PNS — It’s a fait accompli, the Senate’s actions on the proposed postponement of barangay elections and similar bills, the Senate chairman on local government said yesterday. Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr….
‘Mr. President, something in you has to die’
By Reyn Barnido This is not anymore about failing to handle the hostage-taking as much as this is about fulfilling the promises of your oath-taking. This is not just about nine people…
PNoy’s DILG Secretary a foreigner — Solon
PNS — Lawmakers on Thursday urged President Aquino to fire Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo who is a foreigner and barred by the Constitution from holding national position especially the…
Lalong nagalit ang mga taga Hongkong
PNS — Sa halip na humupa ang galit ay lalo umanong “uminit ang ulo” ng mga taga Hong Kong makaraang pababain pa ng Pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ang pagtingin sa opisyal…
Philippine dollar reserves rise to over $65b
PNS — Indeed former Philippine President left power with big dollar reserves. Bangko Sentral’s participation in the foreign exchange market to smoothen the wide fluctuation of the peso against the US dollar…
UP alumni group to welcome engineering professors in Bay Area
Professors from the University of The Philippines (UP) College of Engineering will be in the Bay Area for the Philippine Development Forum (http://www.af-usa.org/forumgala.html) sponsored by the Ayala Foundation USA. The group is…
The art of history: Reynaldo paints of the teaching doctrines
Afterward, Reynaldo remembered those years was the landmark experiment of different style and touches of different masters “I’d been doing the same style of Vincent Van Gogh, in my series of dancing…
DILG chief won’t quit
PNS — Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo yesterday remained steadfast and refused to quit his post, even virtually blaming President Aquino for owning up to the responsibility…
AFP raises alert status
PNS — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday raised the red alert status to all military units in Mindanao to thwart any retaliatory attacks from the Abu Sayyaf group following…
Quit, PNoy urged
PNS –“YOUR assumption of responsibility will not remove, nor even reduce the humiliation the country has suffered.” Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio Arroyo issued this statement yesterday as he described as useless President…
House don’t want 12th grade
PNS –AN on-going online survey being conducted by the House of Representatives on adding two years to basic education yesterday showed that 407 or 65.22% of the respondents rejected the proposal. Based…
Verzosa takes blame
PNS –RETIRING Philippine National Police chief Director General Jesus A. Verzosa yesterday said he is taking full responsibility for the failures of the police under his command including the botched August 23…
PNoy to exceed GMA’s feat?
PNS –Citing the high level of public trust and investor confidence, the Aquino administration is confident it could exceed the economic achievement of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Secretary Herminio Coloma, head of…
Kris left nothing for James?
PNS –HOW true is the rumor that James Yap said that ex-wife Kris Aquino siphoned all his money, the reason why he is asking for a bigger contract fee from his team?…
Gov’t exec pressured Comelec to rule vs Lucena mayor?
PNS –A ranking administration official was accused of influencing the Commission on Elections’ ruling on a poll protest involving a mayor in Quezon province. The high government official allegedly tried to fix…