PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FINANCE Secretary Margarito Teves yesterday said that the highly controversial National broadband Network deal with ZTE Corp. can still be cancelled because the Philippine government does not have…
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Erap ready for ‘guilty’ verdict
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — OUSTED President Joseph Estrada, now detained in his own rest house in Tanay, Rizal for plunder and corruption charges, is ready to be convicted when the Sandiganbayan render…
San Juan controls noise pollution
San Juan cuts down on noise pollution Saturday, September 08, 2007 San Juan cuts down on noise pollution EXCESSIVE noise in the city of San Juan is now considered as pollution. A…
No more rice shortage — NFA
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE National Food Authority yesterday gave assurance of a steady rice supply and dismissed speculations of a looming shortage of the staple grain. In a press briefing at…
GMA, Bush to talk about Joma
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and US President George W. Bush are expected to discuss the Philippine anti-terrorism bill and the arrest of exiled communist leader Jose Ma. Sison…
Peace talks with MILF to resume after Ramadan
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE government’s peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is likely to resume in October after Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, an official said yesterday. Executive…
Erap judges get more bodyguards
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Sandiganbayan justices who tried the P4.1-billion plunder case against ousted President Joseph Estrada have been given extra bodyguards as judgment day approaches. The chief of the anti-graft…
Pacquiao remains favorite
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — EXACTLY a month before their much-awaited rematch, the odds remain stacked in favor of Manny Pacquiao.. The 28-year-old Filipino, universally considered the best fighter today in the super-featherweight…
Erap verdict to go out Sept. 12
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Sandiganbayan will hand down its verdict on the plunder case against former President Joseph Estrada on September 12, a day before the 90-day period within which it…
Opposition solon links Abalos to $329M broadband deal
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Opposition Rep. Carlos Padilla of Nueva Vizcaya yesterday implicated Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos in the alleged anomalous award of the $329 million National Broadband Network (NBN) deal to…
NPA to attack gov’t after Joma arrest — AFP
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Armed Forces and the National Police yesterday declared a nationwide red alert in anticipation of attacks from the New People’s Army following the arrest of communist party…
RP helped Dutch on Joma arrest
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACAÑANG yesterday said government helped the widows of Romulo Kintanar and Arturo Tabara file the double murder case against Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose…
AFP 100% behind GMA
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ARMED Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. is confident that no soldier will join destabilization moves against the government, saying the military is 100 percent behind the administration…
Joma jailed in the Netherlands
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Netherlands government has arrested and detained exiled communist leader Jose Ma. Sison, who will stand trial in that European country for the murder of his former comrades….
RP-MILF peace team expands coverage
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The mandate of the International Monitoring Team has been extended for one more year, with its coverage expanded to include the war-torn areas of Basilan and Sulu as…