SEN. Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday denied allegations of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV that he is behind an supposed plot to oust Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III so he could replace him. “It’s a figment of the imagination of Sen. Trillanes. I don’t have any plans to get the leadership,” Cayetano ...

Ian Alfredo Magno WHAT could be a better form of education regarding the harsh effects of climate change than greeting its muddy envoy stealthily soaking that cozy couch in your very own living room? Such was the lesson Kagay-anon folks learned (again), whose houses were vandalized by flashfloods laden with dirt, ...

Bencyrus Ellorin CAGAYAN de Oro City is flood-prone. This is primarily due to its topography; it is located below the Bukidnon plateau and its main river system, the Cagayan River, has headwaters coming from Mindanao’s second and third highest mountains, the Kitanglad and Kalatungan. Around a fifth of the city’s ...

Zamboanga del Sur Gov. Antonio H. Cerilles is scheduled to welcome guests and participants in the upcoming National Schools Press Conference(NSPC) with the theme “Strengthening Freedom of Information through Campus Journalism” come Jan. 22 at  Megayon, Dao, Pagadian City which expects more or less 5,000 participants nationwide  including visitors and  ...

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TWO public elementary schools here have declared suspension of classes for a week after both schools incurred heavy damages recently. Both elementary schools suffered major damages after it was flooded with muds, rocks and other debris on Monday due to the heavy downpour caused by a Low Pressure Area (LPA) ...

February is PhilHealth Day. Councilor Maria Lour-des Gaane and members of the City Council committee on health and sanitation and health insurance, supported the declaration of Feb. 14 as PhilHealth Day. During its meeting, Marlon Arrabaca of Philhealth Regional Office 10 said every February of the year PhilHealth celebrates National ...

By SHIELA MAE BUTLIG Correspondent and BING TENORIO GSD-Bukidnon Bureau chief MORE evacuations here and other Mindanao areas were reported yesterday as continuous rains caused rivers, lakes and creeks to swell and spawned floodings. Bad weather made people edgy, prompting  some schools to call off classes. Here, many workers opted ...

By NITZ ARANCON and LITO RULONA Correspondents SENATE President Aquilino Pimentel III yesterday supported the call for an investigation into the Bitan-ag bridge project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) even as he said he would bring the matter to the attention of Public Works Secretary Mark ...

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has implemented a price freeze on all basic commodities here for at least 60 days. DTI director for Misamis Oriental Ma. Eliza Pabillore said the price freeze is based on City Council Resolution no. 12561-2017 that declared Cagayan de Oro under a state ...