HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL At the start of this year, my first two Sunday columns spoke about Philippine tourism, and how it was so important that we get it right this time. With a country teeming with natural beauty, with beach and dive destinations dotted all...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces-Visayas Command on Saturday, March 2, said it had dealt a major blow to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in the Visayas through a series of operations in the month of February. FIREARMS and other items were seized in an encounter...
ILOILO CITY – Four New People’s Army rebels have been killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in San Joaquin, Iloilo. REMAINS of three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. (Army 301st IB) The...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The NBA denied a protest by the New York Knicks on Wednesday, Feb. 28, of their 105-103 loss at Houston earlier this month, although it came from a referee's mistake. Head coach Monty Williams of the Detroit Pistons talks with Cade Cunningham (AFP) The Knicks were deadlocked at...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 149 families or 372 individuals were displaced in the latest encounter between the military and the New People’s Army in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 27. TROOPS recovered high-powered New People’s Army firearms in...
ILOILO CITY – Three New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in Barangay Torocadan, San Joaquin, Iloilo on Wednesday, February 28. TROOPS found a New People’s Army (NPA) camp following an encounter in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. (Army 301st...
A town in the province of Laguna has been declared free from the clutches of the New People’s Army. PEACE was achieved as the municipality of Cavinti, Laguna has been declared insurgency-free. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Cavinti was the third town in Laguna declared by the 2nd Infantry Division of...
CLARK CITY – Fil-British Heather White and Jamesray Ajido gave the host country its first podium finish in the 11th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships after reaping bronze medals in their respective events at the New Clark City Aquatic Center on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Heather White (left) and...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Detroit coach Monty Williams slammed NBA refs for making the "worst call of the season" after the Pistons slumped to an agonizing last-gasp 113-111 defeat to the New York Knicks on Monday, Feb. 26. Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks celebrates his three point shot during the...
ILIGAN CITY – A leader of the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front was killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Malagalad, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday, February 27. The 102nd...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas has turned over financial assistance amounting to P971,364 to more than 1,000 individuals displaced by the series of armed conflict in two localities in northern Negros Occidental last week. MORE than 1,000...
President Marcos has appointed lawyer Jose Moises Salonga as the new administrator of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), which promotes and oversees the development of water supply systems in provincial cities and municipalities. LWUA website Marcos appointed Salonga to the post on...
