PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE fraternity and family ties of the feuding Court of Appeals justices have also been dredged up in the high-stakes battle for control of Manila Electric Co. GSIS…
SC forms panel to probe CA bribery
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Supreme Court yesterday created a three-member panel composed of retired justices to investigate a bribery scandal at the Court of Appeals involving a corporate dispute over control…
MILF won’t secede
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has vowed it will not secede once its future homeland has been created in Mindanao, allaying fears that it plans to declare an…
Gov’t orders MILF to leave occupied towns
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE government yesterday ordered the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to leave villages it forcibly occupied in North Cotabato. Officials gave the group until 10 a.m. today to move…
MILF attacks Army
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MUSLIM separatists traded mortar fire with troops in Mindanao just hours after the Supreme Court stopped a land deal between them and the government, the military said yesterday….
SC stops Palace-MILF signing of territorial pact
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…
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,…