Palawan

Ex-Palawan governor 'no show' sa DOJ
Hindi sinipot ni�dating Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes ang pagdinig sa Department of Justice (DOJ) kaugnay ng kasong murder na isinampa sa kanya ng pa�milya ni Dr. Gerry Ortega matapos na iturong mastermind sa pamamaslang dito.

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Visayas

Western Visayas plays host to two gov't convergence programs
Western Visayas is a host to two out of the four national convergence initiatives implemented nationwide

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Mindanao

Mindanao transport operators warned about joining strike
Transport operators who will join a planned transport strike in at least four Mindanao provinces on Thursday risk having their franchises immediately cancelled, the chief of the regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board in Southern Mindanao warned Tuesday.

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Coron

Coron Gateway Hotel's Presidential Suite at 40% OFF!
Today's Deal: Only P9,600 for 3 Days and 2 Nights stay for 2 at the Presidential Suite of Coron Gateway Hotel (valued at P16,000) Save P6,400! DetailsPurchase Period is from March 10 to April 1, 2011. Redemption Period is from April 3, 2011 to March 9, 2012. Booking Period starts March 30, 2011. Voucher good for 2 persons. Rate cannot be used on Super Peak Season (April 18-24, Dec 20%26ndash;Jan 4 and

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Philippines

Philippines to bolster watch in disputed Spratlys
MANILA, Philippines (AP) %26mdash; The Philippines plans to acquire patrol ships, aircraft and an air defense radar system so it is better able to guard its territory in and near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the country's military chief said Monday. China, the Philippines and four other countries and territories claim

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Boracay

Aria: Boracay's Italian Melody
Boracay has been teasingly described as "Manila... only with less clothing" when it hits its peak months. Expect the little island to be swarmed by both Filipinos and foreigners alike, all eager to party it up by the sand, later on coming home all golden and tanned, with so many colorful stories and photos to share. If Boracay to many is where they can frolic their latest swimwear (and hard ...

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Palawan

Palawan to gather 10M signatures vs mining
Catholic Church leaders in Palawan are aiming to gather 10 million signatures against mining operations in the province.

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Luzon

Risk-mapping in Central Luzon lauded
CLARK FREEPORT -- The Subic-Clark Alliance for Development (SCAD) has lauded the Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC) for giving premium to measures that will minimize damages to life and property in case the region is hit by a natural disaster. In a statement, SCAD chair Nestor S. Mangio cited the RDC's plan to come up with a comprehensive hazard and risk maps identifying disaster ...

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Cebu

Cebu cops form night watch team
Cebu %26ndash; The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has started implementing night watch patrols requiring all police officers in the province to serve once a month as a night watch patroller to help monitor crime-prone areas in Cebu. CPPO Officer-in-Charge Patrocinio Comendador said the night watch was activated in an effort to prevent crimes that usually occur at night. It was Comendador who had ...

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Davao

Davao City gov't approves P330-M in tourism, property development projects in Q1
Davao CITY %26mdash; The city government here has approved a total of P330 million in the investments in tourism facilities and property development for the first quarter this year.

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Philippines

Gunman kills radio broadcaster in Philippines; investigators probing if attack related to work
MANILA, Philippines %26mdash; Police say a radio broadcaster was shot and killed in the Philippine capital and investigators are trying to determine whether the attack was work-related.

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Boracay

More Boracay casinos being planned
By: Nestor P. Burgos Jr. ILOILO CITY, Philippines - More resorts are planning to operate casinos on Boracay Island despite opposition from religious and business groups.

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Coron

La Sirenetta - Coron, PALAWAN
MANILA, Philippines - This is Palawan, and scuba diving is king. However, for those of us who prefer to stay above sea level, luckily dining out is a close second. For a small town, Coron has a multitude of restaurants to choose from. As it's a seaside town, seafood fanatics will have a field day here, spoiled for choice by Palawan's many fishermen. Vegetarian options also abound, but one must ...

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Palawan

La Sirenetta - CORON, Palawan
MANILA, Philippines - This is Palawan, and scuba diving is king. However, for those of us who prefer to stay above sea level, luckily dining out is a close second. For a small town, Coron has a multitude of restaurants to choose from. As it's a seaside town, seafood fanatics will have a field day here, spoiled for choice by Palawan's many fishermen. Vegetarian options also abound, but one must ...

