Filinvest breaks ground for 405-MW power plant in Misor
FDC Misamis Power Corporation (FDC Misamis), together with the municipal officials of Villanueva, held the groundbreaking ceremony for a new circulating fluidized bed coal thermal power plant in...
View ArticleBarako Bull vanquishes Air21, clinches first win
THE Barako Bull Energy cola squad started their season on a high note by prevailing over the Air21 Express,88-75 in the ongoing 2013-2014 PBA Philippine Cup on Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum...
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Sulog plans protests vs planned coal plant
By Nitz Arancon A MULTISECTORAL group would launch next week the first of a series of protest actions against the construction of a 405-mw coal-fired power plant at the Phividec Industrial Estate in...
View ArticleVictims’ kin want to know how suspects are being treated in jail
GEN. SANTOS City – Relatives of the Ampatuan massacre victims called on the national government to implement measures that would ensure transparency on the status and condition of the detained...
View Article14-year old Consolacion kid killed in gun attack
By Ben Balce and Nitz Arancon THREE still unidentified persons shot and killed a 14-year old in Barangay Consolacion on Thursday night. Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) Station 5 head Insp....
View ArticleFinding meaning and beauty
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE are now in the eye of tragedy and misery, and though we are overwhelmed by the ugliness and pain of it all, deep in our heart an impulse can still be felt asking what is the...
View ArticlePicture imperfect
By H. Marcos Mordeno DAVAO City––Nobody can be so coldblooded as not to feel the anguish of the people of Leyte and other provinces hit by super typhoon Yolanda. If our senses aren’t deceiving us,...
View ArticleGo home? No, Yankees, SOS!
By Patricio Diaz GENERAL Santos City –– In “better” times, “embittered” Filipino nationalists and activists cry out, “Yankees, Go Home”! The Yankees stay. In “battered” times, Filipinos hope and pray,...
View ArticleImpunity reigns as killings continue
NINETEEN journalists have been killed for their work in the Philippines since 2010 when Benigno Aquino III assumed the presidency, even as delays hound the trial of the accused in the Ampatuan...
View ArticleTruth hurts
By Eldie Aguirre DIGOS City––There’s no delay for drumbeaters of this administration in denying to the bones the turtle-paced implementation of post-calamity relief, search and rescue operations. Why...
View ArticleThe magic of red
By Batas Mauricio FILIPNOS have been wearing yellow ribbons to proclaim their support for one particular class of politicians since 1986, and understandably so because yellow ribbons symbolized the...
View ArticleBeyond reasonable doubt: Unconstitutional
By Patricio Diaz GENERAL Santos City––The Supreme Court declared the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) unconstitutional. The declaration was “beyond reasonable doubt” on two counts: (1) the...
View Article‘Huwag sa daan’
By Egay Uy A COMMON sight at the major intersections along the highway and in busy city streets is that of beggars of all ages ranging from infants to probably seniors. Why do these people frequent...
View ArticleMisplaced charity
By Ben Contreras OUR editor-in-chief, Herbie Gomez, has raised a concern on beggars on our roads. He is deeply concerned on what could happen to any of them one day. He said, “Maybe the traffic aides...
View ArticleDenial or resilience?
By Netnet Camomot IT’S 4:33 a.m. and the lights are out. The generator next door is again churning so loudly, sleep has become impossible especially now that the brain is also churning with questions...
View ArticleGoodbye, PDAF, helloow! (2)
By Butch Bagabuyo BY popular request, “Helloow!” continues… But wait a minute! What about, the most sickening and deafening silence from the multinationals doing gas and oil business in the country?...
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Pacman back on track, gives Rios a beating
MACAU — Manny Pacquiao defeated Brandon Rios by unanimous decision on Sunday in a victory the Philippine lawmaker dedicated to the victims and survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. ( Click for the full...
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Moreno thumbs up coal power plant projects
By Nitz Arancon and Rey Zaldy Serna THIS time, they’re on opposite sides. Mayor Oscar Moreno urged the Filinvest Development Corp.-Misamis Power Corp. and the Mindanao Energy Systems (Minergy) to...
View ArticleBurglars steal money for ‘Yolanda’ victims
By Ben Serrano BUTUAN City––Burglars destroyed a church’s window grills and jimmied the lock to steal some P300 thousand in donations for victims of super-typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas from the...
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Capitol to ‘adopt’ two Tacloban barangays
By Ben Balce, Shiela Mae Butlig and Paola Gaabucayan THE capitol said it would replicate the government’s “adopt-a-town” program initiated by Metro Manila mayors to hasten the recovery of typhoon...
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