Davao

Davao solon to get more %26ldquo;Oplan Kaalam%26rdquo; scholars
Davao CITY, Nov. 30 (PNA) %26ndash; First District Congressman Karlo Alexie B. Nograles here will get more scholars for the %26ldquo;Oplan Kaalam%26rdquo; program under the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) for indigents who are in need of educational assistance.

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Visayas

Winners of the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards-Visayas
ILOILO CITY -- Immediately after the first Visayas Blogging Summit , bloggers trooped to The Venue to grace the awarding ceremonies of the second Philippine Blog Awards for the Visayas region. Taking home trophies that looked like notebook computers were the men and women who are behind the following winning blogs: Best culture and arts blog: Michael's Shades of Blue Best food and beverage blog ...

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Palawan

MGB believes there is responsible mining in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Nov. 27 (PNA) - Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)-MIMAROPA Regional Director Rolando de Jesus believes responsible mining exists in Palawan with the mining operations for nickel laterites of Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (RTNMC) in Rio Tuba, Bataraza, and Berong Nickel Corporation (BNC) in the municipality of Quezon.

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Coron

RUNNING: Locals Estrada, Hsia-Coron to compete at state meet
San Benito sophomore Vanessa Estrada will compete this Saturday in the CIF State Cross Country Championships at Fresno's Woodward Park. Photo by: Free Lance file photo HOLLISTER San Benito sophomore Vanessa Estrada and Anzar senior Aaron Hsia-Coron will compete Saturday in the CIF State Cross Country Championships at Fresno's Woodward Park. It will be the fourth time Hsia-Coron has advanced to ...

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Cebu

A high-rise Cebu's rich and famous can call home
Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), under its Ayala Land Premier brand, has poured in P1 billion for its first high-end condominium development in Cebu.

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Luzon

Central Luzon cops trained in counter-insurgency
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Nov. 27 (PNA) -- About 100 police officers in the region underwent the Philippine National Police (PNP) Modified Special Counter-Insurgency Operations Unit Training (SCOUT) to enhance their skills and capability, particularly in the field of combat operations against the insurgents.

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Mindanao

Public opinion in PH 'remarkably ill-informed about Mindanao' %26mdash; EU envoy
MANILA, Philippines (PNA) %26mdash; Mindanao's key actors must themselves create and nurture the environment of peace in the region, even as media's role in that process is in %26ldquo;providing an accurate and balanced picture of a very complex reality,%26rdquo; the European Union's ambassador to Manila said.

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Boracay

Boracay businesswoman denies fraud allegations
MANILA, Philippines %26mdash; A businesswoman, who claims to own real estate properties in the island resort of Boracay in Aklan, has recently came out with a statement on Tuesday clearing her involvement in an alleged fraud involving four foreign expatriates and a Filipino lawyer.

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Luzon

Central Luzon to join 5th OTOP Luzon Island Fair
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The provinces in Central Luzon will join this year's 5th One Town, One Product (Otop) Luzon Island Fair happening on November 18 to 22 at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall in Quezon City.

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Palawan

Fake doctor, 2 others nabbed in Palawan
Palawan, Philippines - A male medical school graduate, together with his nurse and a coordinator, were arrested by police when a patient they were about to transport in Manila died while onboard a plane in Puerto Princesa City Monday afternoon, police said.

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Visayas

Digitel expanding to Visayas and Mindanao areas
Gokongwei-led Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc., operator of mobile brand Sun Cellular, is expanding its landline phone service to Visayas and Mindanao to go head to head with its bigger rivals.

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Boracay

Boracay businesswoman denies fraud allegations
MANILA, Philippines %26mdash; A businesswoman, who claims to own real estate properties in the island resort of Boracay in Aklan, has recently came out with a statement on Tuesday clearing her involvement in an alleged fraud involving four foreign expatriates and a Filipino lawyer.

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Mindanao

Mindanao contributes 17% to bank's growth
Mindanao has substantially contributed to China Bank's 17 percent growth during the first 9 months of the year that the financial company wants to expand its number of branches on the island.

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Davao

Davao Region develops new areas for aquaculture farms
Davao CITY, Nov. 17 (PNA) - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the Davao Region disclosed that they are opening new farms for aquaculture as fishes raised in cages boost the region's fish production.

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Coron

Coron jewel
We are now on our final approach and will be landing soon," the pilot proudly said. But even before the announcement, a virtual visual feast had already been on display from our airplane windows.