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Davao

Davao City: The perfect tourist destination
"MURDER City" - that was how the defunct Asiaweek described Davao City in the early 1980s. Some two to three people were killed each day and thrown in the ditch. Foreigners and even those from nearby provinces shunned what became the country's "killing fields." read more

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Luzon

Central Luzon electric coops gather for revived sportsfest
MEXICO -- Members of the Central Luzon Electric Cooperatives Association (Cleca) recently gathered at the headquarters of the Pampanga 1 Electric Cooperative (Pelco 1) in this town for the revived sporstfest junked many years ago. read more

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Visayas

All roads in Eastern Visayas now passable %26ndash; DPWH
GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, Philippines - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Eastern Visayas has reported that all national roads are now passable to all types of vehicles after floodwaters have subsided in the region.Engineer Angel Sia, Jr., Chief of DPWH- 8's Maintenance Section said he and DPWH 8 Regional Director Rolando M. Asis have inspected all road sections in ...

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Mindanao

Mindanao projected to need 1 gigawatt more
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Mindanao will need new power plants with total capacity of 1.144 gigawatts (GW) by 2019, an official of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said here recently.

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Cebu

UK firm chooses Cebu as first Asian hub
Cebu CITY, Cebu, Philippines - A United Kingdom (UK) - based translation company announced recently that it has officially identified Cebu as hub for its Asian operations slated to open next month.Christian Arno, founder and managing director of Lingo 24 said the company is set to open Cebu's first translation company this April, and that the firm is now aggressively forming its Cebuano team to ...

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Visayas

NDRRMC: Death toll from Visayas, Mindanao floods now 14
The death toll from floods and landslides that hit parts of Visayas and Mindanao in the past days rose to 14 as of Monday evening.

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Coron

As beautiful sa Coron
When the plane slowly approached Busuanga, that was when I saw glorious little islands with a slim body of water flowing in between. Like a child, I jumped up and down my seat as I exclaimed, Look! It is so beautiful.%26rdquo; read more

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Davao

2 dead in Davao communist rebel attack
Davao, Philippines - Communist rebels killed two officers and wounded another in an audacious raid on a police station in Davao del Norte province, an official said Sunday.

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Philippines

Philippines to expand trade, services with UK
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is interested in expanding its trade ties with the United Kingdom by pushing for more investments, specifically in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.

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Luzon

Central Luzon records 83 human rights cases in 2010
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO %26mdash; At least 83 cases of human rights violations in 2010 have been recorded in three provinces of Central Luzon, according to a study funded by international organizations. The study conducted by Lawyer Al Parre�o titled %26ldquo;Philippine Extrajudicial Killings: 2001-August 2010,%26rdquo; showed that there were 83 documented cases of human rights violations in Zambales, Pampanga and Bataan ...

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Mindanao

Mindanao food companies to join US food trade show
Business in Mindanao is thriving and it is going global. With this in mind, Mindanao-based companies will showcase the region's best seafood products for the international market during the largest annual seafood trade show in North America later this month

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Boracay

Boracay traders plagued with blowfly infestation
Boracay ISLAND, Aklan, Philippines (PNA) %26ndash; Business establishments on this resort island are complaining of an apparent blowfly infestation which they fear is a threat to the health of locals and tourists alike, apart from being an eyesore. In a letter addressed to the Barangay Yapak Council, Mark Kirk, General Manager of the ultra-deluxe Shangri-La's Boracay Resort and Spa said the resort has ...

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Palawan

Palawan governor linked to murder
The family of slain broadcast journalist Gerry Ortega on Wednesday called on President Aquino to order an audit of Palawan's P3.1 billion share of the proceeds from the Malampaya natural gas project.

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Cebu

Cebu City rescue team off to Japan
Cebu CITY, Cebu, Philippines (PNA) - A 12-member medical team from Cebu City's Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (ERUF) has flown to Japan to take part in the team formed by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The ERUF medical team will join search and rescue operations in places devastated by last March 11's 9 magnitude quake and the tsunami that followed. Cebu ...

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Boracay

Boracay traders plagued with blowfly infestation
Boracay ISLAND, Aklan, Philippines (PNA) - Business establishments on this resort island are complaining of an apparent blowfly infestation which they fear is a threat to the health of locals and tourists alike, apart from being an eyesore.In a letter addressed to the Barangay Yapak Council, Mark Kirk, General Manager of the ultra-deluxe Shangri-La's Boracay Resort and Spa said the resort has ...

