Police investigators look for fragments of a bomb that exploded Sunday at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Zamboanga. (AP Photo)
MANILA -- To cope with the increases in prices of commodities such as rice and fuel, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri is proposing an across-the-board daily wage increase of P60 to P70.
Zubiri wants the salary increase legislated by district. He said he would file a Senate bill for the pay hike soon.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants bombed a Roman Catholic cathedral compound and a building housing a government office Sunday, police said. No one was injured in the blasts.
MANILA (Updated 12:30 p.m.) -- The Department of National Defense is set to recommend a conditional pardon for the nine junior officers who were convicted for their participation in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny.
BAGUIO CITY -- A market cooperative on Sunday blamed the City Government of Baguio for the fire that razed the P3 million in government property and private goods recently.
