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Weather Bulletin

Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 24 November 2009

  At 4:00 a.m. today, Tropical Depression "URDUJA" was estimated based on satellite and surface data in the vicinity of Dinagat or at 50 kms East Northeast of Maasin, Leyte. (10.4°N, 125.3°E) with maximum winds of 55 kph near the center. It is forecast to move West Northwest at 15 kph.

Metro Manila

Mostly cloudy with rainshowers
23°C to 32°C
Moderate to Strong:
Northeast
Manila Bay:
Moderate to Rough

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Megalotto 6/45: 43 12 35 11 16 29
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Bacolod Local News

Bayan pushes junking of city’s P250M loan

MILITANT group Bayan Negros is urging Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia to scrap the city’s P250-million loan with the Philippine Veteran’s Bank (PVB).


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It’s not Bing, but Borres’ dig the capsule: Norma

FORMER Bacolod City College president Dr. Norma Juarez refuted claim of Mayor Evelio Leonardia as the founder of Bacolod City College.


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Ilog ex-councilor jailed for shabu


FORMER Ilog Municipal Councilor Paul Regalado is currently behind bars at the Ilog Municipal Police Station after he was arrested for drug possession Monday.


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Mayor eyes ‘Health’ platform in 3rd district


E.B. Magalona town Mayor David Albert Lacson wants to fulfill Health, Education, Aqua-Agri, Tourism, and Human empowerment (Health) in the district.


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‘It’s 9 points for Felix’: Zayco


NEGROS OCCIDENTAL Gov. Isidro Zayco rated Provincial Police Director Manuel Felix a score of nine for his ‘excellent’ performance in police service in the province.


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Petierre joins poll bid, too


SECRETARY to the mayor lawyer Vicente Petierre III disclosed Monday that he would run for councilor under the GoBingTha slate for the 2010 elections.


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1,500 attend National population confab


MANILA -- Media advocates for responsible parenthood and natural family planning are joining Tuesday’s National Population Congress with 1,500 participants nationwide which, the Commission on Popula


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PM rallies vs Ceneco exec

MEMBERS of the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) Negros staged a protest rally Sunday against Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) president Sulpicio Lagarde Jr., said PM chairperson Teofilo N.


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MoNoPa 2010 slate launched

THE MoNoPa tandem with its 12 aspirant councilors on Sunday launched their official slate at the Bacolod Pavillion Hotel, in Bacolod City under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party for the May 2010 polls.


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Farmers seek probe on judge, Arroyo lands

FARMERS of Hacienda Bacan in Negros Occidental have asked the Supreme Court to investigate the injunction order issued last July 20 by the against the registration of their certificate of land ownersh


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DA confirms ‘super crops’ entry to Negros

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) confirms genetically-modified (GM) crops or ‘superior crops’ that could survive the worst impacts of climate change for the farmers’ benefit, to be used in Neg


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Newbie bares poll bid in 3rd district

POLITICAL neophyte Ted Victor Lizares-Jimenez declared on Sunday his running for congress in the third district of Negros Occidental with wife Betina at their ancestral mansion house in Bacolod City.


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Group seeks COA clarification on Basoc ‘scam’

THE Save Bacolod Movement (SBM) has sought the clarification of the Commission on Audit on the liquidation report of Representative Monico Puentevella, which expires its 45-day extension on November 1


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‘Vintage’ bomb found, grenade surrendered

A HACIENDA worker accidentally found an old bomb inside a sugarcane field on November 20 in Barangay Alicante in EB Magalona town, Negros Occidental, a police report said.


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Negros: Philippines’ retirement haven

Talisay City — The Philippines is forecasted to be a fast emerging haven for foreign retirees in Asia, which according to the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA), will be achieved in the next five years


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