Farmers recall gentler Mike Arroyo (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines Farmers of Hacienda Bacan in Negros Occidental, owned by the family of Juan Miguel Mike Arroyo, remember the good old days of relative calm in the hacienda. Those were in the 1980s.
Arroyo greets 2009 in ‘private’ dinner, mass with kin (GMA News)
MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo welcomed the New Year in a relatively quiet manner with close relatives and friends at the Mansion House in Baguio City.
Arroyo tells Philippines to batten down for stormy 2009 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Wednesday urged the country to pull together to weather ongoing economic “storms” from a global financial crisis that has likely stifled its growth.
1 killed, 4 hurt in gun attack in Manila (GMA News)
MANILA, Philippines – A man was killed while four relatives were injured after a group of men attacked them in Manila’s Sta. Ana district early Thursday.
Dabawenyos hopeful, but wary about 2009 (Sun Star)
DABAWENYOS are full of hope that year 2009 would usher in more prosperity for the region despite the world economic crunch that is expected to hit Philippines this year.
Seven laid-off Filipino workers get their dues (The Peninsula)
DOHA: The seven laid-off Filipino workers have been given their back wages, and one-way air tickets for the Philippines will be handed over to them in the first week of January, one of the affected workers said.
USGS: Magnitude-5.4 quake rocks Mindanao (GMA News)
MANILA, Philippines – A magnitude-5.4 quake rocked parts of Mindanao near General Santos City Wednesday night, but no casualty or damage was initially reported.
Would-be bomber dies in S. Kudarat blast (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A suspected bomb courier was killed while a police officer was wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near a police outpost in Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, the military said.
Captive military officer may be released within 2 days – Army (GMA News)
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Army on Wednesday expressed optimism that communist rebels will release within the next two days a Special Forces officer who was held captive since November after a fierce clash in Compostela Valley province.
Bombs kill 1, injure 4 in Mindanao (Yehey!)
By Al Jacinto, Correspondent ZAMBOANGA CITY: One person was killed and four others were wounded in separate bomb explosions in southern Philippines late Tuesday, officials said Wednesday.
