Quirino health workers decry unpaid benefits
CABARROGUIS, Quirino–Health workers in this province are up in arms against the non-payment by the provincial government of their hazard pay, while denouncing local politicians for their supposed reckless spending of public funds.
The provincial chapter of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) here on Monday slammed the alleged apathy [...]
Miner buried alive at Aussie firm’s mine site
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya–An artisanal miner was killed after he was buried while inside a tunnel in the remote village of Didipio in upland Kasibu town, site of a proposed large-scale mining project by a foreign company.
Supt. Domingo Lucas, acting police director, said the victim, one Job [...]
N. Vizcaya, Quirino, Ifugao law studes blast GMA, join ‘resign’ calls
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya–Law students from this province and Ifugao have joined calls for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expressing exasperation over the “growing wanton acts of large-scale corruption” allegedly committed under her government.
Law students said the people have grown weary and frustrated, so [...]
