MANILA, Philippines – The first of two of the largest high-energy food shipments from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) arrived in the country yesterday for victims of storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.”
Stephen Anderson, WFP country director, said the first 100-metric-ton shipment of nutritious biscuits was loaded from Turkey and flown to the Philippines [...]
THE time for finger-pointing on the ongoing conflict in Mindanao should end now and what is needed to attain lasting peace is an institution that has the political will to appeal to both parties to sit down and discuss solutions, according to a party-list representative.
This is the gist of Anak Mindanaw Rep. Ariel Hernandez’s [...]
The Philippines is seeking more than P2.9 billion from Congress to acquire helicopters and more boats to prevent Islamic militants slipping into the country from Indonesia, a senior defense official said yesterday.
Australia and the United States have been helping set up a maritime surveillance system in the southern Philippines to stop Muslim militants using porous [...]
“IF YOU want a safer city for our constituents, try doing your job by attending City Council sessions.”
Councilor Roger Abaday dished out the advice to Cagayan de Oro Vice Mayor Vicente Emano, who was seen and heard in a television report pleading to an official of a Muslim rebel group to spare the city from [...]
LOW pay and poor working conditions have forced most doctors of the government owned JR Borja Memorial City Hospital to tender their resignations, a hospital insider said.
A city hospital physician, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the doctors resigned as a group as a statement to City Hall that they had lost confidence on [...]
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