Filipino soldiers search motorists at a "mobile checkpoint" set up along a highway in Davao City, Friday, following a string of bombings that killed six people and wounded 39 others this week. (AP photo)
MANILA -- A decision that the Court of Appeals (CA) deemed as fruit of "Solomonic" wisdom called for a selective retake of the nursing licensure exams among those whose names were merely added to the list of successful examinees.
CEBU CITY -- Aside from the 500-strong 7th Marine Battalion, one battalion from the Philippine Army will be joining the security force of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Cebu in December.
ZAMBONAGA CITY -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines' chief of staff General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has placed Mindanao under "highest terror" alert level, and Metro Manila on the third highest, as the military braces for more terrorist attacks, government information official said.
