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Vehicle Accident - Asia - Philippines

Jul 29, 2008

EDIS Number: VI-20080729-17790-PHL Date / time: 29/07/2008 05:25:58 Event: Vehicle Accident Area: Asia Country: Philippines State/County: Unknow City: Legazpi Number of Deads: 11 persons Number of Injured:None or unknow Damage...

11 dead in bus collision in E Philippines

MANILA, July 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people died and scores were injured when two buses collided in the Philippines' eastern province of Camarines Sur early Tuesday morning, local media reported. The incident took place...

Catholic groups pray against passage of population bill

Catholic groups pray against passage of population bill By Katherine Evangelista INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Some 12,000 members of “pro-life” groups convened on the parade grounds of the University of Santo Tomas Friday...

10,000 Bicol public transport drivers announce 2-day strike

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines -- Around 10,000 public utility jeepneys, vans, air-conditioned buses, and tricycles in the Bicol region are set to hold a two-day transport strike starting early Tuesday, a transport group announced...

Complete list of successful nursing board examinees

MANILA, Philippines – Attached is the list of successful test-takers in the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena,...

CHR to take up farmer slays with DAR, military, PNP

MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Human Rights is set to hold a dialogue with Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman and military and police officials in a bid to stop the spate of killings of farmers in Masbate.

Masbate, Masbate

Do you know anything about Masbate? I grew up in the city proper (the town proper before it was declared a city), on Quezon St., studied at Amancio Aguilar Elementary School for my 1st and 2nd grades; transferred to Jose...

P4-billion new subsidy programs for poor coming

PLACER, Masbate - President Arroyo announced here yesterday that the government will provide another P4-billion worth of subsidies for the poor that includes financial assistance for electricity bills and cash grants for the...

Rebels attack ahead of Philippine president's visit: report (AFP)

MANILA (AFP) - Suspected communist rebels staged a bombing and ambushed soldiers in the central Philippines Tuesday, just hours ahead of a visit by President Gloria Arroyo, military and television reports said. A bomb went off...

NPA rebels stage attacks in Masbate

Reuters MANILA - Maoist guerrillas in the Philippines ambushed troops and planted a land mine on a central island on Tuesday, a few hours before a visit by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, officials said. Arroyo was in no...