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PEDC UNVEILS GREEN PROJECTS |
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Mangroves,
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PEDC UNVEILS GREEN PROJECTS |
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By Francis Allan L. Angelo
AN independent power producer in Iloilo City will establish a mangrove farm and mini-forest around its 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant to promote not just environmental protection but tourism as well.
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MOA SIGNING
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas (2nd from left) and DENR Regional Director Julian Amador (2nd from right) with MMT members and GBPC-PEDC officials during the MOA signing on the MMT, environmental guarantee fund and environmental monitoring fund. (Photo courtesy of GBPC-PEDC)
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Villar surges in Visayas
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
NACIONALISTA Party standard bearer, Senator Manuel Villar continues to strengthen his foothold in the Visayas, particularly in the city and province of Iloilo.
Latest poll survey conducted by Social Weather stations for BusinessWorld for the period February 24-28 showed Villar with an improved voting preference in Visayas of 37%.
Compared to previous SWS-BusinessWorld surveys, Villar’s latest rating in Visayas was a big jump from 27% in the December 5-10, 2009 survey period and 32% in the January 21-24, 2010 period.
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ONE VISAYAS
All three regions in Visayas – Western, Central and Eastern – will converge in Roxas City, Capiz starting today for "One Visayas" cultural and arts festival. Stake holders in arts, culture and tourism will converge for this four-day event that celebrates the uniqueness of the three regions of Central Philippines. (Photo by Tara Yap)
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Kidnapped Tsinoy now out of Negros Occidental? |
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Kidnapped Tsinoy now
out of Negros Occidental?
By Francis Allan L. Angelo
POLICE in Negros Occidental said the businessman who was abducted in Bago City last week may not be in the province anymore.
C/Insp. Jefferson Descallar, spokesman of the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO), said the silver-grey Toyota Grandia used in the kidnapping of Jordan Chua was seen in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The Grandia served as the getaway car of four armed suspects who snatched Chua at Brgy. Dulao, Bago City March 5.
The police earlier said that the kidnappers may have escaped towards the town of Don Salvador Benedicto which is a possible exit point towards Negros Oriental and Cebu provinces.
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AAWV’s officers: Secretary Valerie Maravilla,
