Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The court adjourned after Estrada’s lawyers presented evidence that bore the wrong markings, prompting Associate Justice Francisco Villaruz to call their at-tention because both the justices and the prosecution could not follow their presentation. The court set Estrada’s testimony on March 29 at 9 a.m.
“These are trumped-up charges, a frame-up,” the 68- year-old Estrada said [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Ambassador del Rosario said that this fresh undertaking which will be implemented beginning the 2nd quarter of this year “will serve the two-fold purpose of boosting foreign investments and of increasing remittance inflows into the Philippines.”
He added that “since this sector has a significant multiplier effect on the entire Philippine economy, the movements in this [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Another P3 million is offered for the capture of persons for committing the crime of coup d’etat, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said. They are Felix Turingan, who has a P1-million price on his head; Virgilio Padilla Briones, Romeo Lazo and Ernesto Macahiya, who each carry a bounty of P500,000; as well as George Duldulao and [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
During the marathon oral arguments on March 7, Benipayo said PP 1017 did not contain any provision that authorized arrests without warrant, raids and confiscations, and the supposed violation of the constitutional right of freedom of assembly, speech, and of the press.
Benipayo said PP 1017 did not confer the President any special powers, but that [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“For the President to say that it is God’s plan that she is in the presidential office is very imprudent. (If Arroyo’s claim was true) God might prove to be cruel,” said Cruz.
“With all due respect and I say this with emphasis, a good number of mentally deranged people also claim that they are also [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Lawyer Neri Javier Colmenares of the Council for Defense of Liberties (CODAL) said the complaint was filed before the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) and the Working Group for Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) in Switzerland. Colmenares said the President allegedly violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and other international human rights laws [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
In a recent interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Vice President said the President should address the “Hello Garci” scandal in order to stem the restiveness in the military and some sectors of society.
The Malacanang-dominated House of Representatives, meanwhile, released the report on the Hello Garci scandal investigation which cleared the President and former [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered the arrest of Garcia’s wife and sons and recommended no bail. Sandiganbayan sheriff Edgardo Urieta said the warrants of arrest for Clarita Depakakibo Garcia and the general’s sons Ian Carl, Juan Paulo and Timothy Mark would be served to their last known address in Iloilo.
Urieta said he had received [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Many travelers, particularly from the United States, have complained of missing articles in their luggage when they arrive in the Philippines. While there were some instances where the loss occurred in the place of departure, many losses were also believed to have occurred in Manila. Under the homeland security rule in the US implemented three [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“He (Pistole) expressed full satisfaction with the gains we have been making in the fight against crime and terrorism and offered the FBI’s full assistance, particularly in terms of training and the granting of modern crimefighting tools,” Lomibao said. Lomibao, however, refused to elaborate on the security briefing for Pistole.
PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Samuel Pagdilao [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Prosecutors later ordered the release of Soliman and Vicente Romano on the charges of violating Batas Pambansa 880 for illegal assembly pending further investigation.
Soliman said the prosecutor warned them not to go into hiding. “But why should we flee? We have done nothing wrong,” she said.
Soliman and Romano will be summoned by the inquest fiscal [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“Of course, my first conversation will be official once I present my credentials to the President and her government. But after that I look forward to seeing all of you. I hope you’ll be kind and generous with me,” she said.
Kenney is the first woman to be nominated by Washington to occupy the top post [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Soldiers and policemen swooped down before sunrise on a terrorist hideout in the village of Facoma in Maguindanao’s Parang town and captured Burham Sali, also known as Commander Abu Sanny.
Meanwhile, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has included the leader of the Abu Sayyaf, Khadaffy Janjalani, and his two senior lieutenants Isnilon Totoni Hapilon and [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“With the cooperation of those nations, we have been building capacity and strengthening the ability of those countries to resist the activities of the terrorists and to actively seek their capture or demise,” he said. He said Southeast Asia remains the command’s focal point in the war on terror. He said winning the war on [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Asian, Filipino seminarians in US
WASHINGTON D.C. -At a time when priesthood ranks in the United States have beenshrinking — down 26 percent from 57,317 in 1985 to 42,528 in 2005 — the number of Asian- Americans in seminary schools is growing, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, or CARA, at Georgetown [...]