PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Senate Blue Ribbon Committee yesterday lodged criminal charges against former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante before the Department of Justice for repeatedly snubbing Congressional hearings and giving false…
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Gov’t offers fresh start for Reds, other dissidents
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The government claimed success over a new “social integration program” for members of armed dissident groups which was formally opened yesterday in Quezon province. Under the program, 30…
Palace raises alert vs Ebola virus
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to closely monitor the outbreak of the Ebola strain even as Malacanang raised…
Senators told: Don’t act as SC justices
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ADMINISTRATION lawmakers yesterday asked the 23 senators not to act as justices of the Supreme Court (SC) over the issue of Charter change (Cha-cha) while opposition congressmen predicted…
Child warriors appall UN
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE United Nations and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will start next year their talks on an action plan to stop the recruitment of children as soldiers. Radhika…
Thousands rail at Cha-cha
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THOUSANDS converged yesterday at the junction of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas in Makati as anti-Charter change forces came together for one of the biggest rallies against…
Paranaque shoot fest?
Paranaque shoot fest? The good news is that the special forces of the PNP has caught upon a dreaded criminal syndicate said to be responsible in bank heists in recent memory at…
NCEE revival junked
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus rejected the move to revive the defunct National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) pointing out that the current National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) for all…
For ‘delicadeza,’ JDV should resign from Lakas-CMD
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — WHILE the chairman of the House committee on ethics opposed any move to expel former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. from Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD), he believes that…
Erap to lead fight vs Cha-cha
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FORMER President Joseph Estrada vowed to lead the masses in opposing Charter change if supporters of President Macapagal-Arroyo amend the Constitution to perpetuate themselves in power. Estrada was…
Enrile will not support GMA term extension
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday said he will not support any move to extend the stay in office of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other elective officials beyond…
GMA-Velarde Cha-cha dialogue looms
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACANANG yesterday did not discount a dialogue between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her spiritual adviser El Shaddai founder and servant leader Bro. Mike Velarde in connection with the…
DepEd needs P600M for Internet in public schools
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Department of Education (DepEd) will need P600 million every year to connect all public high schools to the internet, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said yesterday. Lapus, however,…
Sad Xmas for Bolante
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FORMER Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante may spend Christmas at the Senate if the senators decide to hold him “indefinitely” for allegedly not telling the truth concerning his involvement…
MILF told: Spare kids from cruelties of war
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Philippine Army yesterday asked the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to kindly spare the women and children in their acts of terrorism, saying the 40-year-old Mindanao conflict…