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Pinoy Aquaman greets 2017 with 6.8-km swim TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Jan. 1 (PNA) — Pinoy Aquaman, Lawyer Ingemar Macarine, greeted the new year with a 6.8-kilometer rough open water swim that took him two hours and 26 minutes to finish. Macarine dared the rough Calape sea early morning on New[…]

18 hurt by firecrackers in SOCCSKSARGEN COTABATO CITY, Jan. 1 (PNA) — A total of 18 persons, half were from Cotabato City, were injured by firecrackers during the recent Christmas to New Year revelry, the Department of Health (DOH-12) on Sunday said. Jenny Ventura, focal person of the DOH-12 firecracker[…]

Fire leaves 100 families homeless in Cotabato City on New Year’s Eve COTABATO CITY, Jan 1 (PNA) — More than 100 families welcomed the New Year without homes after a fire of still unknown origin razed to the ground at least 100 houses in a thickly populated residential area here[…]

Cebu lawyers offer solidarity mass for slain colleagues CEBU CITY, Dec. 28 (PNA) — Lawyers in Cebu on Wednesday morning offered a solidarity mass to show support to their fallen comrades in the profession and denounce their killings. Fr. Dan Delos Angeles, who is also a lawyer, officiated the solidarity[…]

6 hurt as IED explodes in North Cotabato ALEOSAN, North Cotabato, Dec 29 (PNA) — Six persons were hurt when an improvised explosive device intended for an electric post went off at 10 p.m. Wednesday night, authorities said. Colonel Edgar delos Reyes, commander of the 34th Infantry Battalion, said the[…]

Cebu City VM assumes as acting mayor as Osmena goes on vacation to Japan CEBU CITY, Dec. 28 (PNA) — Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella on Wednesday assumed as the city’s acting mayor after Mayor Tomas Osmena and his family left Cebu Tuesday for a vacation in Japan. Labella[…]

Cebu City awarded trash hauling contract to firm with no trucks, says exec CEBU CITY, Dec. 28 (PNA) — The Cebu City Government has awarded the contract to haul the city’s garbage to the Jomara Konstruct Corporation, but the company has no ready trucks in Cebu City to haul the[…]

DA-11 starts bidding out 2017 programs and projects DAVAO CITY, Dec. 28 (PNA) — The regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) rolled out the bidding process for its 2017 programs and projects involving infrastructure and farm machineries. This was revealed by DA-11 Regional Director Ricardo Onate, who said[…]

34 hurt in Leyte town plaza blast By Elvie Roman Roa & Roel T. Amazona HILONGOS, Leyte, Dec. 29 (PNA) — At least 34 persons watching an amateur boxing bout were injured in an explosion at the town plaza here Wednesday night. Leyte police provincial director Supt. Franco Simborio said[…]

By Andrew Osborn and Orhan Coskun | MOSCOW/ANKARA Syria would be divided into informal zones of regional power influence and Bashar al-Assad would remain president for at least a few years under an outline deal between Russia, Turkey and Iran, sources say. Such a deal, which would allow regional autonomy[…]