A girl feeds her little brother as they sit beside their belongings after a fire Tuesday in Navotas town north of Manila. Some 200 houses made of light materials were gutted by fire that resulted in the death of two children. (AP photo)
DAVAO CITY (Updated, 12:59 p.m.) -- Military’s OV-10 planes start dropping bombs at a banana farm in Manay, Panabo City Wednesday morning where communist rebels are said to be holed up after the successful raid at the Davao Penal Colony last Sunday.
Major Randolph Cabangbang, spokesman of the Eastern Mindanao Command, said the bombing run started after elements of the Task Force Raptor under Brig. Gen. Antonio Amodia encountered the still undetermined number of rebels Wednesday morning.
DAVAO CITY -- A couple and their two kids were killed at past midnight Tuesday in the hinterland of Calinan, and the military is accusing the communist New People's Army (NPA) of being behind the crime.
CEBU CITY -- The six-month preventive suspension order on nine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 officials was finally served Tuesday, almost two weeks after the anti-graft office came out with the ruling.
MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband was recovering from high-risk surgery early Tuesday to prevent the main artery from his heart from rupturing, officials and doctors said.
