Maximum security inmates from the National Penitentiary have their heads shaved as they join in a mass hair-cutting at the National Penitentiary at suburban Muntinlupa City Wednesday to volunteer their hairs to be used in containing the oil spill off Guimaras island. (AP photo)
MANILA -- Four Japanese nationals and five Filipino incorporators of the Sunshine Maritime Development Corp., owner of motor tanker Solar 1 that sank off Guimaras and caused a massive oil spill, were placed under the watch-list of the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
CEBU CITY -- A mother, her three children, and two other women died after the door of the basement room they were renting on Sindulan St., Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City was blocked by a concrete wall that collapsed, trapping them inside.
MANILA -- Minority senators on Wednesday lodged a joint suit before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking the dismissal of the people's initiative petition submitted by two Charter change groups.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The "high value" targets of Oplan Ultimatum are still in the island province of Sulu and are being pursued by government forces, a military official said here Wednesday.
