Gov’t charges 136 rebels for Surigao mining attacks

Around 136 communist rebels were charged with robbery in band and arson for the attack at the mining site of Platinum Group Metal Corp. (PGMC) in Claver, Surigao del Norte in October 2011. Charged before the office of Surigao City …

PNP holds 1st mall security summit

The Philippine National Police, in collaboration with the Mall Security Managers Association of the Philippines (MSMAP), has conducted the first ever Mall Security Summit at Camp Crame, Quezon City last Tuesday (May 8). Mall security managers, private security providers and …

April 7 a special non-working holiday

President Benigno Aquino III has declared Black Saturday, April 7, 2012, as a special non-working day throughout the country. In Proclamation No. 360 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. on March 29, the President issued the declaration in observance …

One dead, six injured in daring robbery at Ortigas mall

A grenade has exploded and a gunfight ensued in a daring robbery Thursday morning inside Robinsons Galleria in Ortigas, killing a bank security guard injuring six others. According to reports, robbers threw two grenades towards a Security Bank cash delivery …

MILF to gov’t: Freeze gas, oil explorations in Moro areas

MANILA — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has urged anew the Aquino administration to freeze all gas and oil bidding contracts in areas claimed by the Moros as part of their ancestral domain until the parties in the negotiating …

Sendong victims to have new homes by April

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano “Dinky” Soliman Thursday (January 12) announced intensified government efforts towards providing new homes to all the victims of Sendong by the first week of April. In a statement, Soliman said that aside from …

Gov’t to review crisis response after Sendong

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MANILA — President Benigno Aquino III wants a review of the government’s disaster response manual to prevent unnecessary loss of lives in the aftermath of the devastation of Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao. Several government agencies in Camp Aguinaldo on Saturday …

Sendong death toll: 334

The number of dead during tropical storm Sendong’s onslaught has reached 334, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. In its 8:00 p.m. report Sunday (December 18), the NDRRMC said 281 people remain missing while 431 were …