Posts Tagged national
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesA day after a state of calamity was declared in Mindanao due to long brownouts in the region, environmentalists said the Arroyo government should not blame El Niño, a periodically recurrent phenomenon, for causing the power and water shortages. In a statement on Saturday, Archie Orillosa of the Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM), said the Arroyo government and the National Grid Corp. (NGCP) should have prepared for the coming of the El Niño phenomenon.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
03/13/2010 The National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has withdrawn its application for accreditation from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to be its citizens arm in the forthcoming national polls. Namfrel Chairman Jose Cuisia Jr.
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03/13/2010 One of the highlights of The Daily Tribunes anniversary offering is the yearly spoof pages, dubbed in later years as The Yearly Tribute. Within its pages, the hardworking staff of the…
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02/24/2010 The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is verifying a report that fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson had been arrested by Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur.
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By Pat C. Santos 02/24/2010 The lawyers of the 43 medical workers who were arrested last February 6 by the military in Morong town, Rizal province on suspicion of being members of the communist rebel group New Peoples Army (NPA) are set to file criminal charges against officers of the Armed Forces who participated directly in the illegal arrest. Atty.
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ZOOMING IN 02/24/2010 At the outset, the opposition to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo consisted of partisans of the man she succeeded as President and those who did not like the manner in which she obtained the highest position in the land. The latter group of Filipinos was not necessarily pro-Joseph Estrada, but because of the highly unconstitutional nature of the Jan
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ZOOMING IN 02/22/2010 The recent deaths of Benjamin Rodriguez, former editor-in-chief of the Manila Bulletin, and Ariel Bocobo, former editor of the now-defunct Phillippine Herald, brought back memories of years spent together playing tennis and brought home to me the steady thinning of the ranks of the journalists print as well as broadcast who made up the group known as SWAT and who continue to make up the National Press Club (NPC) tennistars. Ben Rodriguez, under whom I served as business editor, was one of SWATs founders.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesThere is enough water for Nueva Ecija farms from Pantabangan Dam despite the onset of mild El Niño conditions, the National Irrigation Administration-Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (NIA-UPRIIS) said over the weekend. NIA-UPRIIS department manager Antonio S. Nangel said in a statement that despite signs of drought such as below-normal rainfall, Pantabangan Dam…
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MANILA, PhilippinesFor violating the rights of telecommunication companies, the Court of Appeals stopped the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from implementing the per-pulse billing system in mobile phones. In a three-page resolution, the appeals court 11th division through Associate Justice Hakim Abdulwahid said the restraining order shall be effective for 60 days. The order means that petitioners Globe Telecom Inc., Innove Communications, Smart Communications can again apply their previous billing rules
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AROUND 4,000 delegates are expected for the 11th National Parish Renewal Experience (PREX) convention this Feb. 19-21 in General Santos city, South Cotabato. The convention,…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesAbout 16 private firms, among them Coca-Cola Bottlers Inc., have expressed interest in importing sugar tax-free. According to the National Food Authority (NFA), which is facilitating the importation, a mix of industrial, processing and…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
02/14/2010 San Marino Corned Tuna, the latest innovation in the food industry that promotes healthy lifestyle among consumers, joins the celebration of the National Heart Month in February. Being the Love Month, February is also globally acknowledged as the Heart Month, which involves intensive information campaign to raise awareness on proper heart care and heart disease prevention.
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02/14/2010 MFI Foundation Inc. and the Philippine Standard Ship Management Inc.
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02/14/2010 Fifteen more violators of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-imposed nationwide, total gun ban have been apprehended, bringing to almost 800 individuals arrested for disregarding the law since its implementation last Jan.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) There was a “breakdown of loyalty” among government troops in Maguindanao several days after the massacre last November a prelude to the eventual breakdown of law and order in the province and an uprising against the national government, a witness told the court Friday. “As an aftermath [of the massacre], there was a breakdown of law and order because of the reports of the involvement of members of the PNP [Philippine National Police], civilian volunteer organizations, and SCAAs [Special Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit Active Auxilliary],” Lieutenant General…
