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INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Assistant prosecutor shot in Cebu
CEBU CITY, Philippines—One of two motorcycle-riding gunmen shot at a Cebu City assistant prosecutor in the village of Mambaling here Tuesday afternoon, police said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » PNP finds lapses in Pañaque shootout
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine National Police on Tuesday found nine officers of the PNP Highway Patrol Group administratively liable for operational lapses in the December 5 Parañaque shootout. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Freed soldier says NPA did not hurt him
LORETO, Agusan del Sur, Philippines—He emerged wearing a white shirt, the color of which was a perfect contrast to the black ones worn by his captors. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » House executive session for PDEA agent
MANILA, Philippines — The committee at the House of Representatives investigating the controversial drug case against three suspects from prominent families held an executive session to allow an anti-narcotics agent to reveal more about the case. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Communist rebels free Army officer
GENERAL SANTOS—(UPDATE 3) After almost two months in captivity, a Special Forces Army officer was finally released by the New People’s Army before noon Tuesday, a police official said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » ‘Auring’ weakens into low pressure area
MANILA, Philippines—Tropical depression "Auring" is still hanging around the country but has weakened into a low-pressure area, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Tuesday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Arab leader to meet with Bush on Gaza
MANILA, Philippines—League of Arab States Secretary General Amre Moussa is planning to see United States President George W. Bush Tuesday (Washington time) to convince him to help stop the violence in Gaza. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Bacolod hospital official reinstated
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines—(UPDATE) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has ordered the reinstatement of Dr. Benito Bionat as chief of the medical professional staff of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Kuwait needs 12,000 OFWs–labor attache
MANILA, Philippines –As the ongoing financial crisis continues to take its toll on jobs in many parts of the world, oil-rich Kuwait is going to need 12,000 overseas Filipino workers, Philippine labor attaché to the Middle East country Josephus Jimenez said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Shutdown of Cebu factory questioned
MANILA, Philippines—Workers of a Cebu-based furniture company that filed for a temporary shutdown are pressing the Department of Labor and Employment to order the company — Giardini del Sole — to let them go back to work. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Arroyo OKs 1 million emergency jobs
MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved the generation of one million emergency jobs in the first half of 2009 as part of government's efforts to cushion the impact of the global economic crisis on the country, Malacañang officials said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Chinese drowns at Sorsogon beach
SORSOGON CITY, Philippines—A Chinese national died from drowning in a beach resort in Sta. Magdalena town Tuesday morning, according to a report of the Sorsogon Provincial Police Office here. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » US firm to open call center in SM North
MANILA, Philippines – Stream Global Services will open its first call center in the country in the newly renovated SM North in Quezon City. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Russia returns euros to PNP
MANILA, Philippines — The Russian “brod” [in the Freemasonry] who assisted retired comptroller Eliseo dela Paz on the issue involving millions of pesos worth of undeclared euros is in the country to formally transfer the confiscated euros to the Philippine National Police (PNP) bank account. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Atlas ships first copper to China
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' second largest miner, Atlas Consolidated, has shipped its first copper concentrate to China at a whopping $7,600 per ton, or more than double current prices, a company official said on Tuesday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » EU help in Mindanao peace talks sought
MANILA, Philippines—A peace movement in Mindanao is pressing the European Union to facilitate talks between the government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Suspects’ lawyer admits drafting order
MANILA, Philippines — The lawyer for two of the three suspects in a controversial drug case has admitted that he drafted the release order and sent it to the Department of Justice. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Oil firms say P8 rollback impossible
MANILA, Philippines — While there may still be some room for pump price reductions this month, oil firms say an P8-a-liter across-the-board rollback is impossible. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Gov't to choose bond underwriters soon
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should soon choose underwriters for a sovereign bond it plans to issue early this year, National Treasurer Roberto Tan said Tuesday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » IRRI seeks to boost crop yields
MANILA, Philippines—International agriculture researchers and donors announced a plan Tuesday to substantially boost crop yields in South Asia and help farmers increase their income to avoid a repeat of last year's food crisis. [Link]
