{mosimage}Despite his veiled comments and blunt criticisms on the current administration, Malacañang still considers former president Fidel Ramos as a "friend" and "ally." It said his statements in the past few days only reflect his concern for the welfare of the Filipino nation.
Palace officials said Wednesday they understand where Ramos is coming from and that they know he is thinks of
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{mosimage}Contrary to claims made by President Arroyo during her 8th State of the Nation Address, population growth has slowed down not through natural family planning but due to lower fertility and higher use of contraceptives in the past eight years, an official of the University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) said Wednesday.
In a press conference, UPPI Director Dr. Grace Cruz said the country'
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Instead of the Philippine flag for the opening ceremonies, Miguel Molina will carry the title as the Best Male Athlete of Southeast Asia when he competes in the Beijing Olympics next week.
The 23-year-old tanker, winner of four gold medals in the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand, yesterday vowed to do his best when he leads a crack team of Filipinos in the swimming and diving competitions in Beijing.
Molina said he&rsquo
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The Philippine swimming team competing in the Beijing Olympics this August will have a fair chance of winning with the current format at the world’s most prestigious sporting event.
Head coach and former Olympian Carlos “Pinky” Brosas said the relatively new format of holding the preliminary matches in the evening leveled the playing field for the RP team.
“It gives us a fair ch
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{mosimage}Former Senator Ralph Recto, husband of "Star for All Seasons" actress Vilma Santos, was welcomed as if he was a famous movie star himself in his first official working day as the country’s chief economist.
Excited employees of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the government’s economic planning agency, clapped, shouted and had their photos taken with their new d
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Winston Garcia, president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), tried to oust the Lopezes from control of the 10-man board of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) during the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting on May 27, 2008. Not only did Garcia, who owns one Meralco share, fail in his bid to take over the management of the Philippines’ largest power distribu
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For a change, a couple of Filipino athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics are not really counting on the luck of the draw.
“I don’t want to say that during the drawing of lots, we’ll be hoping that they are not drawn with the top guns,” said RP taekwondo chief Robert Aventajado in Tuesday’s PSA Forum.
He said flyweight Tshomlee Go and middleweight Toni Rivero have worked so hard in
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{mosimage}For her eighth State of the Nation Address, President Gloria Arroyo shifted from enhancing the "super-regions" to issues she did not probe in her last two speeches, social services for the poor and underprivileged.
Her 2006 and 2007 SONAs were overflowing with infrastructure improvements.
This time, the president expressed her concern for farmers, working mothers, graduating students, fathers wi
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{mosimage}Several deputy special prosecutors on Friday urged Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio to resign as they said he has "lost the moral ascendancy" to lead his office.
"With all the problems he has caused now, the better part of prudence is that he must resign," Deputy Special Prosecutor John Turalba said at a press conference attended by at least nine members of the Office of the Spe
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{mosimage}Social welfare and population programs will be on top of President Arroyo's annual report as she delivers her eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 28.
"If in the past it was the Super Regions and the others, this year it's the national social welfare program in answer to the global crisis… she will talk about that, she will talk about the issue of family planning
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Princess Snell: Princess Tinkerbell Cristina Marjorie Pedere Snell, better known simply as Princess Snell (born on April 14, 1992 in Pacita, Laguna, Philippines), is a Filip...
Arturo D. Brion: Personal:
Birthdate: December 29, 1946
Birthplace: Manila
Father: Edon B. Brion, retired RTC Judge, from San Pablo City
Mother: Laura S. Dizon, from S...
