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MANILA, Philippines After weeks of scorching heat, rain has finally come at least in parts of Metro Manila and the government-run weather bureau is forecasting that there will be more due to a cold…
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BY GERARD NAVAL HEALTH Secretary Esperanza Cabral yesterday bought the suggestion of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines that warnings be placed on condom packages.
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BY VICTOR REYES DETAINED former Brig.
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MANILA, Philippines It will be the government’s loss if it lets go of Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, who is under fire for distributing condoms on Valentine’s Day, administration standard bearer Gilbert Teodoro said on Tuesday….
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ILAGAN, Isabela, PhilippinesA group of armed men lobbed grenades and dynamite sticks in simultaneous…
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MANILA, PhilippinesSen. Benigno Aquino III on Friday gave a preview of what Malacañang would be like if he became presidenta Palace where his running mate Sen
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FRONTLINE 02/20/2010 Can an incumbent president bind her successor to what she agrees to with an Islamic secessionist group, by way of a package of obligations? The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has nixed a peace accord with Gloria Arroyo, apparently thinks so, as the rebel group is now saying that the peace deal it seeks with the government can push through with the incoming government as long as whatever is promised by Arroyo to them before she leaves Malacañang, will be binding on the next president.
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BACKBENCHER 02/20/2010 Maybe it is a waste of time for presidential candidate Sen. Manuel Manny Villar to push his luck in wanting to become president of this seemingly God-forsaken land of ours. We can be candid in our opinion not because we have an accurate assessment that he will not make it, but the hard truth that even if elected, there remains a serious pending charge against him.
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FEATURE 02/14/2010 DHAKA Campus politics has always been a serious business in Bangladesh, but now the death of four students at universities over the past 10 days has forced the government to step in. The wave of killings began Feb
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By Aytch S. de la Cruz 02/14/2010 Malacañang yesterday shrugged off the recent statements made by Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) senatorial candidate, Rep
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By Aytch S. de la Cruz 02/13/2010 Malacañang yesterday said the government is doing everything to ease the difficulties being experienced by the people due to the power outages in the central and southern regions, as well the impending brownouts that would soon be implemented in Luzon due reportedly to a drop in the countrys power reserves. When asked on the matter during a press conference in the Palace, deputy presidential spokesman Gary Olivar said the government is working to make the public aware of when the outages would take place so that the people could act for their convenience
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02/08/2010 For the sake of transparency, the government will launch a nationwide information campaign through print, radio, television and the Internet to inform and consult the people through reflective dialogs on major issues it is discussing with the Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to resolve the long-drawn out Mindanao conflict. This was announced over the weekend by Presidential…
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02/08/2010 Seven Maguindanao politicians have applied to be named acting provincial governor, to serve until after a legitimate new governor of the province has been declared after the results of the local elections have been known on June 30. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) executive secretary, Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo said the search committee headed by ARMM Interior…
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By Benjamin B. Pulta 02/03/2010 Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio should be disqualified from the race for the chief justice position being processed by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) since he had been sanctioned which sanction was imposed by the Supreme Court (SC) on March 14, 2001 when he was still the Judge of Makati RTC Branch 143 as well as for having pending administrative and criminal cases against him before the Office of the Ombudsman which he failed to disclose in his government forms. JBC member, retired SC Justice Regino Hermosisima, pointed out that the Internal Rules of the JBC state that those penalized and those with pending cases cannot be nominated for promotion…
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THE Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has dismissed the government’s case against Trans Middle East (Phils.) Equities Inc., (TMEE) an alleged front company of former Ambassador Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez, brother-in-law of Ferdinand Marcos. In a…