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Friday, February 24, 2006 (Philippines)
| The rain didn't stop the Negros Occidental and North Cotabato players during the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) National Men's Senior Championship held at the La Paz Football field Thursday. Negros won, 2-1. (Sun.Star Iloilo/Andy Cinco) |
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SENATOR Pia S. Cayetano said Thursday the failure of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the National Power Corporation (NPC) to tap the power firm's P5-million Environmental Guarantee Fund (EGF) may have impeded early efforts to minimize environmental damage caused by the oil spill off the coast of Semirara Island in December last year.
She said the immediate release of the EGF could have provided the funds necessary for emergency measures aimed at mitigating the oil spill's spread and hazardous effects to the marine ecosystem.
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Fact-finding committee probes Pototan Hospital
THE investigating committee created by Iloilo Governor Niel D. Tupas Sr. led by Chief of Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) Mario Nillos, made its first ocular inspection on the government run- Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan Thursday.
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Illegal drugs scarce in W. Visayas: Pdea
SUPERINTENDENT Rolen Balquin, chief of the Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency (Pdea) 6 revealed Thursday that there's scarcity in the distribution of drugs in Western Visayas following the dismantling of drug dens in Metro Manila recently.
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Make fire safety a lifestyle: BFP
"MAKE fire safety a lifestyle," suggests Chief Inspector Rommel B. Gomez of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Region VI to remind the public that fire can bring damage to human lives and properties if one is not careful, and that everyone must observe fire prevention all year round.
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