Makati City News Articles

Army Camps In Bukidnon, Nueva Ecija To Grow Coffee, Bamboo     Inquirer - posted ~48 mins. ago.
Some 4,000 hectares of land in two military camps in Bukidnon and Nueva Ecija will be converted into coffee and bamboo plantations under the government's National Greening Program (NGP), environment officials said Tuesday.......

Man Held For Passing Fake Money In Laguna     Inquirer - posted ~49 mins. ago.
Police arrested a digital artist in Pagsanjan, Laguna, for selling counterfeit peso and dollar bills.......

Aquino Assures PH Can Defend Itself Against External Threats     Inquirer - posted ~1.1 hrs. ago.
Faced with territorial disputes and worries of external and internal threats, President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday assured that the Philippines can defend itself within its bounds.......

1 Killed, 6 Wounded In Antipolo Shooting     Inquirer - posted ~1.2 hrs. ago.
A man facing charges of robbery with rape and double attempted homicide was killed Monday night in a shooting at a busy area in Antipolo City in which six others were wounded, one of them critically, police said.......

Maynilad Cuts Off Manila Police HQ's Water Supply For Unpaid Bills     Inquirer - posted ~1.3 hrs. ago.
The Manila Police District headquarters on United Nations Avenue in Ermita has been relying on fetched water after Maynilad yet again cut its water supply last week over an P8-million debt.......

Brillantes: Village Poll Postponement Not Unconstitutional     Inquirer - posted ~1.4 hrs. ago.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Tuesday said that the proposed postponement of the barangay (village) elections is not unconstitutional because its timetable is not set forth in the Constitution.......
Rama on vacation as ally hits BO-PK on poll protest bid Inquirer
Brillantes defends use of grouped canvass reports Inquirer
Buhay, A Teacher, Bayan Muna lead party-list race Inquirer
Comelec eyes village election postponement Inquirer

Finally, Dead Prosecutor Gets Retirement Pay     Inquirer - posted ~1.5 hrs. ago.
Almost two years after his retirement and a month after his death, a government prosecutor will finally receive his retirement pay which was supposed to be used for his medical treatment.......

After A Decade, Global AIDS Program Looks Ahead     Inquirer - posted ~1.8 hrs. ago.
The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from the lethal epidemic is running up against the realities of the current era of harsh budget cuts.......

Myanmar Muslims Jailed For Killing Buddhist Monk     Inquirer - posted ~1.8 hrs. ago.
Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in prison for involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence in central Myanmar.......

At Least 91 Dead As Massive Tornado Strikes Oklahoma City     Inquirer - posted ~2.3 hrs. ago.
A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving at least 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials said.......

6. 0 Quake Off Russia's Far-east Kamchatka Coastline '" USGS     Inquirer - posted ~2.5 hrs. ago.
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday, followed by a series of strong after-shocks, the US Geological Survey reported.......

Oklahoma Twister Tracked Path Of 1999 Tornado     Inquirer - posted ~3 hrs. ago.
Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.......

Aquino Rejects New Charter Change Bid     Inquirer - posted ~3.2 hrs. ago.
President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday thumbed down a new pitch for Charter change by his allies in Congress ahead of the opening of the 16th Congress in July.......

Fire Destroys Oil Mill In Iligan City     Inquirer - posted ~3.9 hrs. ago.
Fire razed the Grand Export Oil Mill in the village of Kiwalan here late Monday afternoon.......

CA Stops Gov't From Pursuing Smuggling Case Vs Phoenix Petroleum     Inquirer - posted ~4.3 hrs. ago.
The Court of Appeals stopped the government from pursuing the more than P5-billion smuggling case against President and Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., its broker and several others.......

6 Soldiers Hurt In Land Mine Blast On Mindanao Highway     Inquirer - posted ~4.9 hrs. ago.
At least six soldiers, two of them women, were hurt Tuesday morning by a landmine explosion on the Davao-Agusan highway here, an official said.......
3 soldiers killed in landmine blast in Albay village Inquirer

North Korea Releases Detained Chinese Fishermen'"Xinhua     Inquirer - posted ~5.3 hrs. ago.
North Korea has released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat, Chinese state-run media said Tuesday, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage and demanded a ransom.......
China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew Inquirer

No New H7N9 Cases In China For A Week'"government     Inquirer - posted ~5.5 hrs. ago.
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.......

Vietnam Rice Stocks Arrive In Cebu     Inquirer - posted ~7.8 hrs. ago.
ABOUT 370,000 bags of imported Vietnam rice will be delivered to Cebu City's port area for Central and Eastern Visayas, the regional National Food Authority (NFA) office said yesterday.......

