GroundReport Recognition Awards December 2012 | Part Five
Region: Philippines
Ground Report is continuing its Recognition Awards, highlighting the very best articles from December 2012. This is the final article this month that represents the highest quality journalism. Each winner receives a ... more
Views: 694OFW group wants President Aquino III to tackle and act on people’s issues
Region: Saudi ArabiaAL-KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - On the eve of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III delivers his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA), an activist overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) group today demanded him to seriously dea... more
Views: 799Philippines: Chief Justice Impeachment Ombudsman AMLC shows US$30 Million unexplained transactions
Region: Philippines
Manila - Months after the start of a Impeachment trial and just into the first week of the defense of Impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona a series of accounts presented in open public trial from a investigation of the Ph... more
Views: 1608Philippines: 3 dead in AFP-NPA firefight in Canlaon City Negros Oriental
Region: PhilippinesThe Philippine Army's says a five minute firefight broke out between elements of the 11th Battalion 3rd Division of the Philippine Army in a counter insurgency operation. "One soldier and two New People’s Army (NPA) ... more
Views: 1481Philippine-China Crisis: PRC hardliners threaten WAR OPTION
Region: Philippines
On the day of a major protest, organized by various groups in the Philippines, and to be repeated across the globe by overseas Filipino workers; albeit downplayed by government here - China's top military... more
Views: 2081Philippines: National Pres Club, Journalist Union, defend Mon Tulfo press rights
Region: Philippines
Manila: In a strongly worded statement the national union of journalists of the Philippines defended the right of columnist and broadcaster Ramon Tulfo, to take photograpghs in a public place of a irate actress screaming a... more
Views: 1186Philippines: Journalist Tulfo beaten at airport by Actor and Actress couple
Region: Philippines
Manila - Eyewitnesses say, Ramon Tulfo, one of the Philippines most popular newspaper columnists and top rated broadcast journalist known for his hard hitting popular On-Target opinion column was the victim of beating by a... more
Views: 3330Philippines: Territorial Battalion program produces first localized Active-Reservist Army unit
Region: Philippines
Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City—The 24th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army’s (PA) 7th Infantry Division successfully passed the evaluation and impressed the members of the PA’s Technical Working Group... more
Views: 1309Philippines: Typhoon warning system beefed up with new Doppler radar station
Region: Philippines
President Benigno S. Aquino III inaugurated Wednesday the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (Pagasa) new radar tower station in Catanduanes. He also inspected the newly d... more
Views: 938Philippines: Labor Day peldges by Aquino gov't for workers
Region: PhilippinesPresident Benigno S. Aquino III laid down on May 1, Labor Day, the government’s battle plan to address unemployment, underemployment and other labor issues. In his speech keynoting the 110th Labor Day Celebration in... more
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