Of beer and a Ferrari

sent by good friend Ding Bagasao

Woman: Do you drink beer?
Man: Yes
Woman: How many bottles of beer a day?
Man: Usually about 3 bottles

News: No damages in Mindanao quake –NDRRMC

[Unpublished]
Feb 17 for Feb 18, 2013
Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter
for BusinessMirror newspaper

A MAGNITUDE 6.2 earthquake recorded in Mindanao Saturday [Feb. 16] afternoon by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) caused no damages, an official said.

News: Afp says civilian wounded in Samar ‘encounter’

Photo from Phil. Web Revolution Central.

[Unpublished]

Feb 17 for Feb 18, 2013

Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter

for BusinessMirror newspaper

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines said a civilian was wounded in an “encounter” last Tuesday [Feb. 12] between government troops and para-military forces in a village in Samar.

Group wants troops to stay out of Quezon

Farmers rally calling for sectoral unity.
Photo courtesy of Kasama-TK.

[Unpublished]

Mon for Tue / Feb 11 for Feb 12, 2013

Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter, BusinessMirror

HUMAN rights advocates expressed worries about the announcement of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that it’s moving troops in the Bondoc Peninsula.

AFP official say control access points vs. small ASG units

Col. De Leon.
Photo from Phil. Navy website.

[Unpublished]

Sun for Mon / Feb 10 for Feb 11, 2013

Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter

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ENTRY and exit points in an area where negotiations for the release of a kidnapped Jordanian led to a violent clash February 3 are controlled, an AFP official said.

Army starts building disaster response warehouses

[Unpublished] 

Sun for Mon / Feb 10 for Feb 11, 2013

Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter

Photo by: Courtesy of Philippine Army

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THE Philippine Army began on Friday its plans to build warehouses in key areas of the country for disaster response initiatives.

News: Five dead in Pililla, Rizal

Workers in construction are
among those whose lives are
at high-risk. Photo by D. Estopace

NDRRMC Report: Collapse of scaffolding at Salcon Power Corp. in Pililla, Rizal

ON or about 1500H of Feb. 03 , a 70-foot high scaffolding collapsed in a thermal plant of the Solcon Power Corp., located in Barangay Malaya, Pililla, Rizal.

News: DND gets 2 offers in open bidding for UH-1 choppers

[Unpublished]
Thu for Fri / Jan 31 for Feb 01, 2013
ritten by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter
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OFFERS of an American and an Israeli firm for the purchase of 21 UH-1 helicopters were accepted by the Department of National Defense on Thursday.

News: DND finalizing shopping list for AFP modernization

[Unpublished]

Wed for Thu / Jan 30 for Jan 31, 2013

Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter

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THE Department of National Defense said it is finalizing the list of assets planned for procurement under the new AFP Modernization Plan.