GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Another fish kill has hit Lake Sebu in South Cotabato, destroying some 46 metric tons of tilapia last week.
The fish prompted fishery officials to advise local consumers Monday to stop buying dried “tilapia” from the Lake Sebu.
Fishery officials said the fish kill was triggered by “kamahong,” a phenomenon marked by a [...]

MACABEBE, Pampanga — Governor Lilia Pineda led the inauguration of the newly-constructed Mayor Domingo B. Flores District Hospital (MDBFDH) in Barangay Batasan this town.
The hospital was formerly known as Macabebe District Hospital and by virtue of a resolution passed by the provincial board named it after the late father of Mayor Annette Flores-Balgan.
“Our family is [...]

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in coordination with the Wild Birds Club of the Philippines (WBCP), has conducted the yearly Asian census of migratory birds here.
After lengthy evaluation, the group counted the presence in this city a total of 14,899 birds of various species for Sunday alone.
Michael Lu [...]

MAGALANG, Pampanga — One soldier died and another was injured when a military truck was sideswiped by a passenger bus in Magalang town in Pampanga province Sunday, a military spokesman said.
Maj. Enrico Gil Ileto, spokesman of the Army’s 7th Infantry Division, said the troops were on the way to a counter-insurgency operation when the incident [...]

CONCEPCION, Tarlac — The extension of the North Luzon Expressway and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway to La Union which was a major project of the Arroyo administration is now being threatened with landgrabbing allegations.
Callled the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway or TPLEX, the highway is an 88.15 kilometer, four-lane travel way, is being built under a build-operate-transfer scheme [...]

PANTUKAN, Compostela Valley — A massive landslide hit the gold-rich mining town of Pantukan in Compostela Valley, killing 36 miners and burying dozens, 44 of whom are still missing.

Governor Arthuro Uy of Compostela Valley said at least 36 bodies had been recovered and rescuers were still looking for 44 people who went missing following the [...]

CEBU CITY – At least three persons were killed as thousands of families were evacuated on Tuesday in Cebu and other parts of the Visayas and the northern parts of Mindanao after a day of nonstop rain.
Weather men said there was no storm on that day but the rains were caused by tail-end of cold [...]

ZAMBOANGA CITY — A Filipino-American boy held captive was released by Abu Sayyaf captors in Basilan province late Saturday, about five months after he, his mother and a cousin were snatched by armed men in Zamboanga City.
Citing sketchy details, the military’s Western Mindanao Command spokesman Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang said Kevin Lunsmann, 14, was freed [...]

CEBU CITY – A gold trader in this city has been charged by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) win P2.67 billion tax evasion.
The complaint was filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Junrie Daitol Tenorio, a resident of 2170 Tambis St., Guadalupe, Cebu City.
Tenorio is registered with Revenue District Office No. 82, South [...]

By FRANCO G. REGALA
SAN FERNANDO CITY — The Pampanga provincial government headed by Governor Lilia Pineda has started its five-day celebration of the 440th Aldo Ning Kapampangan (Pampanga Day).
The event, which opened on December 6 to and ends on December 11, will have business tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan, whose roots is in Pampanga, as guest [...]