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No plate motorcycles seized

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:45:53 +0800

CITY Police Director Benedicto Lopez of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) ordered his men to apprehend all motorcycles traveling without plate numbers.

Nacionalistas hold sortie

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:45:30 +0800

AS THE campaign election period for national positions formally started Tuesday, local candidates and their supporters and volunteers under the Nacionalista Party (NP) also launched the candidacy of t

Low water at Lake Lanao triggers load curtailment

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:43:38 +0800

ILIGAN CITY — The continuous lowering of Lake Lanao’s water level triggers the Mindanao-wide load curtailment since February, said Elizabeth Ladaga of the National Grid Corporation of the Ph

Campaign season kicks off with posters, jingles

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:43:34 +0800

CAMPAIGN posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies yesterday, the start of the campaign season for the May 10 national and local elections.

Poll official: ‘Identify donors in campaign materials’

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:43:29 +0800

THE public has the right to know the donors of print and broadcast campaign materials of politicians seeking office in the May elections, the director of the Commission on Elections in Region X (Comel

Sugar hits P50-level

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:54 +0800

STARTING December 2009, the price of both white and brown sugar rose by as much as P10.25 per kilo based on the weekly monitoring conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial off

Fair trade caravan at Limketkai held

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:36 +0800

THE Fair Trade Caravan led by the Advocate of Philippine Fair Trade Incorporated (APFTI) will make its fourth stop in Cagayan de Oro starting Wednesday until February 16 at Limketkai Mall, offering cu

Lourdes College awards alumni

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:18 +0800

LOURDES College recently gave awards to its outstanding alumni who contributed a lot to society in the fields of education, arts, entrepreneurship, public service, career service and religious life.

Macahambus Gorge a heritage site

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:25:32 +0800

THE Macahambus Gorge that sits on a 175-hectare land in Kabula, this city, is now considered a heritage site owing to its rich history as the fortress of Cagayan de Oro’s our local heroes during Wor

Dengue outbreak looms

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:05:45 +0800

WITH the reported death of an engineer's only child and four children now being hospitalized, a developing "dengue outbreak" is feared to have threatened the seaside barangay of Bonbon in Cagayan de O

Drug agency nabs couple in drug bust

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:04:15 +0800

ANTI-NARCOTICS agents arrested a couple in a drug buy-bust in Opol, Misamis Oriental, Monday.

Simply Sitti

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:01:33 +0800

MUSIC has always been a part of my life. If I can, I really find time to listen to soothing melodies everyday, either after waking up or while traveling home from work, to help me feel relax.

No more bio-ethanol plant

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:01:04 +0800

THE controversy involving the cassava feed Bio-ethanol plant project that is supposed to be located in the hinterland watershed zones in Cagayan de Oro is finally over.

PhilHealth 15th anniversary celebration

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00:59 +0800

February 2010
Theme: “PhilHealth @ 15.. A toast to Universal Coverage”

Schedule of activities

Wrap up your luck with SM stationery

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:58:56 +0800

CHINESE New Year is a time of family gatherings and gift giving.

Cepalco mulls another solar plant

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:58:51 +0800

THE Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company (Cepalco) will put up another PhotoVoltaic plant inside a proposed 10-hectare solar park in Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental.

Garbage fee sharing pushed

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:58:01 +0800

CITY Mayor Constantino Jaraula is pushing for the passage of an ordinance granting the city’s barangays with 50 percent share on garbage fees collected by the City Government from local business est

Army chief sees ‘spent force’ in NPA

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:05:40 +0800

THE Philippine Army said it has contained threats posed by the New People’s Army (NPA) last year, and will continue to do so until the communist insurgency is no longer able to present “danger”.

Absences are 'rendered services'

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:45:43 +0800

HIS no-show at City Council sessions — over 120 per latest count— should not be viewed as absenteeism but “rendered services,” while the P49 million phone project fiasco -- his brainchild -- w

Army chief: We protect ballots, not politicians

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:42:08 +0800

THE commanding general of the Philippine Army (PA) has warned soldiers from participating in partisan politics, saying those who are caught would face dismissal from service.

High drug use among students ‘alarming’

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:40:16 +0800

BUKIDNON Representative Teofisto Guingona III expressed alarm over reports that Northern Mindanao topped the nationwide random drug testing (RDT) conducted last year.

Survey shows 1 of 5 women abused

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:38:32 +0800

ONE in every five Filipino women aged 15 to 49 had experienced physical violence since age 15, according to the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) conducted by the National statistics

Air Force has 151 new reservists

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:35:59 +0800

By Nicole J. Managbanag

Army ready to secure election in Maguindanao

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:33:10 +0800

ILIGAN CITY — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are reportedly prepared to secure the election process in Maguindanao in May this year, said Major General Anthony Alcantara in an interview F

Center offers regular free business seminar

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:17:48 +0800

Nicole J. Managbanag