Perennial problems mar Brgy, SK pollsLawyer Dennis Ausan, Comelec director in Western Visayas, said they received complaints and reports of voters who could not find their names in the official list of voters in the polling precincts. Jailguards recapture teener escapeeJailguards from the Iloilo Rehabilitation Center (IRC) recaptured late afternoon Tuesday the 17-year old detainee who escaped while throwing garbage outside IRC in the morning of the same day. |
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'Illegal possession of rice, noodles' leads to arrest of 4 men in EstanciaThe "by-chance" arrest, according to police, came after information reached authorities on the gift-giving activity of the group. While highly proper and legal to be generous in this town, cops apparently had to do the arrest with the four young men identified to a reelectionist barangay official here. |
Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Angel Alcala recommended the "no take marine reserve zone" policy in order to rehabilitate and protect the remaining five percent of the country's coral reefs still in perfect condition.
The Marine Protected Areas Support Network (MSN) has approved a resolution asking the local government units for a mandatory allocation of at least five percent of the their 20 percent development fund for integrated coastal management (ICM) and coastal resource management (CRM).
The Sagay Marine Reserve is one of the nine finalists for the 2007 Outstanding Marine Protected Area (MPA) Awards. Sagay Marine Reserve is the only entry from Western Visayas.
Early next year, interested inmates of the Iloilo Rehabilitation Center based in Bgy. Nanga in Pototan can have access to the alternative learning school (ALS) program of the Department of Education (DepEd).
As the noise of the Barangay and SK Elections gets louder, the Regional Sub-Committee for the Welfare of Children (RSCWC) is telling those who will be elected to the positions of Barangay Captains, Kagawads and SKs, to govern their respective communities with "children perspective."
BORACAY – The first Lantern Festival here will showcase not only Filipino ingenuity in lantern-making but will also revive a lost Boracay tradition. Or so, a tourism official here said.
Bacolod City -- The Negros Youth for the Environment, Inc. (NYE), a non-stock, non profit environmentalist organization duly registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission will celebrate its founding anniversary on October 25 to 28, 2007.
Roxas City -- Seven erring grains retailers in Capiz were already penalized by the National Food Authority (NFA).
As of October 19, seven grains retailers were fined P1,000.00 each and given stern warning for overpricing and diversion of government rice as well as for non-display of price tag, Information Officer Edna Artates revealed.
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The first elimination was a blast. The second elimination was better. And the third was so magnificent that it gave spectators a prelude on how the grand finals will be grander and filled with intense competition.
Jose and Daisy Padama led some 200 guests in celebrating the 18th birthday of their only daughter, Tamsyn Lyka Sainz Padama.
The beauty of the world is at our fingertips. What can you do to give more meaning to it? For Dr. Socorro Martinez, she used her hobby, which is photography, to further a cause.
"Maharlika" is the Filipino word for fellowship and community. "Bahandi" refers to something that's precious