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Richel Umel
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Five killed in Zamboanga landslides
by Richel Umel - August 15, 2006 - 12:00am
KAPATAGAN, Lanao del Norte — At least five persons were confirmed dead in a landslide brought about by flashfloods that hit seven coastal barangays in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur. The affected areas include...
Laguindingan airport relocation approved
by Richel Umel - August 9, 2006 - 12:00am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — President Arroyo recently approved Presidential Proclamation 1099, which provided a relocation site for residents previously occupying the site of the the Laguindingan International...
Kidnapped social worker freed in Lanao
by Richel Umel - July 12, 2006 - 12:00am
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte — A rural development worker who was abducted at 8 a.m. on Monday in the hinterlands of Munai was released by his captors early yesterday morning. Police sources identified the victim...
DepEd official shot dead in Pagadian
by Richel Umel - February 9, 2006 - 12:00am
PAGADIAN CITY — A Department of Education (DepEd) official in Region 9 was shot dead in his residence near the Zamboanga del Sur National High School early yesterday morning shortly before President Arroyo arrived...
Fire truck kills 3 in accident
by Richel Umel - December 19, 2005 - 12:00am
PAGADIAN CITY — Three people were killed and six others were injured after the driver of a fire truck lost control of the truck’s brakes Saturday morning, officials said. Senior Fire Officer 1 Juanito...
Mentally ill man manages to board plane in C. de Oro
by Richel Umel - December 12, 2005 - 12:00am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — In what authorities consider a serious lapse in security, a mentally ill man was able to board a Philippine Airlines (PAL) plane bound for Manila at the Lumbia airport here Saturday. Chief...
Killings of 17 Cebu journalists still unsolved
by Richel Umel - December 10, 2005 - 12:00am
The killings of 17 Cebu journalists since 1985 have remained unsolved, the president of the Sugbuanong Ko—mentarista Nagpakana (Cebu Concerned Commentators) told The STAR on the sidelines of the 10th National...
First death anniversary of Mindanao photog marked
by Richel Umel - November 13, 2005 - 12:00am
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte — Mindanao journalists commemorated in Davao City yesterday the first death anniversary of photojournalist Gene Boyd Lumawag who was gunned down in Jolo, Sulu. Lumawag, a photojournalist...
Reds apologize to kin of 3 slain civilians
by Richel Umel - October 15, 2005 - 12:00am
OZAMIZ CITY — Communist rebels have apologized to the families of the three civilian women who were killed when they ambushed men of the Reconnaissance Company of the Army’s 15th Infantry in Misamis Occidental...
8 killed in Misamis blast
by Richel Umel - October 11, 2005 - 12:00am
SAPANG DALAGA, Misamis Occidental — Five soldiers and three civilians were killed while four other soldiers were seriously wounded in a landmine blast at Sitio Kalunod on Sunday morning. The site of the blast...
Zambo vice mayor, 5 others slain in ambush
by Richel Umel - July 19, 2005 - 12:00am
DINAS, Zamboanga del Sur — Suspected Muslin insurgents shot dead Dinas Vice Mayor Abdulbasit Maulana and his five bodyguards in an ambush on Sunday afternoon in a coastal village of Tarakan, some 60 kilometers...
Southern Mindanao demands higher power generation
by Richel Umel - June 29, 2005 - 12:00am
ILIGAN CITY — Southen Mindanao is demanding higher power generation facility, according Dr. Allan Ortiz, President of the National Tansmission Corporation (Transco) in an exclusive interview with The STAR...
Abducted Cagayan de Oro trader freed
by Richel Umel - June 10, 2005 - 12:00am
Marawi City — After more than a month in captivity, a fish trader snatched in Cagayan de Oro City was finally freed unharmed in a remote village here before dawn yesterday. "It was a negotiated release...
Slain Dipolog City broadcaster laid to rest
by Richel Umel - May 21, 2005 - 12:00am
DIPOLOG CITY — Despite the heavy downpour, an estimated 2,000 media practitioners, mourners and symphatizers joined the burial of slain Dipolog City broadcaster Klein Cantoneros in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte...
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