Trillanes statement on Makati stand-off: Gloria o pagbabago

Typhoon Mina updates

At 2 a.m. today, the eye of Typhoon “MINA” was located based on radar, satellite and surface data at 150 kms North Northeast of Virac, Catanduanes or 320 kms Southeast of Casiguran, Aurora (15.1
°N, 125.0°E) with maximum sustained winds of 160 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. It is forecast [...]

Typhoon spares Bicol

What was feared to be “supertyphoon MINA” changed course early Saturday and veered toward the provinces of Aurora and Quezon, appearing to have spared the Bicol region.
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USS Peleliu’s Pacific Partnership: U.S. Navy Builds Houses in Bicol Region

More than 50 U.S. Navy personnel are working at the Honest Anislag Transition Center in Bicol Region to build homes for families left homeless by the 2006 typhoons.
Through Pacific Partnership, a four-month goodwill mission undertaken by the USS Peleliu (LHA 5), the U.S. Navy is working with Armed Forces of the Philippines engineers to build [...]

U.S. Navy Tackles Flood Control in Bicol Region During USS Peleliu’s Visit

U.S. Navy Seabees and Sailors joined partners from the Armed forces of the Philippines to begin clearing thousands of tons of dirt and debris from a portion of the Tagas River in Tabaco City, Bicol Region.

Why are Filipinos killing each other?

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo
Sunday, June 17, 2007

Many Filipinos wonder why over 800 political activists who are obviously non-combatants are being killed. Many ask themselves these questions:

Think-thank questions quality of new jobs in April labor survey-Ibon

Over half of the new jobs reported as of April 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS) are low in quality and merely reflect how dire the country’s employment situation has become, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.