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Weather Bulletin

Issued At: 5:00 p.m., 23 November 2009

  At 4:00 p.m. today, Tropical Depression "URDUJA" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 170 kms East of Surigao City (9.7°N, 127.1°E) with maximum winds of 55 kph near the center. It is forecast to move West Northwest slowly. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern Luzon.

Metro Manila

Partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers
23°C to 32°C
Moderate to Strong:
Northeast
Manila Bay:
Moderate to Rough

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Bacolod Local News

PM rallies vs Ceneco exec

MEMBERS of the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) Negros staged a protest rally Sunday against Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) president Sulpicio Lagarde Jr., said PM chairperson Teofilo N.


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MoNoPa 2010 slate launched

THE MoNoPa tandem with its 12 aspirant councilors on Sunday launched their official slate at the Bacolod Pavillion Hotel, in Bacolod City under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party for the May 2010 polls.


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Farmers seek probe on judge, Arroyo lands

FARMERS of Hacienda Bacan in Negros Occidental have asked the Supreme Court to investigate the injunction order issued last July 20 by the against the registration of their certificate of land ownersh


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DA confirms ‘super crops’ entry to Negros

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) confirms genetically-modified (GM) crops or ‘superior crops’ that could survive the worst impacts of climate change for the farmers’ benefit, to be used in Neg


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Newbie bares poll bid in 3rd district

POLITICAL neophyte Ted Victor Lizares-Jimenez declared on Sunday his running for congress in the third district of Negros Occidental with wife Betina at their ancestral mansion house in Bacolod City.


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Group seeks COA clarification on Basoc ‘scam’

THE Save Bacolod Movement (SBM) has sought the clarification of the Commission on Audit on the liquidation report of Representative Monico Puentevella, which expires its 45-day extension on November 1


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‘Vintage’ bomb found, grenade surrendered

A HACIENDA worker accidentally found an old bomb inside a sugarcane field on November 20 in Barangay Alicante in EB Magalona town, Negros Occidental, a police report said.


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Negros: Philippines’ retirement haven

Talisay City — The Philippines is forecasted to be a fast emerging haven for foreign retirees in Asia, which according to the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA), will be achieved in the next five years


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NP, KBL seal party coalition

THE Nacionalista Party (NP) of Senator Manny Villar and the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) of Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.


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Inside job eyed at market robbery

BACOLOD City Police Office (BCPO) chief Celestino Guara said the robbery at the Sunves Marketing on Friday could be an inside job.


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Group warns vs ‘criminal politicians’

ENVIRONMENTAL group Green Alert Negros (GAN) Friday warned Negrenses against supporting politicians who have previously abused the environment.


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City’s traffic aids all set for Christmas season

The Bacolod City government expects heavy traffic for this Christmas season, especially in December at the downtown area, Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson said Friday.


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Arroyo leads party 'unity call'


NEGROS Occidental officials who are Lakas-Kampi-CMD members joined Thursday President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for the official declaration of defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. as the party's standard-bearer.


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Transport group expresses alarm

UNITED Negros Drivers and Operators Center (Undoc) secretary-general Jessie Ortega expressed alarm Thursday that transport sector could also be affected if oil price hikes now hounding Manila continue


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Farmers urge DAR to resolve land case

NEGROS Occidental farmers urged the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) "to act with dispatch" in resolving the land dispute in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac.


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