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  • Presidentiable Gibo Won’t do a Ramos
    NAGA CITY-Now, Malacañang can rest assured that Gibo would not bolt out.

    Despite recent surveys showing rival Vice-President Noli De Castro way ahead, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro on Friday said he would vigorously seek the nomination to be the standard bearer of the administration party.

  • 3 Possible Swine Flu Sufferers in Cebu Quarantined

    It’s a waiting game for three individuals who were quarantined in Cebu on suspicion that they harbor the H1N1 flu virus. A Filipino who was detected to be running fever by thermal scan at Cebu Airpot was isolated together with his wife after they arrived from their trip which brought them to Ireland, Hongkong then to Cebu via Cathay Pacific Fight.

  • Death Count in Zambo Ferry Mishap Rises to Five

    MANILA, Sept. 6 --The death count in the sinking of MV Superferry 9 off Siocon Bay near Zamboanga Peninsula Sunday morning rose to five as 900 passengers and crew were rescued while 63 others remained missing.

    This developed as Philippine Coast Guard dispatched vessels BRP Corregidor (AE 891)and MCS 3009 from Puerto Princesa Port, Palawan to join the search, rescue and oil spill response operations.

  • Namfrel Elects New Head

    MANILA, Oct. 7, 2009-The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has formally appointed its new head.

    Jose Cuisia, Jr., a prominent businessman and a member of the Opus Dei, was recently appointed as Chairman of the independent poll watchdog.

    Mr. Cuisia succeeds Henrietta de Villa who resigned last month to devote more time to her work as head of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), which focuses on voter's education.

    Namfrel is a poll watchdog accredited by the Commission on Elections to conduct quick count of votes.

  • CEAP Formally Declares Opposition to Con-Ass

    MANILA, June 11, 2009-The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) has formally declared its opposition to the Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) and the changing of the Charter before the 2010 elections.

  • Veterans Bank Reports P327M Net Income in 3Q 2010

    Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) reported an unaudited net income of P327.43 million for the first nine months of 2010, 11.75% higher than the P293 million as of the same period last year. Bank officials said that higher revenues from investments and interest income loans as well as trading gains were the main factors behind the increase in the first three quarters for the commercial bank owned by the World War II veterans.

  • Andaya Says RP Economy Healthy Despite Global Recession

    DAET, Camarines Norte--In the unfinished social hall of Camarines Norte State College, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. told hundreds in this province that the country was weathering the effects of the global economic recession because of efficient fiscal policies, including the restructuring of value added tax system.

    Andaya, the designated cabinet officer for regional development (CORD) for Bikol and former Camarines Sur representative, was in this province on Thursday for an information campaign on the global economic crisis.

  • New PNR fleet arrives

    MANILA--The arrival of one diesel multiple unit (DMU) from its Korean manufacturer Hyundai-Rotem on Thursday, March 19, marked the start of a series of shipments of new trains for the Philippine National Railways.

  • Bishops Seek Dialogue with Arroyo over Aerial Spray

    MANILA, Oct. 23, 2009-Catholic bishops on Friday said that they will seek a dialogue with President Arroyo to express their concerns to aerial spraying of pesticides in banana plantations.

    Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said all they want is to bring to Arroyo's attention concrete cases related to aerial dust cropping.

    "We are hoping that the President will side [with] our concern, especially the demand of the affected residents from Davao, to stop aerial spraying," he said.

  • Rights Group Welcomes Law for "desaparecidos"

    NAGA CITY-A rights group in Bikol has expressed approval over the passage in a senate committee of a bill seeking to impose penalty on enforced and involuntary disappearance.

    Paul Vincent Casilihan of Karapatan-Bicol said they were happy over the approval of the House Bill 5886 or the Anti-Involuntary Disappearance Bill in the Senate committee on justice and human rights. "This would strengthen the fight against perpetrators of involuntary disappearances in the country," he said.