PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Supreme Court ruled that US Marine Daniel Smith, who was convicted of raping a Filipina, cannot legally continue to be detained at the United States embassy and…
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Deposition for FG
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Senate is poised to subject First Gentleman Juan Miguel “Mike” Arroyo to a deposition process to answer allegations that he demanded commissions from contractors of World Bank-funded…
Senate, WB clash over report looms
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Senate and the World Bank are on collision course over the latter’s report accusing some Filipino contractors and prominent names of being involved in “collusion” and “corrupt…
Brodett opens bank accounts
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE father of one of the so-called Alabang Boys yesterday agreed to open his bank accounts to the independent panel that is investigating the drug case involving scions…
FG to accusers: Prove it in court
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FIRST Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo yesterday challenged his accusers to file the appropriate charges against him in the proper forum if they have the evidence to prove his…
That Senate hearing
That Senate hearing That Senate hearing must have been uncharacteristically unlike all such hearings held before it in that the chair presiding gave a long-drawn lecture that in effect, has set the…
Is the WB report a corruption index?
Is WB report a corruption index? There is more than meets the eyes in the controversial WB report reduced as it is now as the butt of contention in congressional hearings of…
Teenage Pregnancy: Our Fault or Their Fault?
“HUMAYO KAYO AT MAGPAKARAMI!!” GOD says to NOAH after the great flood.What does HE really means to that word?Does He mean to multiply in flesh or spread people’s faith. That quote from…
Ping link FG to WB blacklist
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FIRST Gentleman Mike Arroyo and a former senator allegedly employed “rough approach” in asking bribes from a Japanese contractor, according to the World Bank report blacklisting three contractors…
Manny is PSA Top Athlete
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ANG mga panalo sa tatlong magkakaibang weight classes, kabilang ang dalawang title conquest at isang dominant showing laban sa isa sa boxing’s all-time greats. Ang lahat ng ito…
Drug users in RP drop by 70% — DDB
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE government’s fight against illegal drugs has so far been effective after the number of drug users in the country dropped by at least 70 percent compared to…
Pull us out, ICRC workers plead
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE three members of the International Committee of the Red Cross kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists last month yesterday appealed to the government to exhaust all peaceful…
Santiago admits no direct knowledge of bribery at DoJ
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Dionisio Santiago yesterday exonerated senior Justice Department officials from charges of bribery, admitting that he had no evidence or direct knowledge that…
GMA falls out of grace
GMA falls out of grace Not few, however frustrated, would rather think GMA be let to finish her term up until 2010 – the more peace-loving of the pack. But that worldview…
First Gentleman
First Gentleman RP has never had a First Gentleman in her long history until one day, GMA was catapulted to power by People Power 2, sworn in by no less than the…