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CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga - The government has decided to proceed with a $13.1-million Italian contract that would supply the Armed Forces of the Philippines with 18 new training planes by yearend.
The contract of Italian aircraft manufacturer Alenia Aermacchi S.p.A was approved in 2008, but the firm began assembling SF-260 planes only late last year due to undisclosed complications.
DAVAO CITY – Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Manny Villar has admitted that he deliberately skipped the March 9 presidential forum hosted by religious group leader Apollo Quiboloy here but did not publicly say why.
Villar said he was in the city while the forum, which he had earlier committed to attend, was being held.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — No foreigner will be allowed to join the reenactment of the crucifixion rites in Pampanga on Good Friday, a local official said.
Councilor Jimmy Lazatin, co-chair of the Maleldo (Holy Week) committee that is in charge of the Lenten activities here, said participants to the yearly crucifixion drama will be limited to the local faithful to keep its solemnity.
DAVAO CITY - A new Philippine eagle was hatched Sunday at the breeding facility of the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) in Malagos in Calinan district.
Dennis Salvador, PEF program director, said on Tuesday the eaglet weighed 137.5 grams.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:01 )
Read more...SAN ISIDRO, NUEVA ECIJA - Young teacher Maritess Mendoza has 90 students, aged between 13 and 64 years, in nine villages in San Isidro town in Nueva Ecija. She travels every week to meet them and deliver fresh lessons about math, society and life.
Her classrooms are often barangay halls or the shade of a mango tree, but Mendoza said she does not pay much heed to these little difficulties.
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