PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BASILAN Rep. Wahab Akbar and a driver of a lady solon died while at least nine people were injured, including Reps. Henry Teves and Luzviminda Ilagan, following a…
Category: News Stories
Court wants 100 cars registered to Erap
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE anti-graft court has started to move on personal assets of pardoned President Joseph Estrada and set its sights on 100 cars registered under his name with the…
GMA wants Congress to stop wrangling and start legislating
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AFTER addressing the country’s economic woes, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday focused her attention on political reforms, saying that preoccupation with politics hinders development. The President made the…
Security camera to help unmask Dalaig gunman
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Manila Police District yesterday obtained a copy of security videos from the closed circuit television of Hyatt Hotel, where former Commission on Elections chief lawyer, Alioden Dalaig, stayed…
JdV plot vs GMA denounced
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BELYING their reported reconciliation, Speaker Jose de Venecia is moving behind the scenes to oust President Macapagal-Arroyo, a ranking official of the President’s political party alleged yesterday. Camarines…
Rene Saguisag wife killed in road accident
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Dulce Saguisag, wife of former senator Rene Saguisag, was declared dead on arrival after they figured in a vehicular accident at the boundary of Manila and Makati City…
Saguisag stable, wife dies in car accident
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Former senator Rene Saguisag is in stable condition following a road accident early Thursday, according to a 4 p.m. medical bulletin released by the Makati Medical Center where…
SMC sells Aussie businesses
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — San Miguel Corp., Southeast Asia’s largest food and beverage conglomerate, said Thursday it will use proceeds from the sale of its stake in boutique Australian brewing group J….
RP reserves up to $32.4B
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — GOLD and dollar reserves held by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas rose 4.9 percent from a month earlier to $32.4 billion as of October 31 amid strong foreign…
Kenney backs PNP on blast findings
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Philippine National Police yesterday thanked United States Ambassador Kristie Kenney’s for supporting their initial findings that an accidental explosion and not a terror attack was behind the…
Loren pushes ecology as school subject
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Senate has laid the groundwork for the integration of environmental studies into the school curriculum after it passed on third and final reading the proposed Environmental Awareness…
P1-B fight vs poverty
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — RESOLVED to keep hunger at bay, President Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered the budget department to release P1 billion for various hunger-mitigation programs. The President issued the directive during the…
Banco de Oro ordered to turn over Erap’s millions
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE court yesterday ordered Banco de Oro to hand over millions of dollars in kickbacks former President Joseph Estrada collected from illegal gaming rackets. The special anti-graft court’s…
Solon wants Deputy Speaker kicked out
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A RANKING official of the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino yesterday denied the administration party had a policy of giving financial assistance to members and non-members. He also said…
PAMB, ‘di na makapaghintay na ipatupad ang URRF
by Carvelo L. Malubagwww.balikas.net LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS- HINDI na makapaghintay ang punong-abala sa pangangalaga ng Lawa ng Taal: nais na niyang ipatupad ang regulasyon ukol sa pangingisda sa lawa. Habang hinihintay ng…