PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The House Ethics Committee suspended Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano for 45 days after he failed to show evidence to back his allegations that First Gentleman Mike Arroyo…
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STAC-J’s Mudjie Santos: Looking Ahead!
They say that the stars determine one’s destiny, that one’s success or failure in life is written in the palm of one’s hands. But man, too, is endowed with the free will…
RP’s economy grew 5.4 percent
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE economy as measured by the gross domestic product grew by 5.4 percent last year amid booming services, but the expansion would have been faster had the peso…
‘Medicines Bill’ passed
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Senate yesterday approved on third and final reading a bill amending provisions of the Intellectual Property Code meant to make medicine cheaper. The bill, authored by Senator…
Another opposition solon opts out of Munich probe
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Another opposition lawmaker has backed out of a fact-finding trip to Germany to verify charges raised by Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano that the First Gentleman kept a secret…
3rd force to fade — Opposition
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — House Minority Leader Francis Escudero ended on Tuesday speculations about his political affiliation as he filed his candidacy for the Senate under the United Opposition (UNO) ticket. Speaking…
GMA vows to give more projects
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has vowed to match the passage of the 2007 General Appropriations Act with more revenues to meet her target of a balanced budget next…
Ebdane is new Defense chief
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is expected to announce today the appointment of Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane as secretary of the Department of National Defense. All indications point…
Senate approves 4 more bills
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Senate has approved four bills after ratifying the P1.126- trillion national budget for 2007, keeping true to the pledge of Senate President Manuel Villar to speed up…
NAIA increased fee to P750
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ALL outbound passengers in Manila will have to pay P200 in security fee starting tomorrow as a result of heightened security at the airport, an official said yesterday….
Bata, Django to join National pool tourney
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE country’s premier pool stars—Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante—have promised to join the National Pool Championships scheduled from March 26 to 31 at the Ninoy Aquino…
FilNet launches book, film on Filipino Master
Filipiniana.net, a division of Vibal Publishing House, Inc., launched last January 17, 2007 the maiden publication under its FilNet Art Series entitled Fabian de la Rosa and His Times, before an SRO…
Vibal Publishing launches book on Islam
Vibal Publishing, Inc. was launched last January 26, the book entitled Tunggal Hulah-Duwa Sarah: Adat and Sharee’ah Laws in the Life of the Tausug authored by the Dean of the University of…
Solon dares Cayetano to go to Germany
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano was dared to join a fact-finding trip to Germany next week to prove his allegation that First Gentleman Mike Arroyo had a secret…
Estrada camp panicking on Atong’s plea deal
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE CAMP of deposed President Joseph Estrada yesterday slammed Charlie “Atong” Ang for his failure to give Estrada’s defense lawyers a copy of his plea bargain agreement with…