PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Bureau of Internal Revenue yesterday launched another program allowing delinquent individual and corporate taxpayers to settle or pay all their tax obligations for 2005 as part of…
Alcano gets wish
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — NOW Ronnie Alcano gets to realize his dream of owning a billiards center. San Miguel Corporation yesterday showered the newly-crowned World Pool champion with various incentives, including a…
Mike cries harassment
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FIRST Gentleman Mike Arroyo is contemplating to file another criminal case against Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Ramon “Mon” Tulfo for his alleged continued lying even under oath. In…
No crackdown on media – Palace
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THERE is no crackdown on media practitioners critical of the administration of President Macapagal-Arroyo. Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye issued the statement yesterday after Manila policemen tried to arrest…
Law catches up on ‘Gringo’
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FUGITIVE ex-senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan literally fell into the hands of the law when he was captured early yesterday morning by combined police and military operatives in a…
Lawmakers urged to prioritize, strengthen RE Bill
Manila, 15 November 2006—Christmas will be brighter with the prioritization of the Renewable Energy (RE) Bill, Greenpeace said today at the lighting of the first-ever solar-powered Christmas tree in the House of…
Filipino Youth Unite and Strengthen the Community in NY
New York, NY—This past November 3-5, over 30 Filipino youth, workers and allies participated in “PASULONG: Our Stories Must Be Told, Our Future Must Be Forged,” the youth consultation organized by Ugnayan…
Lakas solons endorsed Con-Ass
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — CONGRESSMEN from the ruling Lakas party came out yesterday with a draft resolution that calls for the convening of Congress to amend or revise the 1987 Constitution, practically…
Erap to irk GMA with Senate line up
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — OUSTED President Joseph Estrada has his own way of further irritating President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. And this is, according to one of his closest allies, to include in the…
Apologize, colleagues tell Cayetano
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRO-GOVERNMENT lawmakers yesterday again urged a congressman to apologize to the First Family for accusing them of keeping bank accounts with millions of dollars in Germany. Leyte Rep….
Mass media group now under Bunye
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo abolished yesterday the office that manages all government-owned broadcast stations and its official news agency. The President signed Executive Order 576 abolishing the Government…
Atong Ang to arrive in RP Friday
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AUTHORITIES’ eyes will be at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport tomorrow morning as controversial trader Charlie “Atong” Ang arrives at 5:30 at the NAIA Centennial Terminal via Philippine…
Greenpeace criticizes non-prioritization of RE Bill
Manila, 9 November 2006—Greenpeace today criticized the non-prioritization of the Renewable Energy (RE) Bill in Monday’s Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting, saying that the Philippines is playing blind and deaf to…
Iglesia loses land case in SC
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Supreme Court has junked the suit filed by the Iglesia ni Cristo, assailing an order of a Quezon City Regional Trial Court over a land dispute between…
Cruz quits amid calls to resign
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AMID fresh reports that the majority of the Armed Forces officers corps wants Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz, Jr. removed for allegedly delaying the AFP modernization program, the beleaguered…