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Forestry bureau deploys team to assess fire in Mt. Banahaw

MANILA, March 20 (PNA) — The environment department’s Forest Management Bureau (FMB) deployed on Thursday a team of experts who will assess conditions in portions of Mt. Banahaw currently being ravaged by fire since Wednesday night. “They’ll evaluate the situation there and make the corresponding recommendations,” FMB Director Ricardo Calderon said of the fire which firefighters are desperately trying to contain. He said FMB formed the team immediately after learning that a fire broke out […]

2 Carnappers Arrested in Valenzuela

In two separate incidents, two notorious carnappers were arrested in Valenzuela. One was arrested when the motorcycle he was riding was involved in an accident while the other was arrested during Valenzuela police’s “Oplan Sita”

Aquino Dismisses Rumors Influential People Backing Delfin Lee

President Aquino dismissed speculations that certain influential people are backing Global Asiatique President and syndicated estafa suspect Delfin Lee. The statement was made after Vice President Jejomar Binay made his statements saying that certain influential people tried to stop authorities from arresting Lee.

Palace reacts to Pangilinan re rotational brownouts

Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma said that the government, in particular, the Department of Energy, is on top of the electric supply problem. This is in response to Manny Pangilinan’s statement saying that Manila may suffer rotational brownouts if the government is not ready for the scheduled maintenance of electrical plants.

2013 bar topnotcher says prayers got him through

MANILA, Philippines — Nielson Pangan, this year’s bar topnotcher, describes himself as “just an average student”  who prayed a lot. The 27-year old law graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law topped the 2013 Bar Exams, besting 1,174 other examinees who passed the exams with a grade of 85.80 percent. When his friends started calling him up to congratulate him, Pangan said he thought it was just a joke at first. But […]