippines News Agency, Thursday.

NAGA CITY (5 November) - JEEPNEY PASSENGERS arriving at the North terminal here early dawn today reported that the provincial road leading to the towns of Tinambac, Siruma and the port locality of Tamban had been blocked by landslide along Sitio Hubo of Barangay Bulao-Balite in Tinambac, Cam. Sur.

LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 6  - The Social Welfare and Development Office in the province of Albay has started its stock filing of food relief items specially rice which will be distributed to evacuees in case heavy rains continue to pour.

Albay Provincial Social Welfare Officer Yulanda Guanzon said that 1,000 sacks of NFA (National Food Authority) rice were released to the provincial government on Friday.

LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 5 --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bicol issued a order suspending the issuance of charcoal permits in villages within the periphery of the Bicol Natural Park (BNP), one of the remaining lowland dipterocarp forests in the country.

The directive would give a better chance for the BNP to recover and continue as a forest area in the Bicol peninsula, the DENR said.

LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 4  - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office for Bikol here is pushing the establishment of a new weighbridge along the Maharlika Highway to address the problem on overloading, the main culprit in the rapid deterioration of the highway.

Regional Director Danilo Manalang said the proposed weighbridge should be put in place in Sipocot, Camarines Sur that would also cover the Rolando Andaya Sr. Highway which is considered the main link between Bicol and Southern Luzon up to Metro Manila from where most heavy trucks come from.

The Consuelo "Chito" Madrigal Foundation - Bikol (CCMF-Bikol), in cooperation with the Parish Pastoral Council, held tree planting activities in honor of Our Lady of Penafrancia in various parishes of the Archdiocese of Caceres. On October 17, CCMF-Bikol's staff and volunteers planted acacia and mahogany trees in three parishes in Pili, namely Christ the King Parish, St. Therese of Child Jesus, and St. Rose of Lima. The respective Parish Pastoral Council identified the sites for planting.

Dubbed as the Home of Global Achievers, the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) has proven once more that it truly deserves the  title when its Padunungan contenders came home all heads up  after being declared over-all champion in the recent 2009 Padunungan competition held in Legazpi, Albay  on October 26- 28.

We have always affirmed the truism that the best resource an organization-or a nation for that matter-has is its people, its human resource. And it is in view of this that we laud the Albay Provincial Government headed by Gov. Joey Salceda for the reported granting of a "14^th month pay" as well as a P15,000 cash gift to the employees of the said provincial government.

The last day of October, a few days into All Souls' Day, the thinker who told us that we live in a universe of opposition - of three circles composed of "A," "Not-A," and the one in the middle that was known as "Not-A and not Not-A."

I delivered the invocation to AGMA (Annual General Membership Assembly) of CASURECO II last October 31, 2009 held at the Civic Center, Naga City. And this is my story.

Senator Chiz Escudero created quite a stir when he bolted from the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) at a time when he was almost certain to bag the party's nomination. But there are rumors that one of the reasons behind his decision was the alleged unwillingness of the "Boss" Eduardo 'Danding' Cojuangco to throw his full support, financially, to Escudero's campaign.

SA PAGRULUWASAN KAN KADAKOL na mga endorsement kan 'pambansang kamao' na si Manny Pacquiao, kadakol akong nagkakadarangog na reaksiyon kun tano subuot si Pacquiao an piniling endorser kan mga kapitalistang an natura kan produkto enot nang sulnupanon. Kadakol sa mga nagkokorokonyohan na mga paradalan sa telebisyon an napapangirit asin labi-labi an pagtuyaw sa mga komersyal kan boksingero.

It is autumn in Germany, the leaves have long started to turn into all shades of red and yellow and are now thrown.  Walking the place has yet again become a special experience, as on cold, misty and sunless days one moves through these warm colors, causing a gentle noise of rustling leaves with every step one takes.

Following the EDSA Revolution of 1986, one of the innovations the writers of the 1987 Constitution introduced was the "free and open party system" or multi-party system. Simply put, this is a multiple choice selection for voters based on allowing as many political parties people would want to organize.

I learned about a new mechanism that ensures substantial and sustained involvement of civil society in addressing human rights issues in our country. In a Training Conference on Human Rights of Women in Southeast Asia sponsored by the Swedish International Development Agency, a representative from the United Nations Human Rights Council introduced this mechanism called the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

MANILA - He has been hinting it ever since he made himself visible again by embarking on provincial sorties. Thus, when former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada announced, at the end of a 30-minute speech, that he would run for president again, nobody was surprised. Every one was expecting it even if the majority opinion is that his running for reelection violates the 1987 Constitution.