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LEGAZPI CITY, April 23 (PNA) -- Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Alan Purisima led on Wednesday the 6,000 delegates of the Freemason Fraternity from across the country on the grand occasion of its 99th Annual Communication (AnCom) of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines.

BEIJING, China, Nov 11 -- Achieving competitiveness means changes in the country's policies and guidelines, especially as Southeast Asian countries begin to integrate economically, President Benigno S. Aquino III said during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Chief Executive Officers’ Summit here Sunday.

PILI, Camarines Sur, May 16 (PNA) - The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office in Bicol has assured farmers and fishermen in the region of fuel subsidy to help them cushion the impacts of the staggering cost of petroleum products.

DARAGA, Albay, April 18  - Church devotees from all walks of life who will hold their traditional “Visita Iglesia” (church visitation) this Holy Week will be awed by the newly spruced up façade and belfry of the centuries-old Nuestra Senora de la Porteria (Our Lady of the Gates) in Daraga town in Albay.

MANILA, April 1 2011 -- Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzalez III has been dismissed by the Office of the President (OP) for gross neglect of duty and gross misconduct in handling the dismissal complaint against hostage-taker former Police Sr. Insp. Rolando Mendoza, on recommendation of Malacanang lawyers who reviewed the findings of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC).

(UPDATED) MANILA, March 21 -- The Philippine Azkals' James Younghusband's penalty shot in the second half put his team ahead 1-0 against Myanmar's White Angels Monday.  But Myanmar makes ii a 1-1 draw in the 90th minute.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 17 2011  –- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here is preparing for traffic buildup along Bikol highways during the Lenten Season by rushing maintenance works on portions of the roads damaged by floods and landslides recently.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 3  - Bicol’s Regional Development Council (RDC) has favored the P643-million funding proposal of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the construction of flood control structures along critical flood paths down the slopes of Mt. Mayon to ease the destruction caused by lahar during rainy situations.