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HONOLULU (July 18, 2011) – Fil-Am Brian Viloria sends a convincing message - his boxing career is not over yet - as he won by a unanimous decision over Mexico’s Julio Cesar Miranda on Saturday night to capture the WBO flyweight championship.

The Hawaiian Punch jumped and pumped his fist in the air when he was announced the new world champion. The former Olympian was in tears as his father gave him a bearhug and proudly lifted his son in the air as the crowd roared.

MANILA, Philippines (Aug 5, 2011) - University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons needed a second half surge to upset Far Eastern Universiy Tamaraws to snatch a stunning 73-63 triumph in the 74th UAAP men's basketball at the Araneta Coliseum today.

It was an upset only in the sense that the Maroons, consistently the cellar dweller in previous seasons, had an unflattering 0-14 record last year whereas the Tamaraws were the runners-up.

PILI Camarines Sur (Aug 3, 2011) – Damages to agriculture, fishery, livestock and irrigation infrastructures under the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) have mounted to 404,843,808.61 million pesos, as reported by the the Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office here on Monday (Aug.1).

But reports from the field indicate that damages to agriculture in Camarines Sur and Albay provinces may increase further because many towns in both provinces are still submerged in flood and palay crops continue to deteriorate in flooded ricefields.

LEGAZPI City (Aug. 04 2011) - Bicol congressmen and regional heads of key government agencies shall meet today at the Piazza Hotel here to take stock of damages caused by Typhoon Juaning and discuss other important regional concerns.

Congressman Sal Fortuno, chairman of the House Bicol Recovery Committee, said various government agencies shall present before the Bicol lawmakers their respective assessments, action plans as well as progress reports on ongoing tasks.

The flood in the Rinconada area and Naga City shall be among the urgent matters to be discussed.

NAGA CITY Philippines (August 1, 2011) - The Court of Appeals (CA) has favored the Naga City government over the ownership of five hectares local administration site in its full reversal of the Regional Trial Court decision on a controversial ejectment case filed by Mariano heirs.

In a press briefing, Naga City Mayor John Bongat confirmed that the 4th Division of the Appellate Court has disposed of the ejectment case filed by the heirs of Don Macariano Mariano, the property donor, against the city government.

MANILA, Philippines (July 31, 2011) - The Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles remain unbeaten in UAAP Season 74 men's basketball as it predictably outplayed Universiy of the Philippines Fighting Maroons at the Araneta Coliseum yesterday afternoon.

It was a rout as the Eagles, banking on its vaunted defense and perimeter shooting, cruised to an easy 77-57 victory over the Maroons to maintain solo lead.

BATO, Camarines Sur (July 31, 2011) – This lake-side town is in need of immediate help as most of its barangays remain under up to meter-high water days after Typhoon Juaning has left.

On Friday (July 29) Bato Mayor Jeanette OR. Bernaldez urgently appealed for help for the 44,000 residents mostly dependent on planting root-crops, palay, and tilapia raising at Lake Bato. The town sustained the most damage among the 7 Rinconada towns in the worst flooding in the past 10-years, Bernaldez said.

NAGA CITY (July 27 2011) - The Sheriff Confederation of the Philippines (SCOPHIL) Camarines Sur chapter manifested support to sheriff Abe Andres who suffered public humiliation while carrying out a court order after receiving punches from Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.

In a press conference the group read their statement of condemnation of Duterte’s act of punching sheriff Andres aggravated by the city mayor being a lawyer who should know that the sheriff was just implementing a court order.

NAGA CITY Philippines (July 26, 2011 8:00 P.M.) – Tropical Storm Juaning is not expected to make

a landfall in the Bikol region but the abnormally high rainfall it brings is wreaking havoc on

the provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay.

MANILA Philippines (July 26, 2011) - Roadmaps and plans are there on the fly and can even wait. During his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno C. Aquino III decided to stuff his report card with recurring themes of resolve to eradicate abuse of power and privileges, instilling positive attitude towards work and public service and, generally, good governance.

For what is the use of grand plans if the implementors would easily help themselves ransacking the public coffer?

MANILA Philippines (July 23 2011) - Google, through Gmail, now offers free texting using the Philippine's cellular phone service providers - Globe, Smart and Sun.

Google calls this Gmail-to-SMS service that is accessible by clicking the Send SMS link at the sidebar of a Gmail user interface. This is considered an enhancement to Gmail Chat that has been a sub-feature of Google Mail for years.

NAGA CITY (July 22, 2011) - The police reported that a woman pusher tagged as the “shabu queen” of Naga was arrested and charged before the City Prosecutor’s Office.

The suspect, Aracele Arbius Comprado, 58 years old, and her companion Gerardo Moico Salcedo were nabbed by joint City Police station 3 and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives in a buy-bust operation within the compound of the Peñafrancia Church in this City.