Month: November 2008

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A staunch ally and former spokesman of deposed President Joseph Estrada maintains only an adverse ruling by the Supreme Court stands in the way of Estrada returning to…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PAMPANGA Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo yesterday admitted he is seeking support from Malacanang allies in the House of Representatives to adopt a resolution calling for Charter change….

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Supreme Court denied with finality an appeal to reverse its earlier decision declaring as unconstitutional the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain signed by the government with…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE broader ceasefire agreement being proposed by Presidential Peace Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. with communist rebel group is bound to be rejected by the National Democratic Front (NDF)…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Department of Justice sees the speedy extradition of two former police officers tagged in the killing of Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver in 2000. The two…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — DESPITE going two weight classes up, Manny Pacquiao is confident he can take the punches of a natural 150-pounder like Oscar De La Hoya. While the blows may…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACANANG yesterday shrugged off the announcement of Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay he will run for president in the 2010 elections, saying it is too early for politics. Deputy…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MAKATI Mayor and United Opposition (UNO) president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay announced his acceptance of the call for him to run as president in the 2010 national elections, at…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and Sen. Jamby Madrigal, chairperson of the Senate committee on peace, unification and reconciliation, ended their two days of consultative…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday asked the bishops and ulamas tapped by the government to help negotiate peace in Mindanao to “stay neutral.” “We trust your…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THOUGH leaders of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines have lost hope with the level of present governance, a bishop is still optimistic that sustainable development can…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BRITISH Deputy Ambassador to the Philippines Colin Crorkin recently said foreign clients of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), particularly Britons, were satisfied with the services rendered by the…

Lessons from Senate inquiry The first round of Senate inquiry over so-called fertilizer scam from its suspected chief architect, Joc Joc Bolante that took a punishing 10-hour period on national TV in…