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Philippines

Philippines mourns massacre victims
The Philippines on Tuesday mourned the one-year anniversary of the country's worst political massacre amid pleas for justice and fears of attacks by the clan blamed for the murders.

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Cebu

Cebu guitar set to rock at outpost
Cebu, which stands among quality guitar producers worldwide, is an apt venue for the celebration of the popular musical string instrument%26mdash;the Cebu Guitar Festival.

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Cebu

Cebu guitar set to rock at outpost
Cebu, which stands among quality guitar producers worldwide, is an apt venue for the celebration of the popular musical string instrument%26mdash;the Cebu Guitar Festival.

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Palawan

Cashing in on Palawan's golden fruit
PUERTO PRINCESA %26ndash; Cashew, Palawan's golden fruit, is second only to almond as the world's most important nut. Unlike Davao and durian, Guimaras and mango, Camiguin and lanzones, Palawan is not quickly known for cashew, with many Filipinos associating the nut with Antipolo.

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Davao

Davao rules Mindanao League football
THE Davao FA hacked out a thrilling 1-0 win over Davao del Norte Sunday to rule the Filipino Premier League Mindanao finals at the Energy Park Footnall Field in Apokon, Tagum City.

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Boracay

Boracay hotels can add to your trips comfort and pleasure
When in Boracay, the place will offer you endless opportunities to enjoy a memorable trip. Staying in Boracay is also not a problem with numerous hotels and resorts available all across the island. Boracay hotels and Boracay resorts are beautiful in structure and equipped with modern amenities. In all Boracay hotels and resorts, you would find impressive facilities such as air conditioning ...

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Visayas

Western Visayas joins Visayas-wide OTOP fair in Cebu City
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 18 (PNA)- Western Visayas is joining the four-day One Town, One Product (OTOP) fair that kicked off in Cebu City Wednesday hoping to entice more buyers, especially bulk orders.

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Philippines

Philippines ditches much-maligned tourism campaign
The Philippines said Wednesday it had pulled a tourism promotion campaign off the Internet after just one day, after the rebrand was severely panned by industry critics.

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Mindanao

Mindanao cited as priority area for farm development
DAVAO CITY -- With its strong agribusiness potentials, Mindanao will be the national government's priority area in terms of development of agricultural infrastructure and services, the head of the Department of Agriculture said in a conference held here earlier this month.

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Coron

RUNNING: Anzar boys fall short, but Hsia-Coron advances to state
Anzar's Aaron Hsia-Coron will compete in the state cross country meet in Fresno after finishing in second place at Saturday's CCS championship in Salinas. Photo by: Nick Lovejoy, Staff Photographer SALINAS Anzar senior Aaron Hsia-Coron will make his fourth trip to the CIF State Championships in two weeks. Although something will be missing this time around. "I'd like to go to state if my team ...

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Luzon

Central Luzon to join 5th OTOP Luzon Island Fair
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The provinces in Central Luzon will join this year's 5th One Town, One Product (Otop) Luzon Island Fair happening on November 18 to 22 at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall in Quezon City.

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Boracay

Boracay tourism defies alert
Tourist arrivals continued to increase significantly in Boracay Island, the country's most popular destination, despite adverse travel advisories.

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Philippines

Philippines ditches much-maligned tourism campaign
The Philippines said Wednesday it had pulled a tourism promotion campaign off the Internet after just one day, after the rebrand was severely panned by industry critics.

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Palawan

Cashing in on Palawan's golden fruit
PUERTO PRINCESA %26ndash; Cashew, Palawan's golden fruit, is second only to almond as the world's most important nut. Unlike Davao and durian, Guimaras and mango, Camiguin and lanzones, Palawan is not quickly known for cashew, with many Filipinos associating the nut with Antipolo.

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Cebu

Cebu City vice mayor opposes K+12
Cebu City Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young is against the government's plan to add two more years in the basic education system, saying this would only lead to an increase in students dropping out of schools.

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Davao

Davao gears up for unified tourism package
Davao tourism industry stakeholders are eyeing a Davao tourism circuit which will promote interconnectivity with the whole region which is being packaged as one tourism destination.

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Luzon

Luzon, Metro teams eye PCCL Sweet 16 berths
source: mb.com.ph Luzon regional champions and Metro Manila teams which barely missed the semifinals in their respective mother leagues vie for coveted spots in the Sweet 16 of the 2010 Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) this Wednesday at the Arellano Gym in Legarda. North-Central Luzon regional champion University of Baguio takes on St. Francis at 9 a.m., while Lyceum of the ...

