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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesThe celebration of National Buntis (pregnant women) Day on the 10th of March every year highlights the significance of what is considered by many as life’s greatest miracle: A mother carrying a new human being in her womb. While pregnancy is often a cause for happiness and celebration, it is also a time to make big decisions for the new mom that would later have immediate and long-term impacts on the baby’s life. One of these crucial decisions, according to a nonprofit organization focused on lactation education, is how to feed the child
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesBe wary of moneyed candidates.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesFor the first time since elections have been held in the country, detainees will be allowed to exercise their right to vote in the May balloting. The Commission on Elections, saying it was high time that the disenfranchisement of detainees ended, will run a pilot program with the Commission on Human Rights in this year’s elections for the enfranchisement of 24,000 detainees. “Unlike Canada, Australia,…
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
MANILA, PhilippinesAlthough the opportunity to cheat in an automated election is very slim, a desperate and determined candidate can still cheat his way to office, said an executive of a recruitment company hired by a Commission on Elections contractor to hire information technology people for the national and local elections in May. “With the automated election the chance to cheat is very slim, but for a cunning, desperate and sly politician, there are so many ways,” Johnny Revilla, project manager of Placewell Manpower Inc.
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MANILA, PhilippinesSmartmatic TIM Corp. said the technicians it hired to help election officers in the May 10 polls will not influence voters as they will only enter a precinct if a voting machine needs to be fixed or replaced.
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BATANGAS CITY, PhilippinesA motor boat with about 10 passengers on board suffered a broken hull and was carried away by the waves as it drifted off Fortune island in Nasugbu Saturday….
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MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, PhilippinesNacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel Villar arrived here on Saturday for the second day of his slate’s barnstorming in Eastern Visayas.
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ARLINGTON - His campaign for political office in the Philippines will begin soon. He has hinted that this could be his last fight.
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MANILA, PhilippinesIf only he knows when and where, Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III is raring to debate Nacionalista Party candidate Sen.
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MANILA, PhilippinesVice President Noli de Castro and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile scored ‘moderate’ net satisfaction ratings, Chief Justice Reynato Puno a ‘neutral’ net satisfaction rating, and House Speaker Prospero Nograles a ‘poor’ net satisfaction rating in the Fourth Quarter…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesFamily feuds may be a hallmark of Philippine politics, but according to administration standard-bearer Gilbert ‘Gibo’ Teodoro, his own feud with the family of his uncle, industrialist and Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) founder Eduardo ‘Danding’ Cojuangco, should have no place in the current presidential race. ‘We are talking about the country, not one family, not the hurt feelings of one person ..
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03/13/2010 Teachers have expressed concern over problems they foresee come Election Day on May 10. According to Education Undersecretary Franklin Sunga, among the fears the teachers who have been enlisted as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) have raised is when they turn away a voter whose name is on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) watch list of multiple registrants.
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03/13/2010 The Australian government will provide the Philippines a new funding amounting to A$175,000 or about P7 million to help promote and address human rights problems in the country.
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03/13/2010 An energy crisis in the country triggered by a severe drought deepened yesterday as Metro Manila endured another round of rolling blackouts. It was the third week this year that the nations capital faced power outages, while Mindanao has faced blackouts daily for more than a month. We have a supply deficiency