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Luzon

Strong quake may turn 43 C. Luzon villages into 'liquid'
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines %26mdash; At least 43 villages in Central Luzon, particularly those situated near coastal areas, could be transformed into %26ldquo;virtual liquid%26rdquo; areas if a strong earthquake hits the region. The Region III office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) here said an extraordinary phenomenon known as solid liquefaction is possible to occur in these villages. The ...

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Philippines

Philippines Sets Tender to Buy 600,000 Tons Rice to Meet Domestic Demand
The Philippines will auction allocations on March 23 for private companies to import 600,000 tons of rice tariff-free, the state's National Food Authority said in a newspaper advertisement.

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Cebu

Cebu City 74th Charter Day Celebration
Cebu, Philippines - Cebu City began as a %26ldquo;fledging trading port in 1521%26rdquo; to be known later as %26ldquo;Villa �del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus in 1575%26rdquo; and from a %26ldquo;municipality in 1901, Cebu finally became a chartered city on February 24, 1937%26rdquo; (http://www.Cebucity.gov.ph/history).

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Coron

As beautiful sa Coron
When the plane slowly approached Busuanga, that was when I saw glorious little islands with a slim body of water flowing in between. Like a child, I jumped up and down my seat as I exclaimed, Look! It is so beautiful.%26rdquo; read more

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Davao

Davao, Maguindanao bets advance in qualifiers
Davao City and Maguindanao bets beat their respective rivals to barge into the second round of the Selecta and Merco-backed First Mayor Inday Sara Duterte Men's Open Tennis Championships qualifying at the Eco-4 Tennis Club courts Saturday. Butch Jayme, John Jeric Accion, Marvin Camino, Alberto Dizon and Jhun Alcoseba of Davao City along with Rogelio Estanio, Jr. of Parang, Maguindanao and Toto ...

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Palawan

Palawan to gather 10M signatures vs mining
Catholic Church leaders in Palawan are aiming to gather 10 million signatures against mining operations in the province.

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Visayas

CEB offers P488 all-Visayas seat sale
THE Philippines' largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific puts 19 Visayas routes on sale from March 12 until today, or until seats last, for travel from June 1 to July 31. read more

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Mindanao

Mindanao On the Rise
FOR the longest time, Mindanao has landed in the news for all the wrong reasons: the Abu Sayyaf's kidnapping spree, the latest terrorist bombings, the wholesale massacre of journalists by main suspects the Ampatuan clan, the massive flooding of recent days.

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Boracay

DoT seeks ways to ease impact of Boracay reclamation project
The Department of Tourism is pushing for mitigating measures to address the possible impact on Boracay Island of a P1-billion reclamation project being implemented at the jump-off point to the island-resort.

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Palawan

Palawan conducts management seminar for barangay officials
To professionalize its ranks, the provincial government of Palawan recently conducted a series of accounting and budgeting management (ABM) training seminar for local barangay officials in the province

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Philippines

Philippines Rice Imports May Beat Target Amid Rising Global Food Costs
The Philippines may import more rice than planned as it seeks to secure supplies amid record global costs, according to the nation's grain-buying agency.

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Luzon

Lawmakers from Luzon join the fray over ARMM
The plan to reset the August election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has two Luzon-based lawmakers joining the fray. Rep. Jack Enrile of Cagayan rejected outright the proposal to defer the election to 2013 as embodied in House bill 4146.

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Davao

PNoy sis pledges to build pre-schools in Davao Norte
Davao DEL NORTE, Philippines (PNA) -- Pinky Aquino-Abellada, sister of President Benigno Aquino III, has pledged to build more preschool classrooms in the province during her Wednesday visit here to grace the Provincial Women's Day celebration. According to Provincial Planning and Development officer Josie Jean Rabanoz, for a start, the presidential sister committed one preschool building in ...

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Cebu

Cebu gov't to build first PDEA lab in Region 7
Cebu, Philippines %26ndash; The Cebu Provincial government is providing a building that will house Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7 and the first PDEA crime laboratory outside of Manila. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has made a decision to build a new office with laboratory capabilities for the PDEA in Central Visayas on province-owned property in Sudlon, Lahug where the Cebu Provincial ...

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Coron

As beautiful as Coron
WHEN the plane slowly approached Busuanga, that was when I saw glorious little islands with a slim body of water flowing in between. Like a child, I jumped up and down my seat as I exclaimed, Look! It is so beautiful.%26rdquo; read more

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Mindanao

The Mindanao Examiner
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 8, 2011) %26ndash; The Philippines' largest rural bank, One Network Bank, has announced Tuesday the opening of its third branch in Zamboanga City in Mindanao, and is planning to put up another branch soon.

