PNP chief admits crowd control by police ‘not perfect’

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine National Police (PNP) Director-General Jesus Versoza admitted that they have not fully perfected crowd control in hostage crisis situations. During the hearing of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) on the tragic hostage-taking incident last August 23, Versoza said the command center…

New CHR head assumes office

MANILA, Philippines – Former Akbayan Representative Loretta Rosales formally took over as…

Manila begins hostage crisis probe

Authorities in the Philippines have

Rising temperature may bring down rice production

Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, Sep 2, DHNS: Thursday, September 02, 2010 –> Rice production in vast tracts of India may decline in the coming years because of a steady rise in average minimum temperature.

H.K. legislature calls for justice in Philippines hostage crisis+

HONG KONG, Sept.

Asian Development Bank to help keep Philippine kids in school

SLEx traffic southbound lane still slow after 8-vehicle smashup

MANILA, Philippines – Traffic volume remained moderate to heavy along the southbound direction of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), hours after an eight-vehicle smashup early morning Thursday,…

Kidnappers allow Muslim trader to phone wife—police

PARANG, Maguindanao, Philippines – The group that kidnapped a Muslim trader in Marawi City on Tuesday morning allowed their captive to phone his wife, police authorities said on Thursday.

Meralco seeks P18B in under recoveries

BY JOHN POQUIZ Manila Electric Co., the country’s largest power distribution company, has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to allow it to raise rates by 35 percent in the next five years to P1.90 per kilowatt-hour.

Education budget hiked to P175B

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang is proposing to increase the 2011 budget for education by P32.3 billion to P175 billion even as it ordered agencies and departments to refrain from lobbying Congress for bigger allocations.

Meralco seeks rate hike starting 2011

MANILA ELECTRIC Co.

Judge defers trial of Philippine massacre suspects

Manila – A Philippine judge on Wednesday delayed the resumption of the trial of a mayor and his co-accused for the massacre of 57 people last year. Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes said the adjournment would allow the court to address motions from the counsel representing the suspects in the murders committed in…

SSS urged to recover millions of pesos from ex-officials

MANILA, Philippines – The Social Security System (SSS) has been urged by a senator to recover the millions of pesos that its former commissioners have allegedly pocketed from various private corporations.

Health chief: Give couples right to choose contraception mode

MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Enrique Ona has expressed support for a provision in the reproductive health bill that calls for giving couples access to information…

DOE eyes system for proper disposal of light bulbs with mercury

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Energy is planning to issue rules and regulations as well as a system to ensure the proper disposal of compact fluorescent lamps that contain the hazardous chemical mercury. ‘True, we have switched from inefficient incandescent bulbs to efficient lighting systems such CFLs. But it comes with a price—mercury is an integral component of CFLs

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