Teachers credited with saving kids in Oklahoma
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 09:01 a.m.MOORE, Oklahoma — The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
But before all of the youngsters could get there, the tornado alarm sounded.
Oklahoma tornado death toll down to 24; no Filipino killed
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:14 p.m.MOORE, Oklahoma -- Authorities lowered the death toll from a massive tornado that devastated a town outside Oklahoma City, saying it killed at least 24 people, down from 51 -- none of them were Filipinos.
Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm, adding downed communication lines and problems sharing information with officers exacerbated the problem.
Aquino advises Jun Lozada to just face charges
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 08:22 p.m.MANILA -- President Benigno Aquino III denied Tuesday that his administration was harassing whistleblower Rodolfo Noel "Jun" Lozada, who is facing graft charges before the Sandiganbayan.
Aquino told reporters that the NBN-ZTE deal whistleblower during the time of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should instead face the charges against him.
‘Rebels’ raid security agency, abduct 6 in Tagum
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 06:36 p.m.DAVAO CITY (Updated) -- Suspected communist rebels raided a security agency and seized six people, including the agency’s manager and a child, in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Monday evening, authorities said.
The suspects, believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA), also carted away unspecified number of high-powered firearms during the raid, which occurred around 8 p.m. at the Tagum City branch of the Davao Security and Investigation Agency (Dasia) in Orange Valley Subdivision, said Police Regional Office-Davao Director Jaime Morente.
Ex-agriculture official faces jail term for faking meal receipts
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 06:23 p.m.MANILA -- A former official of an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture will spend between six months and more than two years in jail for tampering with meal receipts in 2000, the Office of the Ombudsman said Tuesday.
Raul Montemayor, ex-chairman of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC), was also ordered by Sandiganbayan Third Division to pay a fine of P9,000 for being guilty of three counts of falsification of public document under the Revised Penal Code.
Philippines files protest vs Chinese incursions
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 05:41 p.m.MANILA -- The Philippine government has protested the latest Chinese incursions in Ayungin Shoal in the disputed West Philippine Sea and asked Beijing to respect Manila's sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its continental shelf, including waters around the shoal.
Raul Hernandez, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesman, said on Tuesday that the protest was filed against China on May 10.
Quezon City shooting victim dies at hospital
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 05:05 p.m.MANILA -- A 19-year-old man shot in front of an Iglesia ni Cristo Church in Quezon City on Monday night died at a hospital several hours later, police said.
John Desiree Reyes, a resident of Bahay Caridad, Barangay Dona Imelda, Quezon City, was found with gunshot wound by responding village authorities around 10 p.m. Monday.
Asia stocks fall ahead of Fed statements
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:55 p.m.BANGKOK -- Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as investors waited for the US Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus program.
The Fed is conducting its third round of massive bond purchases known as quantitative easing to help drive down interest rates and spur lending. But recently improving data on the US economy has led to speculation that the Fed might consider scaling back the program or winding it down earlier than expected.
‘Brigada Eskwela’ in Metro Cebu extended
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:39 p.m.DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd)-Central Visayas Director Carmelita Dulangon said Tuesday that the “Brigada Eskwela” or the National Schools Maintenance Week will be extended in Metro Cebu until the last week of May this year.
The brigada was originally scheduled from May 20 to 25, but Dulangon said in a radio interview that there are still lots of cleaning, repainting and repairing to be done to complete the preparation of school facilities in the metro.
NPA commander surrenders in Kalinga
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:39 p.m.MANILA -- A unit commander of the communist New People's Army (NPA), wanted by a local criminal court for multiple counts of murder and robbery, surrendered to police authorities last Sunday.
In a statement released Monday, provincial police chief Froilan Perez identified the rebel leader as Benigno Conggas Cagwayan, 48, who used the aliases Dukang, Mel, and Garcia.
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