PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — LAKAS stalwarts yesterday said there should be no VIP treatment for Senator-elect Antonio Trillanes IV who is facing rebellion charges in connection with the botched Oakwood mutiny. Baguio…
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GMA wants Senate to ratify economic deal with Japan
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday renewed her push for the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement as the Japanese Diet has already ratified the free trade accord. Mrs. Arroyo…
Govt appeals order to free leftwing congressman
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Office of the Solicitor General is appealing the release of 74-year-old Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran from house arrest, saying the leftwing lawmaker must continue to be detained…
PCGG oppose Marcos claim
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE government body tasked to recover ill-gotten wealth said yesterday it will oppose a petition claiming ownership of an 18.4-hectare property in the Ortigas business district by Ferdinand…
Teves backs QC Treasurer for BIR job
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FINANCE Secretary Margarito Teves has recommended the appointment of Quezon City Treasurer Victor Endriga as commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, a Palace source said yesterday. Teves…
LP undecided on Manny or Nene
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Members of the Liberal Party in the upper chamber have yet to agree on who among the candidates for the Senate presidency they would support. Most senators are…
RP chessers stay on top
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A day after pocketing three golds and four silver medals in the blitz event of the 8th Asean Age-Group Chess Championship at Jomtien Hotel here, the country’s top…
Bossi rescue launched
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — KIDNAPPED Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi could be free by Tuesday afternoon, according to Armed Forces chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. Esperon said Bossi and his captors were somewhere…
Terror alert high in Mindanao
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — US Ambassador Kristie Kenney yesterday said the threat of terrorism is still high in the country despite the Philippine government’s efforts to combat terrorism especially in Mindanao. US…
GMA backs creation of fund on oil pollution
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will support the bill establishing an Oil Pollution Management Fund, a proposal that came up following the Guimaras oil spill in August last year….
Arroyo sees closer EU-Asean ties
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo repeated Southeast Asia’s commitment to closer trade and investment cooperation with the European Union as she met the bloc’s incoming president in Lisbon yesterday….
Disini’s assets unfrozen
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Swiss Federal Supreme Court has unfrozen $4 million in bank deposits belonging to Marcos crony Herminio Disini due to the Philippine government’s failure to comply with the…
I’ll be my own man in Senate — Gringo
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ON the eve of his proclamation as a senator, independent candidate Gregorio Honasan is finally giving himself time to relax. “I am now taking a rest after closely…
RP five waits for FIBA draw
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PATRICK Gregorio, executive director of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), left for Japan yesterday to attend this morning’s draw for the FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship set July 28-Aug. 5…
Koreans to build airport in island next to Boracay
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BORACAY Island, Aklan—A Korean real estate company will start the construction next month of an international airport at Carabao Island, which is being eyed as the “Next Boracay.”…