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Mindanao

Mindanao leaders prepare PPP projects
Mindanao's league of political leaders is currently preparing on future projects they may take under public-private partnerships (PPP). Governor Rodolfo Del Rosario, newly-elected president of the Confederation of provincial governors, city mayors, and municipal mayors league presidents of Mindanao (Confed), said the leaders from Luzon and Visayas have made proposals to Malacanang on projects ...

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Coron

RUNNING: Hsia-Coron, Quezada finish 2nd overall at MTAL finals
SALINAS Although senior Aaron Hsia-Coron finished second overall, the Anzar Hawks were unable to properly defend their Mission Trail Athletic League Division V championship on Thursday, falling to rival York 19-54 at Salinas' Toro Park. The win by York, which was led by James Palaniuk's first-place finish in 16:24, snapped Anzar's stranglehold on the league championship meet. The Hawks had won ...

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Visayas

Visayas Blogging Summit slated November 27
BLOGGERS will learn more about online entrepreneurship and citizen journalism as well as explore the potential impact of blogging on society, business and politics during the Visayas Blogging Summit to be held on Nov. 27, 2010 at the SM Cinema 6.

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Visayas

Visayas Biennale 2010
There is a better way to professionalize practices in the Visayan art industry.

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Philippines

Philippines Wins S%26P Upgrade After 13 Years
The Philippines' debt rating was raised to the highest level in more than seven years by Standard %26 Poor's, spurring gains in the peso and government bonds.

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Mindanao

Mindanao lumads benefit from anti-poverty program
A TOTAL of 10,960 lumads in Mindanao directly benefited from various livelihoods and infrastructure projects from the anti-poverty program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). Data from the Mindanao Rural development Program (MRDP) showed that about 29 percent of the 38,266 individual beneficiaries of the program are indigenous peoples who belong to the poorest of the poor in southern ...

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Boracay

Boracay hotels can add to your trips comfort and pleasure
When in Boracay, the place will offer you endless opportunities to enjoy a memorable trip. Staying in Boracay is also not a problem with numerous hotels and resorts available all across the island. Boracay hotels and Boracay resorts are beautiful in structure and equipped with modern amenities. In all Boracay hotels and resorts, you would find impressive facilities such as air conditioning ...

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Davao

Davao's Bangoyan ready to rumble
FORMER WBC international super bantamweight champion Balweg "Davao Hitman" Bangoyan is ready to trade punches with Eric "Anthony" Macas of Lanao del Norte in a non-title junior light welterweight fight dubbed "November Fever Encounter" this Saturday at the Davao City Recreation Center (DCRC).

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Cebu

Cebu launches largest ship in the country
BALAMBAN, Cebu, Philippines %26ndash; The Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu), Inc. (THICI) located in this town launched Wednesday its 120th ship called Tenshu Maru, which is the largest vessel ever constructed in the country with President Benigno C. Aquino III personally leading in the vessel-naming ceremony. �

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Luzon

Luzon, Metro teams eye PCCL Sweet 16 berths
source: mb.com.ph Luzon regional champions and Metro Manila teams which barely missed the semifinals in their respective mother leagues vie for coveted spots in the Sweet 16 of the 2010 Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) this Wednesday at the Arellano Gym in Legarda. North-Central Luzon regional champion University of Baguio takes on St. Francis at 9 a.m., while Lyceum of the ...

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Coron

RUNNING: Hsia-Coron, Quezada finish 2nd overall at MTAL finals
SALINAS Although senior Aaron Hsia-Coron finished second overall, the Anzar Hawks were unable to properly defend their Mission Trail Athletic League Division V championship on Thursday, falling to rival York 19-54 at Salinas' Toro Park. The win by York, which was led by James Palaniuk's first-place finish in 16:24, snapped Anzar's stranglehold on the league championship meet. The Hawks had won ...

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Palawan

Cashing in on Palawan's golden fruit
PUERTO PRINCESA %26ndash; Cashew, Palawan's golden fruit, is second only to almond as the world's most important nut. Unlike Davao and durian, Guimaras and mango, Camiguin and lanzones, Palawan is not quickly known for cashew, with many Filipinos associating the nut with Antipolo.

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Boracay

Boracay reclamation to proceed
The Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) has authorized the Aklan provincial government to proceed with a controversial reclamation project at the gateway to Boracay despite the continued opposition of municipal officials and business and civic groups on the island-resort.

