Kontra Daya group sees conspiracy between Comelec and Smartmatic
SORSOGON CITY (23May2013) – The poll watchdog group Kontra Daya today said that it is not the alleged conspiracy between election watchdogs that is the problem but the “conspiracy between Comelec and Smartmatic in undermining the elections using taxpayer’s money.” The group made the statement in reaction…
4 Bicol governors reelected, 2 new comers added
By Manilyn Ugalde LEGAZPI CITY (23May2013/(PNA) — Four incumbent governors in Bicol have been reelected while two new faces, including that of a 23-year old-son of an outgoing governor, have been added to complete what has been called the Bicol Bloc. Incidentally, the composition of the new…
Search on for Russian mountaineer in distress at Mayon Volcano
LEGAZPI CITY (22May2013/PNA) – The Albay government sent two search and rescue teams on Wednesday morning to look for a foreign mountaineer who sent a message through his cellphone to a villager saying he got lost and broke his leg while climbing Mayon volcano. Albay Gov. Joey…
45 persons infected with AIDS in Albay
By Cherry N. Acabado GUINOBATAN, Albay, (21May2013/PNA) – Forty-five persons have been infected with acute immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Albay, a provincial legislator said over the weekend. “And Bicol is one of the seven AIDS-infected regions in the Philippines,” Board Member Herbert Borja, co-chairperson of the Albay…
K-to-12 won’t solve high unemployment among ‘educated workers’
Latest official figures show that in 2012, almost eight out of 10 unemployed are high-school or college-educated. SORSOGON CITY (21-May-2013) – Government’s recent pronouncement that the growing number of unemployment among educated workers is a result of jobs-skills mismatch does not address the reasons behind job scarcity…
Elections 2013: Public exercise, private process
IBON FEATURES/ COMMENTARY | 16 May 2013 | The state has become captive of a private firm by allowing it to…
No coaching please and other no no’s.
OPINION: Marginal Note Felix ‘Boy’ Espineda, Jr. The scene is a bit confusing, first the sitting arrangement, then, the coaching incident.…
