PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — VOTING 16-4, the Senate ratified late Wednesday night the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement which is seen to further improve trade relations between the two countries. Sen. Miriam…
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GSIS investments up 5 percent
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — EVEN in the face of the worst financial meltdown in the history of the United States, the global investment program of the Government Service Insurance System, which started…
‘Force oil firms to cut prices’
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACANANG was urged yesterday to compel oil companies to bring down the cost of their gasoline and diesel products by P5 more per liter after the National Economic…
Batasan bombing witness disappears
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — IKRAM Indama, the alleged Abu Sayyaf member-turned state witness in the November 2007 deadly Batasan Pambansa bombing, broke out of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group headquarters yesterday….
Almost but not enough for Paragua
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Almost but not enough for GM Mark Paragua of the Philippines. Paragua topped the preliminary round of the men’s blitz tournament but finished empty-handed in the four-team semifinal…
Meralco’s P3-M donation passed on to consumers
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Is Meralco’s reported P3-million donation to the UP College of Engineering connected in any way to its awarding Meralco president Jesus Francisco as its “Most Outstanding Alumnus” for…
Pacquiao, Dela Hoya start working
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE hype and hoopla now over, work begins for Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya as the two head out for their respective training camps in California….
Palace slams Hultmans over Teehankee release
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACANANG yesterday slammed the Hultmans in connection with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyos’ grant of clemency to Claudio Teehankee Jr. last Oct. 2. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said that Teehankee’s…
PAGCOR, LGUs not remitting withholding taxes
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ADMINISTRATION and opposition lawmakers have crossed party lines in condemning the illegal practice of government offices of not remitting to the Bureau of Internal Revenue the withholding taxes…
Joint voting on Cha-cha pressed
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A NEOPHYTE lawmaker has elevated the Charter change issue to the Supreme Court by filing a petition for certiorari. In his petition, Bohol Rep. Adam Relson Jala questioned…
Have a heart telcos — Gordon
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — INDEPENDENT Senator Richard Gordon yesterday called on telecommunication companies to “consider the national interest” as he reiterated his appeal for them not to hold back on a portion…
No bread price hike — GMA
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday reassured the public that there will be no increases in the price of bread until the end of the year. The President made the…
Congressional insertion, anyone?
Congressional insertion, anyone? To Congress is reposed the exclusive constitutional “power of the purse”. The bicameral legislature of both Senate and House of Representatives has the power to appropriate funds, a prerogative…
CA ruling vs Lozada hailed
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Court of Appeals’ rejection of the petition for writ of amparo filed by ZTE witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada only shows that facts can never be overturned by…
RP will survive global economic crisis – GMA
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ECONOMIC strategies and measures taken by her administration had given the country enough strength to weather the impact of the current global financial crisis, President Macapagal-Arroyo said yesterday….