PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Supreme Court yesterday stopped the government from signing a land deal with Muslim separatist rebels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, court officials said. The temporary restraining order was…
Month: August 2008
Swiss Re Reports Net Income of CHF 0.6 Billion in the Second Quarter 2008
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Swiss Re reported net income of CHF 0.6 billion for the second quarter of 2008 despite the continuing challenging financial market environment. The Property & Casualty…
Children in conflict with the law
Children in conflict with the law Not too many public officials and employees in the different agencies of government are sufficiently enlightened on a law that has been erected some three years…
GRP-MILF draft MOA
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) herein referred to as the “Parties” to this Agreement. Terms of Reference The context of referents…
Photo exhibit on typhoon Frank extended to Aug. 8
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr./ PNS Ilonggos have flocked to a photo exhibit by photojournalists and reporters on the impact of typhoon “Frank” which ravaged Panay Island last June. The exhibit which…
Arrow Opens Office in Vietnam
HONG KONG, Aug. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), announced that it has established a new office in Ho Chi Minh City…
‘Jins’ can do it
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FOR Robert Aventajado, the country’s taekwondo chief, an early collision with the top favorites in the Beijing Olympics would serve the Filipino jins in good stead. “Maganda nga…
Molina pondering on retiring
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — HIS performance in the coming Beijing Olympics will play a role in Filipino pool star Miguel Molina’s decision to finally quit or not from active competition. His second…
Bishop supports EVAT
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — WHILE the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to scrap the EVAT law and some bishops have criticized the President for defending the…
Teachers reject double shifting
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) rejected the double-shifting scheme being implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) to address classroom shortages in Metro Manila. Benjo Basas, TDC president,…
Padaca leads Magsaysay awardees
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation yesterday bared the recipients of the Asia’s premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award. The Awardees are: Grace Padaca,…
Ricafort assumes CHEd post as OIC
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — COMMISSIONER Nona Ricafort yesterday formally assumed as officer-in-charge of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) replacing Romulo Neri who was earlier appointed as new head of the Social…
Race for top PNP post heats up
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE race for the top Philippine National Police post to be vacated by Director General Avelino I. Razon Jr. on September 27 is in its final stretch with…
ARMM polls deferment may reach SC — Comelec
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — COMMISSION on Elections Commissioner Rene Sarmiento believes that the planned postponement of the elections at the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will be elevated to the Supreme…
SC asked to stop signing of MOA on ancestral domain
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PEACE efforts between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front may again be derailed after the province of North Cotabato yesterday asked the Supreme Court to stop…