Bishop Hosts Caraga Conference for Peace and Development

TAGO, Surigao del Sur — Bishop Jose de Dios Pueblos of Butuan City hosted the 3-day CARAGA Conference for Peace and Development (CCPD) Strategic Planning-Workshop at the Bishop?s Home in Ampayon, Butuan City last March 07, 2007. This was participated in by Colonel Jose B Vizcarra (JSC) PA, 401st Infantry Brigade Commander, Colonel Dante, 402nd Infantry Brigade Commander and LTC Joel N Madarang (GSC) PA, the Commanding Officer of 36th Infantry Battalion, as well as PNP and other battalion commanders of the 4ID in CARAGA.

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Molotov Bomb Attack on Cagayan de Oro Radio Station, ‘Alarming Twist in Targeted Violence’

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the latest violent attack on the media in the Philippines, which involved a Molotov bomb strike on a radio station in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

According to IFJ affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), at around 2am on March 13 a lone motorcycle rider lobbed a Molotov bomb (also known as a petrol bomb) at dxCC radio station in Cagayan de Oro City, before speeding off.

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Gabriela Calls for Full Protection of Women in Workplaces as High Court Favors Case of Fired Pregnant Woman

DAVAO CITY?Gabriela Women?s Partylist called today all institutions and offices to implement full protection for women in their workplaces after the Supreme Court recently decided in favor of the fired woman due to her pregnancy in 1995.

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