Gays for military service, anyone? The top guns in the Philippine military hierarchy have been heard to open recruitment to gays or those with a different sexual orientation – if official pronouncement…
Month: March 2009
Should journalists be credentialed?
There is rather a dearth of literature that delves on the necessity of license or other means of credentialing journalists in the practice of such profession. This may mean that the present…
Is automated count fool-proof?
Is automated count fool-proof? Offhand, the P11.3 billion budgetary fund duly legislated for the forthcoming 2010 elections to take off in – automation – ranged against the number of voters who will…
Is there a voting technology that works
Now that all roads lead to May 2010, each week and month toward D-Day place the psychological strain on whether or not – electronic voting – when applied will not defeat democracy….
Martin admits trying to save marriage
PNS — CONCERT king and now acknowledged King of Remakes Martin Nievera has recorded his new album under Polyeast Records to which he has pledged his allegiance by exclaiming, “I will never…
Impeach bid vs Ombudsman moving
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — HOUSE Speaker Prospero Nograles said he will transmit the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez to the plenary today. The House of Representatives has extended its session until…
Last 10 Aquino convicts released
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo granted executive clemency to the last 10 soldiers still in prison for the assassination of former senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. and Rolando Galman, who was gunned…
Reply Bill will curtail press freedom — media
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — CONGRESS should stop treating media like a special sector by passing the Right of Reply Bill (RoRB), saying journalists are ordinary representatives of the people that should not…
Nurse sues Belo, surgeon
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A NURSE based in the United States yesterday filed a complaint before the Makati City Prosecutor’s Office against Vicki Belo and one of her cosmetic surgeons for bungling…
Palace: Angping staying as PSC head
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is left with no option but to deal with Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Harry Angping at the moment. Through Executive Secretary Eduardo…
Cotto is next?
PNS — AFTER Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton, it’s welterweight champion Miguel Cotto for Manny Pacquiao. Top Rank boss Bob Arum confirmed on the last day of Pacquiao and Hatton’s media tour in…
Vice President Noli ensures continued focus on housing
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE bicameral conference committee approved Monday the Home Development Mutual Fund Law of 2009, reinstating in the final version a provision that commits the institution to invest in…
Core Benefits of Data Entry Outsourcing to India
In the era of globalization, the very dynamics of doing business has changed massively. Many of the IT based companies have taken lead role in outsourcing business, the prominent of these being,…
59th Palanca Awards Now Accepting Entries
Introduces ‘Poetry for Children’ As New Category On its 59th year, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards), the country’s most prestigious and longest-running literary contest, officially opens on March…
Right of reply bill demystified
Right of Reply bill demystified The entire debate over RORB (right or reply bill) may well have begun and ended within the proposed ontological realm – a spot in all forms of…