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Visayas

Visayas State U in cutting edge R%26D
BAYBAY, Leyte %26ndash; With the beach front and Camotes Island on the horizon, the rainforest of Mt. Pangasugan at the back, it is easy to forget that this is a campus of one of the country's premier agricultural research centers.

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Mindanao

The Mindanao Examiner
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 8, 2011) %26ndash; A Filipino small-scale miner was killed after he allegedly attacked with a bolo a security guard of the Subanon ancestral domain title holders in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte.

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Visayas

Visayas State U in cutting edge R%26D
BAYBAY, Leyte %26ndash; With the beach front and Camotes Island on the horizon, the rainforest of Mt. Pangasugan at the back, it is easy to forget that this is a campus of one of the country's premier agricultural research centers.

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Coron

As beautiful sa Coron
When the plane slowly approached Busuanga, that was when I saw glorious little islands with a slim body of water flowing in between. Like a child, I jumped up and down my seat as I exclaimed, Look! It is so beautiful.%26rdquo; read more

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Cebu

Cebu People's Coop intensifies support to micro-entrepreneurs
�The Cebu People's Cooperative is intensifying its support to the micro entrepreneurs by expanding its financial assistance to the informal sector.

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Philippines

Philippines May Get Japan Guarantee for Planned Yen-Denominated Bond Sale
The Philippines' planned 15-year yen-denominated bond may be backed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation when it's sold in the first half of this year, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said today.

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Boracay

Boracay is the Best Island Resort at the 2010 Travel.ru Star Awards
Boracay has recieved yet more honors from the prestigious Travel.ru awards. Both Boracay and the Philippines were listed as among the top destinations for traveling Russians for 2010. With a list of seventy categories, the awards were conducted by the travel portal among Russians who had visited both destinations abroad and at home. The online [...]

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Davao

Davao airport blast won't be the last: Duterte
THE commemoration of the bombing at the Davao International Airport (DIA) eight years ago is not to remind the public of the pain and grief caused by the gruesome incident, a city official said. "We don't come here year after year to cry. We don't revisit because of pain. We come in memory of events that touched our lives," Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte told families, friends and ...

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Palawan

Palawan to gather 10M signatures vs mining
Catholic Church leaders in Palawan are aiming to gather 10 million signatures against mining operations in the province.

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Luzon

Central Luzon Farmers Troop to Congress to Back GARB
Central Luzon farmers on Feb. 16 trooped to the House of Representatives to attend the Committee on Agrarian Reform's public hearing of House Bill 374 or Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB).

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Luzon

Central Luzon Farmers Troop to Congress to Back GARB
Central Luzon farmers on Feb. 16 trooped to the House of Representatives to attend the Committee on Agrarian Reform's public hearing of House Bill 374 or Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB).

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Philippines

Philippines' Scope to Hold Key Rate Has `Clearly Narrowed,' Tetangco Says
The Philippines has less scope to keep borrowing costs at a record low after oil and food costs climbed, central bank Governor Amando Tetangco said.

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Boracay

Sea Wind Resort Boracay: 59% OFF Accommodation!
Today's Deal: Only P3,800 for One-night Stay at Sea Wind Resort in Boracay, Breakfast for 2 included (valued at P9,100) Save P5,300! Details Voucher valid from March 21 to September 30, 2011. Call for reservations at the number below.. Good for 2 people. Not valid with other offers. Highlights One of the most exclusive Boracay resort. Secluded, seductive and so seafront, you're almost in

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Mindanao

Mindanao companies head for top Japan food expo
�DAVAO CITY, Philippines %26mdash; Mindanao-based food companies are headed for Japan to participate in one of the biggest international food exhibits in Asia, with Philippines-U.S. government support. Foodex Japan 2011, which will be held in Makuhari Messe, Chiba, from March 1 to 4, will highlight a 180-square-meter Philippine pavilion. � Ten of the 20 Filipino exhibitors slated to attend Foodex and ...

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Visayas

Visayas State U in cutting edge R%26D
BAYBAY, Leyte %26ndash; With the beach front and Camotes Island on the horizon, the rainforest of Mt. Pangasugan at the back, it is easy to forget that this is a campus of one of the country's premier agricultural research centers.

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