PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — CONGRATULATIONS to the Country’s 10 Outstanding Policemen in Service or C.O.P.S. who got P250,000 in cash prize, a trophy and a personal audience with President Macapagal-Arroyo. “These officers…
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JPEPA a done deal — Miriam
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — It’s still several days before the judgment day on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, but a buoyant Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, sponsor of the measure, sounded as if she…
Frat, family ties in Meralco case under scrutiny
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE fraternity and family ties of the feuding Court of Appeals justices have also been dredged up in the high-stakes battle for control of Manila Electric Co. GSIS…
SC forms panel to probe CA bribery
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Supreme Court yesterday created a three-member panel composed of retired justices to investigate a bribery scandal at the Court of Appeals involving a corporate dispute over control…
MILF won’t secede
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has vowed it will not secede once its future homeland has been created in Mindanao, allaying fears that it plans to declare an…
Gov’t orders MILF to leave occupied towns
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE government yesterday ordered the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to leave villages it forcibly occupied in North Cotabato. Officials gave the group until 10 a.m. today to move…
MILF attacks Army
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MUSLIM separatists traded mortar fire with troops in Mindanao just hours after the Supreme Court stopped a land deal between them and the government, the military said yesterday….
SC stops Palace-MILF signing of territorial pact
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Supreme Court yesterday stopped the government from signing a land deal with Muslim separatist rebels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, court officials said. The temporary restraining order was…
GRP-MILF draft MOA
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) herein referred to as the “Parties” to this Agreement. Terms of Reference The context of referents…
Photo exhibit on typhoon Frank extended to Aug. 8
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr./ PNS Ilonggos have flocked to a photo exhibit by photojournalists and reporters on the impact of typhoon “Frank” which ravaged Panay Island last June. The exhibit which…
‘Jins’ can do it
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FOR Robert Aventajado, the country’s taekwondo chief, an early collision with the top favorites in the Beijing Olympics would serve the Filipino jins in good stead. “Maganda nga…
Molina pondering on retiring
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — HIS performance in the coming Beijing Olympics will play a role in Filipino pool star Miguel Molina’s decision to finally quit or not from active competition. His second…
Bishop supports EVAT
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — WHILE the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to scrap the EVAT law and some bishops have criticized the President for defending the…
Teachers reject double shifting
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) rejected the double-shifting scheme being implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) to address classroom shortages in Metro Manila. Benjo Basas, TDC president,…
Padaca leads Magsaysay awardees
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation yesterday bared the recipients of the Asia’s premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award. The Awardees are: Grace Padaca,…