‘Breaking News’ Archives
Butuan slates launch of local Watershed Code
BY PAT SAMONTE BUTUAN CITY – The Butuan City Watershed Code will be formally launched on January 24, 2013 at Guingona Park here. This was learned following a joint meeting of the local Environment and Natural Resources Council (ENRC) and the Watershed Management Council (WMC) here presided by Vice-Mayor Lawrence Lemuel Fotun which set the [...]
All passengers safe as vessel caught fire
ALL passengers of a roll-on roll-off (RoRo) vessel that caught fire on its way to Caticlan on Wednesday were safe and brought to their respective destination. ATS Consolidated’s Cebu Ferries 1 was 15 nautical miles away from the Batangas port when a small fire was noticed at the ship’s chimney funnel at the starboard side. The fire was [...]
Watch-listed drug personality in CdeO seized
By Juliet Caga-anan CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 – Another successful operation was conducted by the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao. Led by IO2 Vincent Cecil M. Orcales of the Misamis Oriental Provincial Special Enforcement Team (PSET), last Feb. 19, at around 3:00 p.m. at Zone 2, Vamenta [...]
No. 2 Drug Personality in Bukidnon nabbed
By Juliet Caga-anan CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 21 – Considered as Number 2 Priority Target Listed Drug Personality in the province of Bukidnon has fallen into the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao. After a buy-bust operation of the elements of PDEA-Bukidnon Provincial Special Enforcement Team [...]
More doctors needed to handle leptospirosis
THE Department of Health (DOH) has sent additional doctors from Metro Manila (more...)
RP is 3rd most disaster-prone country
By BENCYRUS ELLORIN Contributor THE Philippines placed third among countries most prone to disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis, following the South Pacific island states of Vanuatu and Tonga, a United Nations report said. The release of the World Risk Report 2011 came as the Philippine Senate passed on third and final [...]
All set for Aboitiz Davao coal plant
By RUEL V. PELONE Online Editor WITH the approval of its Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Aboitiz Power Corp. (APC) is all set for the construction of its 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired facility in Davao. The ECC would [...]
PDEA-10 arrests 3 in illegal-drug buy-bust operation
By Juliet Cagaanan CAGAYAN de Oro City--At least three (3) persons are now temporarily detained by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), region 10, after they were arrested for selling illegal drugs. (more...)
NAPC clarifies role in the alleged Bukidnon scam
By Marc Siapno MALAYBALAY City--It has recently come to the attention of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) that it has been misrepresented by members of a specific organization in Bukidnon. (more...)
DOST-Caraga spearheads invention contest
By Arjay S. Felicilda THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST-Caraga) is hosting the 2011 Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits (RICE), September 21-23, at the Luciana Convention Center, J.P Rosales Ave., Butuan City. (more...)