Hero dog draws sympathy, visitors with gifts
By: Julie S. AlipalaThe one-year-old dog here whose face was horribly disfigured when she saved her young masters from being hit by a speeding motorcycle two months ago, has become a celebrity of sorts.
The one-year-old dog here whose face was horribly disfigured when she saved her young masters from being hit by a speeding motorcycle two months ago, has become a celebrity of sorts.
Three suspected New People’s Army rebels were captured by Army soldiers following an encounter in Lopez, Quezon, Wednesday afternoon, said Colonel Eduardo Año, head of the Army’s 201st Infantry Brigade.
A member of the paramilitary Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit survived an attack by two suspected New People’s Army rebels, killing one of the rebels while the other rebel fled Tuesday afternoon in Basud town in Masbate.
One person was confirmed dead in a fire that hit the Holy Family Village I in Cebu’s Banilad district early Wednesday, officials said.
A member of the paramilitary Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit survived an attack by two suspected New People’s Army rebels, killing one of the rebels while the other rebel fled Tuesday afternoon in Basud town in Masbate.
Parts of the country will experience rains due to the tail-end of a cold front affecting extreme Northern Luzon and easterlies, or winds blowing from the east, prevailing over Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Wednesday.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Aparri and the Cagayan police filed Tuesday murder charges against the alleged gunman who fatally shot a Department of Environment and Natural Resources officer in Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, two weeks ago, CIDG chief, Police Director Samuel Pagdilao Jr. said.
An alleged hazing victim, a law student, has been identified by relatives, police said Tuesday. Senior Police Officer 1 Carlo Tamundong said that Marvin Reglos, 25, a freshman from the San Beda College, was identified by his relatives who went to the Antipolo police station.
Three persons died from the rain caused by the tail-end of a cold front in the country, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council said Tuesday.
Flash floods triggered by rains left one dead and displaced some 25,000 people in two regions in Mindanao, officials said Tuesday.
A suspect tagged in the beheading of Philippine Marine officers in 2007, among others, was arrested in Isabela City early Tuesday, a Philippine National Police spokesman said.
A tail-end of a cold front affecting the Northern Luzon and easterlies, or winds blowing from the east, will prevail over Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Tuesday.
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas has rejected the government’s proposal to increase its buying price for unmilled rice or palay by 70 centavos to P1, describing it as “crumbs.”