Aboitiz Group To Spend P59B On '13 Expansion     Inquirer - posted ~7.9 hrs. ago.
Aboitiz Equity Ventures will invest its P59 billion capital expenditures (capex) to finance the expansion of all its business units this year.......

Cebu Police Monitoring Call Centers For Online Fraud     Inquirer - posted ~7.9 hrs. ago.
MORE outbound call center companies will be placed under surveillance in the wake of last week's raid of a company engaged in Internet fraud in barangay Luz, Cebu City.......

NBI To Conclude Inquiry On Shoplifting Slay Case     Inquirer - posted ~8 hrs. ago.
The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) said it will wrap up its investigation on the death of suspected shoplifter Mario Alfie Ducayag this week.......

Bayanihan Spirit Ushers New School Year     Inquirer - posted ~8.1 hrs. ago.
THE Brigada Eskwela kicked off yesterday to signal the onset of school year 2013-2014.......

Fugitive Joavan Caught In Moalboal Resort Before He Flees To Negros Oriental     Inquirer - posted ~8.1 hrs. ago.
Joavan Fernandez, who made a laughing stock of the Cebu police by sneaking out of a Talisay jail and eluding one dragnet after another, was finally collared yesterday morning in a beach resort in Moalboal town, south Cebu.......

Teachers Gripe On Stipend Delays     Inquirer - posted ~8.3 hrs. ago.
EIGHT days after the elections, the teachers who served as Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) are complaining about the delay in the release of their honoraria.......

Can't BO-PK Accept People's Will?     Inquirer - posted ~8.3 hrs. ago.
Now it can be told that the Bando Osmeña - Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) will file an election protest against victors Mayor Michael Rama and Vice Mayor-elect Edgardo Labella. Initially, Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young blamed teachers for being part of cheating in the May 13 election because according t......

Mandaue Gets Ready For Rainy School Opening     Inquirer - posted ~8.4 hrs. ago.
The Department of Education (DepEd) in Mandaue City has initiated the declogging of drainage canals with barangay officials to mitigate floods near public schools.......

Gay Man's Killing In NYC Leads To Police Increase     Inquirer - posted ~8.4 hrs. ago.
A number of anti-gay attacks in New York City is prompting police to increase their presence in some gay-friendly neighborhoods just before Gay Pride Month in June.......

Rama Open To Discuss 93-1 Issue Resolution With Davide     Inquirer - posted ~8.5 hrs. ago.
THERE won't be any problem in relations between Cebu City Hall and the Capitol as far as re-elected Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is concerned.......

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Cleaning Up     Inquirer - posted ~8.7 hrs. ago.
It is officially a week after the May 13 elections. We can count with our fingers the number of candidates who bothered to clean up walls, posts and trees where their campaign materials hung.......

Poverty Database Helps Spot Scholars     Inquirer - posted ~8.8 hrs. ago.
A Cebu-based non-government organization (NGO) hailed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for coming up with a database that identifies the poor in the country.......

Plans For 23-story Mandaue City Hall Make It Tallest In Cebu     Inquirer - posted ~8.8 hrs. ago.
Mandaue City's next government center will be the tallest City Hall in Cebu province with an initial cost of P800 million.......

Talisay Schools Rise From The Ashes     Inquirer - posted ~8.8 hrs. ago.
Parents, students and community volunteers yesterday joined hands to refurbish two public schools in Talisay City that were razed last March.......

Tornado Hits Oklahoma City Suburb     Inquirer - posted ~9 hrs. ago.
A powerful tornado with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) per hour pulverized an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, hitting at least two schools and wiping out block after block of homes.......

Shattered Bamboo Reeds     Inquirer - posted ~9.2 hrs. ago.
Do not look at the heavens through a bamboo reed.'� Can this Japanese proverb help us sift through the May 13 elections' mixed bag? Nobody loses an election here. Those trashed insist they were cheated.......

Davide Braces For Capitol Payables; Meets Officials     Inquirer - posted ~9.2 hrs. ago.
Cebu Governor-elect Hilario Davide III said he was bracing for his first big Capitol administrative challenge '" how to deal with almost P200 million in payables.......

USC, AdC To Battle For CAFC Ladies Title     Inquirer - posted ~9.3 hrs. ago.
THE University of San Carlos (USC) and Ateneo de Cebu (AdC) inched closer to the Ladies Open crown of the Cebu Amateur Football Club's (CAFC) 13th Cebu Inter-Club Football Cup after both teams advanced to the finals yesterday at the Aboitiz Sports Field in Subangdaku, Mandaue City.......

Protest Rally Planned After Gay Man Murdered In Manhattan     Inquirer - posted ~9.8 hrs. ago.
New Yorkers'"including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn'"planned a rally Monday to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighborhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement.......