Philippines Local News

Baguio woman recalls losing daughter, grandkids to Pepeng

GMANews.TV - Tuesday, November 24

On the night of October 8, while typhoon Pepeng was dumping heavy rains over the Cordilleras, laundrywoman Teresita Andrada found herself shivering on the street and unable to get a cab ride home to Bakakeng Central along Marcos Highway. More »

  • Johnny Delgado's composition played at his wake

    Johnny Delgado's composition played at his wake

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA - Actor Johnny Delgado was loved until his death. As early as his first night at the Mt. Carmel in New Manila, friends, colleagues, kin and fans paid their last respects to him.

  • Angel gears for International Emmy awards night

    Angel gears for International Emmy awards night

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA – For being a nominee at the 37th International Emmy Awards, Angel Locsin has been given a gold medal, along with ABS-CBN production manager Lourdes Tanwangco, ahead of Tuesday’s (Manila time) gala night in New York.

  • Parol craze boosts Davao businesses

    Parol craze boosts Davao businesses

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    DAVAO - There is no greater symbol of the Christmas season than a beautifully-lit "parol" or lantern.

  • Flying V to hike fuel prices by P1.50/L

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA - Independent oil player Flying V announced it will hike fuel prices on Tuesday, its second increase since the government-imposed ceiling on oil prices was lifted.

  • RP to hold another rice tender

    RP to hold another rice tender

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA - The Philippines' state grain agency will hold another tender for 600,000 metric tons (MT) of rice on December 15 as the country boosts supplies for 2010.

  • UFC 106: Griffin gets even with Ortiz

    UFC 106: Griffin gets even with Ortiz

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA – Forrest Griffin struck back at Tito Ortiz, eking out a victory over his fellow former UFC light heavyweight champion in the main event of UFC 106.

  • Mayol claims WBC title, Sonsona draws

    Mayol claims WBC title, Sonsona draws

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA – After failing in four attempts to become a world champion, Rodel Batang Mandaue Mayol finally clinched the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior flyweight belt after beating defending champion Edgar Sosa.

  • Brazil's bet is Miss Earth 2009

    Brazil's bet is Miss Earth 2009

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA - Brazil's Larissa Ramos was crowned 2009 Miss Earth during the coronation night at The Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center on Boracay Island Sunday night, besting 79 other beauties from around the world.

  • Filinvest Land bond offer oversubscribed

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA - Filinvest Land Inc. has successfully raised P5 billion from a recent bond offering, which received warm response from investors.

  • Bernard 'Palos' Bonnin dies of stroke

    Bernard 'Palos' Bonnin dies of stroke

    ABS-CBN - Monday, November 23

    MANILA - Veteran actor Bernard Bonnin died on Saturday after suffering a stroke. He was 70.

  • Metro not a poll hotspot

    Philstar.com - Monday, November 23

    MANILA, Philippines - The entire Metro Manila is not among the areas considered as hotspots during the coming May 2010 national and local elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.

  • Baguio's economy still reeling from ‘Pepeng’

    GMANews.TV - Monday, November 23

    BAGUIO CITY, Philippines - More than a month after the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng (international codename.

  • Baguio tourism still struggling after Pepeng

    GMANews.TV - Monday, November 23

    BAGUIO CITY, Philippines - More than a month after the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng (international codename.

  • Road rage slay suspect’s mom asks son to surrender

    ABS-CBN - Sunday, November 22

    MANILA - The mother of Jason Ivler, the suspect in the killing last Wednesday of the only son of a Palace official, wants her son to surrender to authorities.

  • Sulu political leaders condemn beheading of public school teacher

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    JOLO, Sulu - A group of political leaders led by Sulu 2nd District Rep.

  • Geneva body probes use of landmines

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    A three-man body - led by Chris Rush - of the Geneva Call are in Mindanao and are presently investigating the Philippine government's accusation that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) allegedly used landmines in the Mindanao conflict, a violation of the global ban on the use of anti-personnel mines.

    Geneva Call, or Appel de Geneve in its Swiss name, is ''a neutral and impartial humanitarian organization dedicated to engaging non-state actors (NSAs) towards compliance with IHL (International Humanitarian Law) and IHRL (International Human Rights Law) norms, consistent with common Article 3 of Geneva Conventions.''

    Geneva Call seeks to prevent the use of anti-personnel mines in conflicts across the world which ''maim and kill civilians and combatants indiscriminately, even long after hostilities have ended.''

    The MILF is one of the 39 NSAs that signed Geneva Call's ''Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action.''

    MILF leaders have repeatedly denied using landmines in the conflict in Mindanao and stressed their fidelity to Geneva Call's anti-personnel mines agreement.

    Rush and his colleagues were in the villages of Kitango in Datu Saudi Ampatuan and Tuka na Lipao in Mamasapano, all in Maguindanao; and in Aleosan, North Cotabato, and Matanog, Maguindanao, on Saturday accompanied by the military on their investigation.

  • WB-GEF grants P300 M for environment projects

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    ZAMBOANGA CITY - The World Bank-Global Environment Facility (WB-GEF) recently granted P300 million (approximately $6.351 million) to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to fund vital environmental projects in Mindanao.

    The P300-million fund will be used to finance programs and projects under the Mindanao Rural Development Program on Natural Resources Management (MRDP-NRM) of the department, Carolina Figueroa-Geron, WB project team leader said.

    Geron formally led the launching of the program for Mindanao in Pagadian City early this month which will cover a five-year implementing period until December 31, 2014.

    The launching was also attended by top local and national government officials including members and senior officials of WB and DA.

    DA Regional Executive Director for Zamboanga Peninsula Dr.

  • Power summit to address shortage

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Mindanao Business Council (MinBC) and the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry had organized the Mindanao Power Summit aimed at addressing the shrinking reserve capacity of the Mindanao Power Grid.

    The Summit will be held on December 2 and 3 at the Xavier Estates Sports and Country Club in Cagayan de Oro City and will focus on three major themes - Creating an Enabling Environment for Investors in Power Generation, Addressing Governance Issues for Sufficient and Reliable Power and, lastly, Mainstreaming Sustainable Responsible Investments in the Power Industry.

    A Mindanao Power Action Agenda will also be presented during the Summit to Energy Regulation Commission (ERC) Chairperson Zenaida Ducut.

  • LTO conducts Boracay transport inventory

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    BORACAY ISLAND, Malay, Aklan, (PNA) - The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is set to conduct an inventory of land transportation systems in Boracay so it could find out how best to decongest traffic on this the country's most popular resort island.

    Valtimore Conanan of LTO-Aklan, said he had received the green light from Task Force Boracay to address concerns on the worsening traffic condition on this resort island.

    ''We expect that there are now 4,000-5,000 transport vehicles on this resort island, making it dangerous for tourists to travel because of limited land way.

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