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  • PNR Short-Funded in Getting Japan Trains

    NAGA CITY (Oct 16) -ONLY TEN of the 40 train coaches classified as "Electric Multiple Units" (EMUs) have been shipped to the country from the Transport Rolling Division of the East Japan Railway Company in Tokyo, as a donation to the Philippine National Railways  (PNR) under a program to rehabilitate the railways system in the country.

    Sources here revealed that currently PNR is short of freight funds to pay for the shipment costs of the first batch of 40 units of coaches; supposedly, every train coach loaded for shipment in a cargo vessel costs P 3-Million.

  • Calabanga Rural Bank Loses P700,000 to Thieves

    CALABANGA, CAMARINES (Oct 12) - THIEVES EQUIPPED with a bolt-cutter, a sledge hammer, and chisels , bore a hole into the roofing  and passed through the ceiling of a rural  bank in this town carting some P 705, 000 in cash, the local police in this town reported on Monday (October 11).

    Calabanga  Police Chief Insp. Elmer V. Mora said the management of the Peñafrancia Rural Bank branch had lapses on their part, by not heeding the police's recommendations after the first attempt by thieves occurred on the evening of October 9.

  • Masbate, CamSur Top Bikol Election 'hot spots' List

    LEGAZPI CITY, Oct. 15- The Bikol Region has 311 election "hot spots" that are under tight watch by the Philippine Army, the Philippine National Police, the Commission on Elections and the respective local government units, an army officer said Friday.

    The Army's 9th Infantry Division spokesman Maj. Harold Cabunoc said that based on records, the Bikol Region has 70 villages placed as Category 1 and 241 villages as Category 2 of the Comelec's tally of election watch list of areas (EWAS) or "hot spots."

  • Church Apologizes for Sins Against Indigenous People

    BAGUIO CITY, October 13, 2010-Addressing the "sins" it committed against the tribal communities, the Catholic Church has begged for forgiveness from the indigenous peoples and vowed to do everything possible to protect them.

    The Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said the church is sorry for its disrespect of other cultures such as the colonization of native peoples in the past.

  • Prison Advocates Oppose Restoration of Death Penalty

    MANILA, Oct. 12, 2010-Prison advocates continuously fight against the re-establishment of death penalty in the Philippines.

    The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines- Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (CBCP-ECPPC) has joined with the Coalition Against Death Penalty (CADP) in opposing the restoration of the death penalty law in the country.

    The group presented the rules and regulation of the restorative justice and some alternatives to imprisonment.

  • Cebu's New Archbishop is Human Rights Advocate

    MANILA, Oct. 15, 2010-A known human rights advocate is the new archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu in a papal appointment announced Friday.

    Palo Archbishop Jose Palma will replace Ricardo Cardinal Vidal whose resignation was finally accepted by Pope Benedict XVI.

    Vidal has submitted to the Holy Father his letter of resignation in 2006 when he turned 75 years old.

    Palma's appointment was made at the Vatican at noon (6 p.m. Manila time) on October 15, 2010.

  • Chilean Miners Taught Everyone Lessons Sbout Life, God

    MANILA, Oct. 15, 2010-The successful rescue of 33 miners trapped under scorching desert in Chile brought important lessons that everyone can learn from, the Archbishop of Manila said.

    Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales said he wished Filipinos would learn from the miners' experience.

    He attributed the rescue's success to three factors which include the power of prayer, the mining company's and government's determination to save the miners, and the third, the miners' resolve to remain united and will to cooperate with one another.

  • UNEP Grad School Holds Environment Workshop

    Aside from its steadfast campaign for quality education, the management of the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) is also known for its staunch stand in protecting our environment. Just recently, UNEP's Association of Graduate Studies conducted an Integration Workshop concerning the Waras-Lalo Integrated Watershed Management Framework. The activity was held at Marioli's Resto and Grill at San Francisco, Iriga City.

  • Bikol Researchers Develop Technology for Bio-organic Fertilizer

    PILI, Camarines Sur, Oct 13 -- Researchers of the Bicol Integrated Agricultural Research Center (BIARC) have developed an innovative, environment-friendly technology to convert sweet sorghum residues into bio-organic fertilizer, agriculture officials based here revealed on Wednesday.

    Bio-organic fertilizer is the compost from any organic material that has undergone rapid decomposition through the action of introduced homogeneous microbial inoculants.

  • Reds Suspected in Daraga Councilman Slay

    DARAGA, ALBAY (Oct 13) - COMMUNIST REBELS were suspected of being responsible for the slaying of a barangay councilor in Nabasan, Daraga, Albay at about 2:00 A.M on Monday (Oct.11) and the shooting at close range of the village official's wife, nephew, and his 19 years-old daughter while the latter were asleep.