By Dedette Sison Santiago Imagine my surprise when one evening I received this SMS from a dear friend Amy: “Show of hands, please. Who’s available for dinner on Saturday? My treat at…
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Doctors stand against corruption, GMA and cohorts be made accountable
Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) and other concerned doctors holds the Arroyo government accountable and joins the growing call of the people against corruption and our resolved to arrest the sinister acts…
Opposition grandstanding — Bunye
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — IT all boils down to political ambitions. Malacañang thus scoffed at the Senate inquiry into the controversial national broadband network deal with Chinese firm ZTE Corp., saying opposition…
Abalos rattled
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A VISIBLY irate Benjamin Abalos Sr., former chairman of the Commission on Elections, yesterday parried questions thrown at him by mediamen regarding the claim of ZTE-NBN deal witness…
Lozada surfaces in Greenhills
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Rodolfo Lozada Jr., the reported witness to the controversial NBN deal, has appeared in public after reportedly being picked up by policeman from the airport. Lozada, accompanied by…
Billiards row worsening
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — IT was the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines’ turn on the table yesterday, and the country’s sole governing body for the sport didn’t waste time in…
JDV burns bridges with the gma
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FACING imminent ouster as Speaker of the House, Jose de Venecia burned his bridges with the Arroyo administration in a scathing privileged speech that accused its officials and…
SC sides with Neri stops Senate’s arrest order
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Supreme Court yesterday issued a status quo order in response to the petition of embattled Commission on Higher Education Chairman Romulo Neri who sought to stop the…
‘Nogi’ to lead by consent
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — NEWLY installed Speaker Prospero Nograles yesterday vowed to adopt a consensual, consultation- based style of leadership and to do his best to maintain the House’s independence from Malacañang….
San Juan City intensifies drive vs bank heists
February 03, 2008 DUE to the increasing numbers of bank robberies in the metropolis, the San Juan city government has approved an ordinance requiring all banking institutions in the area to put…
Lozada evades Senate arrest order
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Senate issues order but new ‘witness’ flies to London. THE Senate yesterday ordered the arrest of Commission on Higher Education chairman Romulo Neri and Rodolfo Noel Lozada, Jr.,…
Respect Esperon’s extension — Army chief
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE commanding general of the 80,000-strong Philippine Army yesterday urged the officers and members of the Army to respect the decision of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to extend the…
Defensor throws support to Pichay
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ADD Quezon City Congressman Mat Defensor to the list of chess leaders who have thrown their full support to the newly-elected National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP)…
STAC-J launches Tuloy Aral Center-Kompyuter 2008 (Batch 19)
by RJC Have you always wanted to learn about computers and the internet at the time and place convenient to you? Don’t fret, TAC-K is the answer! TAC-K or the Tuloy Aral…
San Juan City dad wants to add one more barangay
Philippine Star San Juan dad wants to add one more barangay Sunday, January 20, 2008 A San Juan City councilor has proposed an ordinance seeking to divide Barangay West Crame in two…