PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SENATOR Loren Legarda yesterday lauded a number of legal luminaries for forming the group “Bantay Korte Suprema” to scrutinize the qualifications and moral ascendancy of candidates to the…
Cha-cha backers allay term-extension fears
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SIGNATORIES of the two separate Charter change (Cha-cha) resolutions yesterday allayed public fears, including the so-called presidentiables, that term extension of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other incumbent officials…
Pinoy chessers bounce back
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — DRESDEN, Germany. A day after losing to Spain in the sixth round, the Philippines went full throttle against Belgium. The strategy worked to perfection. GM Wesley So, GM…
Joc-joc probe to trigger reforms
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — HOUSE Speaker Prospero C. Nogales yesterday expressed confidence that the ongoing public inquiry being conducted by the House committee on agriculture on the alleged “fertilizer scam” will open…
‘Mistrust’ on Villar, not Erap behind Senate coup
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…
Mikey admits gathering signatures
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….
It’s final: MoA-AD unconstitutional
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…
Ceasefire ‘unacceptable’
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)…
Mancao, Dumlao captured in US
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…
Pacman says he can take punches of a 150-pounder
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…
Palace: Too early for politics
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…
Binay bares presidential run
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…
Jamby, NDF push talks resumption
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…
MILF urges bishops, ulamas: stay neutral
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…
There’s hope for RP — Quevedo
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…