Lockdown shutters 700 Luzon factories

Kimmy Baraoidan, Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 03/21/2020

SAN PEDRO CITY—Uncertainty is hanging over the heads of tens of thousands of minimum wage workers in hundreds of factories producing car parts, electronics, and other industrial and consumer goods in Luzon, which have suspended operations due…

Strangers rally behind San Juan hostagetaker

Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 03/11/2020

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — By an interesting twist of fate, strangers have offered support for Alchie Paray, a disgruntled security guard who is facing a string of criminal charges in court after taking dozens hostage…

Taal evacuation linked to swine virus spread

Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 02/26/2020

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — People fleeing from the steam-driven eruption of Taal Volcano may have contributed to the spread of the African swine fever (ASF), a viral animal infection, in Batangas province. Batangas, recently devastated…

‘Golden Rice’ gets safety approval in PH

Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 12/20/2019

SAN PEDRO CITY—The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Plant Industry has approved the biosafety permit of “Golden Rice,” putting the genetically engineered rice variety a step closer to commercial production in the Philippines. Golden Rice was…

2 men found dead inside abandoned white van in Cavite

Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 12/14/2019

SAN PEDRO CITY –– Two men were found dead inside a van abandoned in a vacant lot in Noveleta town in Cavite province. Cavite police director Col. Marlon Santos, in a text message Saturday, said the bodies…

What PH fishers got after Chinese apology

Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 09/29/2019

  SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — A month after they received an apology, the fishermen from Mindoro province who were put out of work after a Chinese trawler rammed and damaged their fishing boat in the…

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