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Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:05 PM PST

Typhoon-hit provinces, flooded
Philippine Information Agency
DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 21 (PIA): Widespread flooding occurred in the previously typhoon-hit provinces of Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental due to continuous rains since Friday night brought by the tail-end of the cold front.
Nonstop rain floods Davao, other areasInquirer.net (blog)
Cold front triggers floods in Davao areasPhilippine Star
Floods hit Davao City, Davao Oriental, ComVal as rains continueGMA News
Asian Correspondent -Minda News -Sun.Star
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Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:51 AM PST

The Atimonan encounter: Overwhelming firepower
Inquirer.net
The initial Philippine National Police fact-finding report on the encounter between government security forces and an alleged criminal gang on Jan. 6 at a police checkpoint in Atimonan, Quezon province, in which 13 people were killed, threw doubts on claims ...
Checkpoint cops face raps; Palace backs De LimaPhilippine Star
It's now a battle of credibilityMalaya
De Lima: No reason to doubt witnessesManila Standard Today
Business Mirror -Tempo
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Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST

Manila upbeat on signing of Mindanao peace pact
Gulf Today
MANILA: The chief government negotiator has expressed optimism the "sticky" issues on the Mindanao peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would be resolved soonest and could lead to the signing of a peace pact in February. Professor ...
Moro refugees, immigrants in Sabah should return, develop homeland — KurupThe Borneo Post
Peace pact with MILF still far off — GovtManila Standard Today
GPH, MILF peace panels return to KL to work on annexesMinda News
GMA News -New Straits Times -The Star Online
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Posted: 20 Jan 2013 04:41 PM PST

Cloudy skies, rainshowers expected in parts of PH–Pagasa
Inquirer.net (blog)
MANILA, Philippines – Light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms will continue in Mindanao due to an intertropical convergence zone, the state weather bureau said Monday. "Mindanao and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with light to moderate ...
Davao City suspends Monday classes due to expected rainGMA News
Cold weather to persist – PAGASATempo
Cold front persistsManila Standard Today

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Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:23 PM PST

500 urban poor dwellers protest QC gov't demolition plan
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - Around 500 urban poor dwellers on Monday staged a rally, protesting the Quezon City government's plan to demolish their communities to pave the way for the expansion of the Payatas dumpsite. Members of the groups Anakpawis ...
QC urban poor slams 'pocket demolitions,' expansion of Payatas dumpBusiness Mirror

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Posted: 20 Jan 2013 08:46 AM PST

Emulate Sto. Niño, Tagle Exhorts Faithful
Manila Bulletin
STO. NIÑO REPLICA BLESSING–Devotees hold their own replica images of the Sto. Niño outside the Sto. Niño Parish Church in Tondo, Manila, yesterday as they wait for the priest to bless them as part of the Sto. Niño fiesta celebration. (Linus G. Escandor II ...
Lim calls for peaceful observance of Sto. Niño feastABS CBN News
CBCP exec: Honor Santo Niño through ordinary acts of faithGMA News
Opinion ( Leaderboard Top ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1Philippine Star
Inquirer.net -Tempo
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