The government has awarded a contract to an international company that will install and supply the Mindanao Substation Expansion Project.
In a press statement furnished by National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) corporate communications officer for southeastern Mindanao Milfrance Capulong to the Davao business reporters it stated that contracts had been signed between them and a South Korean company.
DAVAO CITY — While political candidates are back in the campaign trail, several groups have emerged urging electorates to vote right.
During the Club 888 Forum of The Marco Polo Hotel on Wednesday, lawyer Ricky Diola cited the campaign being done by a church-based organization in Cebu City of voting against the candidate.
A lone gunman was responsible for the shooting rampage at an Army patrol base in Sulu province that killed nine soldiers and a civilian, the Chief of Staff, General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said.
Quoting initial findings of a military investigation, Esperon also said “no drinking spree and no mauling” preceded the carnage, contrary to some news reports.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) weeded out more than 1 million Filipinos from the list of voters in the May 14 midterm elections.
Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said the poll body was able to de-list a total of 1.13 million ?unscrupulous” voters, bringing down to 45.5 million the number of qualified voters for the May polls.
“Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and the strong peso are boosting us.”
Thus enthused Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio R. Bunye over the report of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) that FDIs “recorded net inflows of US$357 million, or a year-on-year growth of almost 51 percent” in January 2007 alone.