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                    [Title] => MV ST Thomas Aquinas Mass burial ceremony all set
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                    [Title] => Cold front causes P112M damage in Mindanao
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The amount of property damaged by floods spawned by the tail end of a cold front has swelled to almost P112 million, an official said Friday.

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DAVAO CITY — Several towns in Southern Mindanao have been flooded, displacing hundreds of families, following days of incessant rains this week.


Echoing the advice of weather forecasters, the Office of Civil Defense in Region 11 warned of possible landslides in certain areas amid heavy rains attributed to an intertropical convergence zone prevailing over the Visayas and Mindanao.


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BUTUAN CITY — Butuan City Rep. Leovigildo Banaag and Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay Jr. are pushing for the immediate start of the much awaited Mindanao Railway System project, saying that cheap means of transportation for the people and goods in Mindanao will spur economic development and progress of the country’s second largest island.


Banaag, chairman of the House committee on Natural Resources, said the railway system for Mindanao can provide fast and cheap transportation of goods from the island’s produce.


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Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes said the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) team will conduct the geo-hazard assessment in 600 areas identified as critical in the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur.


He said the team is expected to finish its geo-hazard assessment in the region by July 19.


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                    [Title] => 22 hurt in Digos bus explosion
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The bus, with 21 passengers on board, had just arrived in Digos when the blast rocked the back portion of the vehicle, said bus conductor Mike Bangcot.


The explosion came two days after a bomb blast at a grocery store in Sulu killed five people and wounded 20 others. 


Sulu authorities blamed the blast on suspected al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf rebels. 


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Echoing the advice of weather forecasters, the Office of Civil Defense in Region 11 warned of possible landslides in certain areas amid heavy rains attributed to an intertropical convergence zone prevailing over the Visayas and Mindanao.


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The explosion came two days after a bomb blast at a grocery store in Sulu killed five people and wounded 20 others. 


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MV ST Thomas Aquinas Mass burial ceremony all set

By Jessa Agua | September 21, 2013 - 12:00am

Preparations for the mass burial ceremony this September 25 for the remaining unidentified fatalities of the ill-fated MV St. Thomas Aquinas are already in place.

Cebu News

Cold front causes P112M damage in Mindanao

By Alexis Romero | January 25, 2013 - 3:42pm

The amount of property damaged by floods spawned by the tail end of a cold front has swelled to almost P112 million, an official said Friday.

Nation

Floods hit Southern Mindanao towns

January 12, 2007 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — Several towns in Southern Mindanao have been flooded, displacing hundreds of families, following days of incessant rains this week. Echoing the advice of weather forecasters, the Office of...

Nation

Mindanao Railway System pushed

By Ben Serrano | August 9, 2006 - 12:00am

BUTUAN CITY — Butuan City Rep. Leovigildo Banaag and Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay Jr. are pushing for the immediate start of the much awaited Mindanao Railway System project, saying that cheap...

Nation

DENR sends geo-hazard assessment team to Caraga

June 24, 2006 - 12:00am

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has sent a team of 25 geologists to Caraga to conduct a geo-hazard assessment and eventually produce a 1:50,000-scale geo-hazard map of the region. Environment...

Nation

22 hurt in Digos bus explosion

By Ben Serrano | March 30, 2006 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY— An explosion ripped through a bus inside a terminal in Digos City before noon yesterday, slightly wounding at least 22 passengers and food vendors, police said. The bus, with 21 passengers on board,...

Nation

"Pier finished, ships no more!"

By Aven Piramide | October 30, 2005 - 12:00am

Chances are high that when officials of local government units assemble for development rather than political purposes, they will talk about an infrastructure project that turned embarrassing. It is the story...

Freeman Opinion

Gold in Mindanao

By Tingting Cojuangco | October 2, 2005 - 12:00am

We found the king in his palace sitting on the ground upon a palm-leaf mat… He had around his neck a golden chain of great value and, as earrings, two gold rings with precious stones... The queen was wearing...

Sunday Lifestyle