Archive for July, 2008

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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