Leaving RP made easier

Arroyo OKs move to bring POEA closer to Cagayan Valley
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved the establishment of a satellite office of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Cagayan Valley, Catholic Bishop Ramon Villena said Friday.
Villena, who heads the regional development council (RDC) of Cagayan Valley, said Arroyo, over lunch [...]

Squeeze for a foreign firm

Gov’t launches crackdown vs N. Vizcaya small miners
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya–Government has stepped up its campaign against illegal mining in the province by launching a crackdown against small-scale miners in an upland village in Kasibu town, to make way for the entry of an foreign firm that is trying to start large-scale mining operations there.
Clarence Baguilat, [...]