Relatives wait at a chapel where slain marines are laid inside the Philippine Marines base in Zamboanga City on Sunday. (AP photo)
MANILA -- US-backed troops bombarded Muslim rebel strongholds with artillery shells on southern Basilan Island Sunday, a day after 15 marines and 40 militants were killed in a fierce gun battle, officials said.
CEBU CITY -- After almost a decade of negotiations with the Ayala consortium, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) shifts focus to its own development projects for additional water supply.
BAGUIO CITY -- Not content with the success of the 7 p.m. curfew for minors, Baguio City Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. issued another order restricting the serving of liquors from 6 p.m. to midnight effective August 20.
