LPA in Mindanao now a tropical depression
By DJ Yap
Storm alerts were raised in several areas in Mindanao and the Visayas on Friday after a low-pressure area swirling east of southern Philippines developed into a tropical depression.
Storm alerts were raised in several areas in Mindanao and the Visayas on Friday after a low-pressure area swirling east of southern Philippines developed into a tropical depression.
The repair crew of the Steag-owned State Power Inc. (SPI) in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, have been working round the clock in trying to reconnect the coal-fired plant to the Mindanao grid, a company official said.
An alleged drug pusher who is reportedly an active member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) has been arrested by anti-narcotics agents in Cagayan de Oro City.
A soldier and his cohort were arrested for allegedly being involved in a gunrunning syndicate in Misamis Oriental, police said.
Barely two months after he was released back into the wild, Minalwang, a Philippine Eagle nursed back to health over the past two years by wildlife authorities, was found dead in the forest of Mt. Lumot in Misamis Oriental.
Bomb sniffing dogs were put to work Thursday afternoon when authorities noticed that a car has been left overnight at the vicinity of the Laguindingan International Airport in Misamis Oriental.
His angry wife kept calling him to come home, so he left the restaurant where he was dining with friends, among them was Provincial Board Member Roldan Lagbas. When he got home, he heard the explosion. He rushed back to learn Lagbas was killed.
Build it and they will come, the government must have thought when it constructed the new airport in Laguindingan town in Misamis Oriental. Now, people are asking: “How and how much?”
Barely three days before its commercial operation, the P7.9-billion Laguindingan Airport is already in need of expansion to meet the expected influx of air passengers in Northern Mindanao.
The Commission on Elections has identified Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental as an “area of immediate concern” after members of the New People’s Army attacked the convoy of its mayor, the wife of former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., and left her wounded.
Mayor Ruthie Guingona of Gingoog City, wife of former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, was wounded when ambushed on Saturday night.
Thousands flocked to Divine Mercy Hills in El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, to offer their devotion and renew their personal relationship with God.
A militiaman was killed while three soldiers were wounded in an encounter between government troops and communist rebels in Misamis Oriental Wednesday.
