Environmentalists opposing the coal-fired power plant here expressed their worry on the operation of the coal plant here pointing at the alleged multiple corruption cases faced by its contractor in many countries.
The ordinance said that organic agriculture zones “will be protected from encroachment and contamination by chemical-based farm inputs and genetically-engineered crops”.
Militant partylist Bayan Muna picketed today the Chinese consulate in protest against China’s activities in the Panganiban Reef, or Mischief Reef.
Suspected New People’s Army guerrillas swooped down on the mining town of Monkayo in Compostela Valley on Tuesday and ransacked the armory of the residence of Mayor Joselito B. Brillantes.
Five people were arrested here on Wednesday in a buy bust operation conducted by the San Pedro Police Wednesday.
A mother has filed a complaint against her son for harassment, after the latter went berserk after a round of drinks with friends.
The projected slowdown of OFW (overseas Filipino workers) remittance this year shows the need to generate “decent” employment in the country, a labor group said.
Environmental advocates presented a petition for the immediate suspension of the Australian Oceana Gold Didipio Mine in Nueva Vizcaya to the officials of Mines and Geosciences Bureau in a dialogue on Wednesday at the MGB national office.
One of the two kidnapping charges against National Democratic Front consultants Benito Tiamzon and Wilma Austria Tiamzon was dismissed by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 81 on Wednesday.
Two former New People’s Army guerrillas who surrendered to the military were reportedly taken by the NPA on Sunday afternoon, an official of the military said.
