PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — ADMINISTRATION candidates have some catching up to do as they again got low ratings in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. Sen. Manny Villar topped the survey, with…
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DOLE defends GMA job-generation promise
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — CONTRARY to claims of some lawmakers that the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is full of empty promises, the Department of Labor and Employment maintained that the President…
More Pinoys in Afghan plane crash?
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — VICE President and Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment chairman Noli De Castro yesterday ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs to verify reports that three Filipino workers remained confined…
POC says 30 gold medals attainable
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco remains optimistic that when counted upon, Filipino athletes will deliver the gold medals come the 25th Southeast Asian Games in…
Ping shrugs off Dumlao arrival
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — SENATOR Panfilo “Ping” Lacson is not afraid of the arrival of former police colonel Glen Dumlao; instead he considers this as a welcome development to shed light to…
Teodoro joins Lakas-Kampi
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro begins his quest of the presidency in earnest Friday, formally joining the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD in a generational political shift pregnant with promise and…
Ex-DND Sec. Cruz slammed
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — Speaker Prospero Nograles and administration solons yesterday ganged up on former Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz for saying that allies of President Macapagal-Arroyo are behind plans to extend her…
GMA order ceasefire with MILF
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — Resolved to get the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front going, President Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered the suspension of military operations in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao. In…
Red Hot Boracay Getaway
This year, together with ZestAir – Asia’s Most Refreshing Airline, Patio Pacific offers its Red Hot Boracay Getaway promo package for as low as Php 6,500 per person (based on quadruple sharing)….
Facebook Game ‘Brain Buddies’: 1 Million Users in Three Weeks
– 100,000 new users per day – 30 million minutes played already – Most international Facebook Game with users from 208 countries – Four new mini games in the works Berlin, 24….
The priest who will not be president
Call this prophecy, heresy if you will. Or goes the line from Fr. Panlilio – “After a period of discernment, I said God is calling me to run for the presidency” –…
‘Idealism vs. realism’ – case of Fr. Panlilio
Today – 20 July 2009 – historically enough, is ‘one of mankind’s great moments in time’. Why? Neil Armstrong had this said to some 600 million people on worldwide TV when he…
No August Moon
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — AMID reports of Oplan August Moon allegedly designed to perpetuate President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2010 by placing generals loyal to her in key military and police positions, members…
It’s final: Iron fist not amnesty for Abu Sayyaf — Palace
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — IT’S final. The government will wage an all-out war on the Abu Sayyaf Group not offer the bandits amnesty. Malacañang arrived at this decision amid the barrage of…
Enrile to help housemaids
PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — After tackling the problem of the ordinary cellphone users victimized by “vanishing loads,” Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is now setting his sight on abused or maltreated housemaids…