A laborer spends Sunday afternoon high above ground, painting the metal arch of the Cebu International Convention Center in Mandaue City. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Cuizon)
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo does not mind conducting the 12th Asean Leaders' Summit anywhere in Cebu, in case the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) isn't finished in time for the event.
"The important thing is we are prepared substantively because you can hold a summit anywhere. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia is confident that the center will be ready, but that is not the most important preparation for a summit," Arroyo said.
MANILA -- Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr. tendered his resignation Sunday to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo amid a supposed plan by Malacañang to strip him of his post.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two soldiers were wounded in an Abu Sayyaf attack on the southern island of Jolo, where security forces are battling the al Qaeda-linked homegrown terrorist group, a regional army spokesman said Sunday.
DAVAO CITY -- The top portion of Shrine Hills in Matina in Davao City is stable, but its anticline or flanks are weak, said Diana Kristina B. Velasco, senior geologist of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Southern Mindanao.
