Marines guarding PCOS machines, NPA clash in Gingoog, 1 hurt
By Bobby Lagsa
Marines securing the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines clashed with New People’s Army rebels in Barangay (village) Samay in Gingoog City on Thursday morning.
Marines securing the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines clashed with New People’s Army rebels in Barangay (village) Samay in Gingoog City on Thursday morning.
As part of a “dry run” of airport facilities, two test flight landings of a Cessna and Pilatos PC12 aircraft were conducted in the Laguindingan Airport on Tuesday.
Philippine flags flew at half-staff throughout the island province of Camiguin Wednesday in mourning for Representative Pedro Romualdo who died of pneumonia earlier in the day.
Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona spoke out Monday, following the New People’s Army’s apology over the ambush Saturday night that left his wife, 78-year-old Gingoog City Mayor Ruthie Guingona, and two persons in her security team wounded and two others killed.
Saying passenger safety was their foremost concern, lawmakers and businessmen here and in the province of Misamis Oriental are calling for the postponement of the opening of the Laguindingan Airport until after the necessary navigation aids have been installed.
CAGAYAN DE ORO—A P7.9-billion airport ordered opened by President Aquino on April 30 still lacks navigational equipment that would make landing there at night safe, according to a business group here. The Laguindingan Airport, which Mr. Aquino wants to be opened on April 30, does not have equipment to guide pilots landing their aircraft [...]
At least one person was killed while four others were wounded by a grenade explosion followed by a burst of gun fire at a village in the municipality of Baungon in Bukidnon on Monday night, a report from the Baungon police office said Tuesday.
The mayor in this city, which was devastated by Tropical Storm “Sendong’ same month last year, has ordered a “Code Blue,” as Typhoon “Pablo” on Monday barreled toward the southern Philippines with a potential to turn into a supertyphoon.
Roberto Labitad and his neighbors on Acacia Street in Barangay (village) Carmen here finalized on Saturday night their evacuation before the arrival of typhoon Pablo on Tuesday (Dec. 4).
This time, the city will not be caught by surprise. Unlike in December 2011, the city is prepared should tropical storm “Bopha” (to be called “Pablo” when it enters the country) intensify and dump even more rain than storm “Sendong” did, disaster officials said on Friday.
Four companies issued quarry permits by the city government to extract sand and gravel in the hinterland Iponan River were actually mining for gold, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).
Eight persons were wounded when a hand grenade whose pin was tied to an accordion-type door of a finance firm in Cagayan de Oro City went off as the establishment opened for business around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.
Three people–including a five-year old boy–were instantly killed when a wayward cargo truck plowed on shanties in Upper Puerto here around 6 p.m. Sunday.
