Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday announced that the next Cabinet meeting on Tuesday will be in Sulu to be followed by a press conference where she will present the new Cabinet appointees led by interim Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza. “I’ll probably have…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesHealth Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) on Tuesday strongly condemned the ‘intransigence’ of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which seeks to award two officers involved in the ‘illegal arrest, detention, and torture of 43 health workers’ known as the ‘Morong 43.’ ‘Rewarding human rights…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
BY JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR PRESIDENT Arroyo kicks off her Central Philippines Super Region tour today, which will take her to Donsol in Sorsogon, Palawan, Cebu and Bohol. For her first stop, Arroyo goes whale shark watching in Donsol. On Tuesday, she will be in Puerto Princesa City for a Cabinet meeting.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailers are slashing prices by 50 centavos per kilogram effective 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday (February 9) due to the decline in the international contract price of LPG…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesTraffic will be rerouted on the main roads of Mandaluyong City on Tuesday as the city begins its week-long celebration of its 65th Liberation Day. The stretch of road from Kalentong Street to Acacia Lane/Shaw Boulevard will be closed to vehicles between 2 p.m.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesBe prepared for heavy traffic on one of Metro Manila’s busiest thoroughfares even on weekends. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Tuesday asked motorists to exercise more patience while traveling on EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
TACLOBAN CITY, PhilippinesThe head of the Philippine peacekeeping team in Haiti asked for prayers from his countrymen as they continued to help in the security and recovery efforts in the Caribbean country devastated by a 7-magnitude earthquake Tuesday last week. Col
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur, PhilippinesThe village chief of Masbaranon in Esperanza town in Masbate was shot dead by still unidentified armed men Tuesday afternoon, an Army official said Wednesday morning.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesThe United Nations has warned that the Philippines is in danger of leaving the poor behind when it comes to their education.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines The Commission on Elections (Comelec) accredited on Tuesday six more partylist groups for the elections in May, bringing the total of…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines Three siblings were found dead in their home in Pampanga early Tuesday, according to a…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesThe number of violators of the election gun ban continues to increase on Tuesday, the third day of the ban imposed by the Commission…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, PhilippinesIf the fireworks don’t bear the PS (Philippine Standard) mark, don’t buy them.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines - Authorities moved thousands of villagers from harm’s way near the Philippines’ most active volcano Tuesday after it oozed lava and shot plumes of ash, and said they probably would spend a bleak Christmas in an evacuation center. State volcanologists raised the alert level on the cone-shaped, 8,070-foot (2,460-meter) Mayon volcano overnight to…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA, Philippines – At least nine communist rebels and one army soldier were killed in clashes Tuesday as troops closed in on a guerrilla encampment in a southern Philippine province, a regional military…