Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
History and science are works in progress, and the latest evidence is that Columbus was not the first in America in 1492. It was already well-known to a Chinese admiral, Zheng He and therefore to China, fully 75 years earlier. The intrepid Chinese genius had ships that were cruising over oceans still unknown to Europeans [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Malacanang said the ruling would open the floodgates to a series of “investigations in aid of legislation.” The President’s allies see the ruling as veiled attacks on her. A few days later, on April 25, the high scored dealt a second major blow to the President by declaring as unconstitutional her policy of allowing police [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Speakers included Prof. Augusto Espiritu of the University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign. He talked about luminaries in the struggle including Philip Vera Cruz, Larry Itliong and many others who paved the way to Better pay and living conditions. Cindy Domingo, a co-founder of the Bulosan Historical Project in Seattle focused on the Alaska salmon canning [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Dr. Alex Fangonil and MGen. Delfin Lorenzana (ret), co-chairmen of the parade committee, said they have decided to add a different flavor and other innovations to the Pennsylvania Avenue parade in line with this year’s celebration of the centennial.
They said: “Our plan is to orchestrate and script the participating entries that will be displayed along [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“On the economic side, I know there are great opportunities economically. The growth rate here looks extremely great, but compared to some of the dynamic, really fast-moving economies in Asia, the Philippines is not where it ought to be,” Kenney told a luncheon meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce at the Shangri-la Hotel in [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Arraignment of the Marines was held April 28. Jalandoni said he felt he would be ineffective as a member of the prosecution panel because he will keep on “worrying about whether [I] may be inconsistent with the position of the Secretary.” “With that kind of development, your initiative and momentum will be stunted. You become [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye issued the statement following reports that Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. had been lobbying with President Arroyo to have Ambassador Baja replace Romulo.Earlier, Romulo said he preferred to stay as foreign secretary instead of assuming the post of Philippine Ambassador to the United States, vice Ambassador Albert del Rosario.“Those reports have [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Deteriorating rule of lawHe said that Arroyo, in the wake of dropping popularity ratings, demonstrations and an alleged failed coup attempt, “appears to have given up on convincing her her constituents of her competence.”He noted that a close observer of foreign policy on Capitol Hill said recently, there is a “growing awareness in Congress about [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Attending the 64th Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) rites held at the Monumental Cross here with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Kenney became emotional after disclosing that two of her own relatives and an in-law fought in and survived World War II. These were her father, father-in-law and a cousin, who Kenney said, as a [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
As expected the CBCP) immediately welcomed the decision of the President. CBCP president Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said the Catholic Church had always been opposed to the death penalty and that Arroyo’s decision to lift the death penalty on 1,000 convicts “is a positive move”.
Invoking the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Estrada attended the Mass before proceeding to the Sandiganbayan for his plunder trial. “I hope you can forgive the Church for what happened. In the end, Mr. President, I hope you have come to terms with bishops and priests,” Tobias said during the homily. The Church had joined the protest rallies on Edsa that led [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Cruz said proof of this were the indefatigable celebrations of fiestas, millions of mobile text messages sent all around, and the unwavering love of Filipinos for singing and laughing. “Yes, the present administration has made it more and more difficult for the citizens to earn an honest living and have a comfortable life. It is [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Alongside of 700 seniors from the Asian American and Pacific Islanders, President Bush urged seniors and communities to make sure that they were signing up for the Medicare Part D plan and shared with them all the different outlets available to them in their native languages by the United States government.
Working with the United States [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Reacting to the news, Malacanang said the government has the funds to undertake the national ID system.The justices voted 12-2-1 for the system. The dissenters were Associate Justices Consuelo Ynares-Santiago and Adolf Azcuna. Senior Associate Justice Reynato Puno went on official leave after the death of his wife, the lawyer Luzviminda Puno. The Court said [...]