PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MOVES to unseat Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. gained momentum Tuesday night as 30 congressmen from different parties met to call for reforms in the House of Representatives….
Month: October 2007
This Heart Of Mine
A poem by Mario Ascueta Aguado This heart of mine drifts like suds on river banks with folks soiled clothes on both hands soaping, thumping and squeezing to wash away that poison…
Education chief wants CyberEd project
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus is leaving the future of his department’s P26.4-billion cyber-education project up to the President even as he insisted the program will benefit millions of…
Vilma defends her movie-TV shows
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos Recto has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by party-list group Social Justice Society questioning her television appearances. In her memorandum,…
Pacquiao coach jabs verbally at Barrera
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Pacquiao, Barrera come face to face for the first time in four years during a press conference on Wednesday in Las Vegas. For the nth time, Freddie Roach…
Solons not contended with Housewives’ apology
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Lawmakers were not assuaged by the apology issued by the producers of the American television series, Desperate Housewives over the show’s episode last September 30 questioning the quality…
Abalos resigns
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — COMMISSION on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos yesterday did what he said he would never do. The man caught in the center of the controversy over the allegedly graft-tainted…
Razon sworn in as PNP chief
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — DEPUTY Director General Avelino I. Razon Jr. yesterday took his oath as the 14th chief of the Philippine National Police and quickly bared his “Mamang Pulis” program to…
When was the last time you were excited about Phils.?
Urban living will soon take a positive and evolutionary change with a new development in the heart of Makati City. We are proud to introduce to you Century City, another groundbreaking project…
Greenpeace exposes regulatory capture in GMO assessment
Manila, 2 October 2007–Multinational agri-biotech companies have captured the process governing the approval and regulation of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in the country, beginning with concerned agencies of the Department of Agriculture, Greenpeace…