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Antonia E. Bacasmas; 87

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:15:09 +0000

Antonia E. Bacasmas; 87

Antonia Elemia Bacasmas of Roseller T. Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay province, mother of Inquirer photographer Edwin E. Bacasmas, died on Aug. 16. She was 87. She is survived by her children Ernaldo and wife Myrna; Ejojita Mary Bacasmas-Dapat and husband Feliciano Jr.; Ernesto Jr.; Edmund and wife Yolanda; Edwin and wife Maricar; Elmer and wife Arlene; […]

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To Laguna couple, natural farming comes with a heart

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:10:37 +0000

To Laguna couple, natural farming comes with a heart

SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — Couple Joel and Myrna Frago, both 53, spoke at great length about natural farming — the practical knowledge they so willingly shared with farmers, students and young entrepreneurs. But perhaps another takeaway from visiting Forest Wood Garden in this city in Laguna province was seeing the Fragos not only […]

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Clark airport transition smooth as workers take separation pay

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 08:12:11 +0000

Clark International Airport

CLARK FREEPORT—No protests greeted the private consortium that began handling the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the Clark International Airport (CRK) here on Friday (Aug. 16). The first day of the Luzon International Premiere Airport Development Corp. (LIPAD) went smoothly as 215 employees at the state-owned Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) agreed to receive separation […]

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11 hurt in SUV-jeepney collision in Sorsogon

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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 05:24:52 +0000

11 hurt in SUV-jeepney collision in Sorsogon

LEGAZPI CITY — Eleven persons were injured when a passenger jeepney and a sports utility vehicle collided on Saturday in Sorsogon City, a police report said. The initial police report said the head-on collision happened at 6:04 a.m. in Barangay Pampang.  The SUV driver, a teenager, told police that he fell asleep while driving, causing […]

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2 NPA hitmen, 1 Cafgu, 1 civilian dead in Eastern Samar firefight

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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 03:42:49 +0000

2 NPA hitmen, 1 Cafgu, 1 civilian dead in Eastern Samar firefight

TACLOBAN CITY — A former militiaman, two suspected communist rebels, and a civilian were killed in a firefight and subsequent operation on Friday afternoon in Sulat town, Eastern Samar. Juancho Basad, a former member of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) and his companion Winifredo Guballo succumbed to bullet wounds in their bodies. The […]

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2 dead, 1 hurt in motorcycle collision in Northern Samar

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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 03:32:39 +0000

2 dead, 1 hurt in motorcycle collision in Northern Samar

CATARMAN, Northern Samar — An election officer and another motorist were killed while another was hurt in a collision of two motorcycles in Pambujan town, Friday night. Gerald Apelo , 45, an election officer in Mapanas town, was driving a motorcycle, heading to the capital town of Catarman from Mapanas when he figured in an […]

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Boy, 10, eaten by crocodile off Palawan town

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Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:41:59 +0000

Crocodile

A boy was killed after being snatched from a boat by a saltwater crocodile off the southernmost island of Palawan, as the reptiles’ shrinking habitat leads to repeated attacks, authorities said Wednesday.

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800 cars rotting in Cagayan port

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:04:16 +0000

800 cars rotting in Cagayan port

SANTA ANA, CAGAYAN—They may have lost millions in investments in a used car importation business, but importers have learned to move on from the “mistake” of bringing in close to 800 secondhand vehicles despite a government ban. These importers of used cars, a once brisk trade at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport here, […]

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Bone deformity no deterrent to Tarlac accounting graduate

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:20:52 +0000

Bone deformity no deterrent to Tarlac accounting graduate

TARLAC CITY — Norynne Shane Yiu, 20, did not let her condition become a hindrance to reach for her dreams. Yiu has achondroplasia or a bone growth disorder, which she said caused her to be bullied while in college. But on Friday, the accounting technology student of Tarlac State University received her college diploma during […]

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