Entries from July 2008

July 31, 2008

Bagong PDEA Director ng Region-1, pormal ng uupo sa darating na Lunes

LA UNION – Tuluyan ng inalis sa pewsto ni PDEA chief Undersecretary Dionisio Santiago si Police Superintendent Jane Andres Aunzon sa pagiging Director ng Phil. Drug Enforcement Agency o PDEA -REGION 1.
Si Aunzo na ngayon ay nasa PDEA central office ay pinalitan ni Phil. Army Retired Col. Roberto Opeña na pormal ng uupo sa [...]

July 31, 2008

Region I benefits P151.554-M as fertilizer subsidy from government

San Fernando City, La Union (31 July) — As part of government efforts to raise rice production and attain food sufficiency in the country, the government thru the Department of Agriculture (DA) has strengthened its “Ginintuang Masagana Ani” (GMA) and Fertilizer Subsidy Programs with the distribution of seeds and coupons to farmer-beneficiaries.
In the distribution [...]

July 31, 2008

2 boardinghouses burglarized in 2 days

TWO boardinghouses in Baguio were robbed in the last two days, by what police suspected as the work of one burglary group.
Reported stolen from the occupants of both boardinghouses were cash and several cellular phones amounting to P28,000.
Sabina A. Manalo, a boarder of a boardinghouse owned by Fiel Buencamino located along Sunflower Street, Navy Base [...]

July 30, 2008

Philippine TV network hosts biggest public service effort

Philippine television channel, UNTV, mounted the country’s biggest public service effort in line with the celebration of its fourth year in the mainstream, citing it served more than 4,000 people during the event.
Daniel Razon, one of the station’s main man, boomed the public service effort of the station will continue and he stressed on Sunday, [...]

July 30, 2008

Militants say Sona nothing new

IF MEMBERS of cause-oriented groups were asked, there was nothing new and nothing to be thankful for in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) last Monday.
“The achievements the President discussed served only to cover up what is really happening in the country today which is the growing divide between rich and poor [...]

July 30, 2008

Sona maintains DOTC’s anti-colorum stance

MORE reasons for unregistered public utility vehicles (PUVs) to think twice before plying the streets.
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) in the region is not giving up on its campaign against colorum vehicles and vowed stricter apprehensions, with the National Government backing the campaign.
With President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s move for the elimination of colorum vehicles, [...]

July 28, 2008

2 ranking rebel leaders surrender to La Union police

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 27 –- The police in La Union is winning the war against insurgency with the recent surrender of two rebel leaders operating in the province.
Senior Supt. Noli Talino, police provincial director, said those who surrendered are members of the Marxista Leninista Partido ng Pilipinas-Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (MLPP-RHB). [...]

July 28, 2008

Soldiers kill 3 NPA rebels in Ilocos Sur firefight

SAN JUAN, Ilocos Sur, July 27 – Three New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter between Army soldiers and a small band of terrorists in the outskirts of barangay Arangin in Sta. Lucia town Saturday afternoon.
Col. Roy de Vesa, commander of the Army’s 50th Infantry Battalion based in San Juan, Ilocos [...]

July 28, 2008

Vigan City Agriculture and Fishery Council is RP’s ‘Gawad Saka’ national awardee

VIGAN CITY, July 27 – The Vigan City Agriculture and Fishery Council (Vigan CAFC) was adjudged as the country’s most outstanding agriculture and fishery council this year.
Mayor Eva Marie Singson-Medina and officers of the Vigan CAFC are slated to receive the prestigious national ‘Gawad Saka’ award from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo next month in Malacanang. [...]

July 28, 2008

AKFI seizes butchered dogs in Baguio raid

The Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc., a London-based animal rights group, raised the fight against animal abuse to the next level with simultaneous raids on dog traders in Baguio City yesterday, the day the anti-rabies law took effect.
At 7:30 a.m., the group, accompanied by members of the National Meat Inspection Service led by OIC director Dr. [...]