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Coron

RUNNING: Hsia-Coron, Quezada finish 2nd overall at MTAL finals
SALINAS Although senior Aaron Hsia-Coron finished second overall, the Anzar Hawks were unable to properly defend their Mission Trail Athletic League Division V championship on Thursday, falling to rival York 19-54 at Salinas' Toro Park. The win by York, which was led by James Palaniuk's first-place finish in 16:24, snapped Anzar's stranglehold on the league championship meet. The Hawks had won ...

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Visayas

Visayas Ombudsman Suspends Cebu Town Treasurer
CEBU CITY, Philippines (PNA) - The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has suspended the town treasurer of Compostela in northern Cebu for six months over allegations of public fund shortage amounting to P7.52 million last year. Graft investigator Portia Pacquiao-Suson placed Lorenzo Almodiel under preventive suspension for six months without pay while the investigation of the administrative ...

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Cebu

Cebu: Tourism-100%, terrorism-0%
About two decades ago, amid the entire country's political and economic turmoil and feeling of hopelessness, former Cebu Governor Lito Osme�a sold Cebu to the world as an island in the pacific.�Undeniably, as history constantly reminded us, it worked.

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Philippines

Philippines says no terror threat exists
The Philippines said Friday that Western governments were wrong in warning of an imminent terrorist attack in Manila, as it downplayed the arrests of five men and the seizure of explosives.

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Luzon

Pagasa expects improved weather in Luzon
STATE weather forecasters said residents in Northern Luzon battered by flashfloods and landslides due to bad weather will get a sigh of relief either late Sunday or early Monday as weather conditions start to improve by then. Nathaniel Servando, deputy administrator for operations of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), said the tail-end of ...

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Davao

Davao trade expo to highlight banana summit, key experts join
Davao CITY, Nov. 5 (PNA) - The Davao Trade Expo (DATE) this year will highlight the conduct of the 1st Philippine Global Banana Summit with key industry experts as resource persons.

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Palawan

Palawan farmer is most outstanding 'rural' woman in 2010
By Anna Valmero ABORLAN, Palawan%26mdash; Farmer Amelia Gresones is a 44-year old widow and mother of five from Sitio Tagpait, Barangay Isaub in Aborlan town. Aside from supporting her family, she [...]

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Mindanao

Energy exec: 150-MW power lack to hit Mindanao in 2011
Mindanao is set to experience a power deficiency of at least 150 megawatts starting next year, said an official of the Energy Development Corporation, the country's biggest producer of renewable energy.

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Mindanao

Mindanao food firms going global
More and more food processors in Mindanao are working to qualify for a quality certificate that will allow them to penetrate the burgeoning world market, particularly United States and the European Union.

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Boracay

Boracay Community Market revived to cater to both locals and foreign tourists
Boracay ISLAND, Nov. 3 (PNA)-- The Boracay Community Market has been revived here once again by its organizers to showcase the organic products, souvenirs, home-baked bread and muffins, farm fresh vegetables and foods, local artists and paintings, as well as local indigenous crafts.

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Visayas

Visayas hospitals ignore mercury ban
A HEALTH advocacy group said Wednesday that hospitals in the Visayas are the leading users of mercury-based equipment, ignoring the ban directive of the Department of Health. According to a survey by Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA), health facilities implementing mercury phase-out measure in Central and Western Visayas are only seven percent of the national total.

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Cebu

Cebu Province wants law to preserve heritage sites
Cebu CITY, Nov. 3 (PNA) - Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the province is closely working with the Cebu Archdiocese in the preservation of the province's heritage sites, most of which are churches, convents and bell towers.

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Palawan

Rice terraces, Palawan resort top PHL tourism show in Montreal
The Banaue Rice Terraces and the El Nido Beach Resort in Palawan highlighted the Philippines' tourism efforts at a recent tourism and travel show in Quebec, Canada.

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Coron

RUNNING: Hsia-Coron takes 6th, Hawks finish 7th at MTAL Center Meet
SALINAS Senior Aaron Hsia-Coron managed to pace the Anzar cross country yet again Thursday with a sixth-place finish in the second Mission Trail Athletic League Center Meet at Salinas' Toro Park, where the Hawks finished seventh out of nine teams. Anzar compiled 156 total points to take seventh, and finished behind Stevenson (42), Carmel (50), King City (78), York (111), Pacific Grove (125) and ...

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Luzon

PAGASA: 'Katring' moving closer to Luzon
Tropical depression "Katring" continued to move closer towards Luzon Sunday while rains were still expected from the tailend of typhoon "Juan."

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