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Teener gives birth to New Year baby

January 3, 2013

A 17-year-old girl was among the females who gave birth in the first few minutes of the New Year in Cebu. Charlene Plantar of barangay Calaboon in Dumanjug town, southwest Cebu, gave birth to a 2.4 pound boy at 12:15 a.m. of Jan. 1 at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). The baby, whom […]

Firecrackers injure 697 Stray bullets kill two

January 3, 2013

THE 7-year-old girl hit by a stray bullet in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, died yesterday afternoon. The death of Stephanie Nicole Ella brings to two the number of stray bullet deaths on New Year. Four-year-old Ranjilo Nemer of Caloocoan City died of a gunshot wound at 9 p.m. last Monday. Following Ella’s death, Malacanang spokesman Edwin […]

Retired police official killed in freak New Year’s day accident

January 2, 2013

A retired police official who once served as warden of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), died when his car, a multicab, exploded and caught fire while cruising Trans-Central Highway, Cantipla 2, barangay Tabunan, Cebu City around 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day. Retired Col. Salvador Sanchez, of his 60’s, of Lahug, Cebu […]

Capitol gets locked up to keep out police

January 1, 2013

The east wing of the Capitol, where the Governor’s Office is located, looks like a bunker ready for an assault. French windows overlooking the quadrangle are boarded up with plywood and tied with aluminum wire. All doors of the Capitol building on two floors have heavy chains and padlocks. A security guard checks anyone who […]

PH, one of top places to celebrate New Year

December 31, 2012

Manila — Celebrating New Year: More fun in the Philippines. So declared Cheapflights.com, an online travel agency specializing in airfare bargains, expert tips and travel inspiration. The travel agency released this week a list of 10 New Year Traditions Worth Experiencing Around The World that the Huffington Post Travel published on Friday. An article and […]

P-Noy declares war on illegal firecrackers

December 31, 2012

MANILA — Ahead of the New Year revelry, President Aquino ordered police officials, on Sunday, to throw the book at revelers exploding banned firecrackers and shut down shops selling these contraband for good. The President specifically reminded Philippine National Police Director General Allan Purisima to highlight the charges filed against violators of Republic Act 7183 […]

PNP chief I’ll fire cops who use guns to greet New Year

December 30, 2012

Manila — Policemen who would fire their service firearms and use illegal firecrackers in welcoming the New Year may find themselves jobless in 2013, the Philippine National Police (PNP) warned on Saturday. For the nth time, PNP Director General Alan Purisima reminded his men that they would face criminal and administrative charges if they are […]

Working on a holiday? Expect more pay

December 29, 2012

Extra pay awaits those who work during the long holidays ahead – Dec. 30 (Rizal Day), Dec. 31, (a special non-working day) and Jan. 1 (a regular holiday.) The last week of the year has the most number of holidays. The Philippine Labor Code entitles employees additional pay for work done on holidays. For the […]

Gwen’s ‘lifestyle change’ after nine days in Capitol

December 28, 2012

IT’S been a ‘major’ lifestyle change for suspended Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, who has been living in her Capitol office for over a week in defiance of an order by the Office of the President to step down for six months. “Never for so long have I been confined in such a small space,” she said. […]

15 injured by firecracker blast

December 27, 2012

A 13-year-old boy in Talisay City lost three of his fingers when a whistle bomb went off in his hand on Christmas Day. A man walking home in the same barangay of Tabunok, Talisay was hit in the waist by a lighted “kwitis” thrown by a reveler. Both were among 15 persons in Cebu injured […]