{mosimage}A Senate resolution calling for a shift to a federal form of government is not intended to extend the term of President Arroyo or any incumbent public official, a lawmaker maintained Wednesday.
"Let us be very clear. Resolution No. 10 has no intention whatsoever to extend her term, or my term, or anybody else's term. Its only purpose is the adoption of the federal system of government," Sena
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{mosimage}After its agency head became entangled in the Court of Appeals (CA) bribery scandal, the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is in the news once more.
Aside from the alleged involvement of PCGG chairman Camilo Sabio in the Meralco-Govenment Service Insurance System controversy, the agency is in hot water anew after the Commission on Audit (COA) uncovered several financial irregularities.
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{mosimage}The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said Tuesday that its is happy with the overall results of the just held elections in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) declaring it a success in general and that results may be out Tuesday afternoon at the earliest.
Lawyer James Jimenez, COMELEC education and information department chief, made the assessment of Monday’s regional polls in an interview
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{mosimage}Malacañang has said that the president does not intend to stay beyond 2010, but fears of a possible term extension have resurfaced, no thanks to the aborted Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government.
In today's state luncheon with Swiss President Pascal Couchepan, that suspicion only grew stronger when the president
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{mosimage}The Supreme Court could "kill" the peace process with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) if it makes the temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Moro homeland agreement permanent, a legal adviser to the government peace panel said.
In an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) Tuesday, Camilo Montesa, an adviser to the Philippine government's peace panel with the MILF, said
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At 4′ 11″, Hidilyn Diaz is the smallest among all the Filipino athletes who will be representing the country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But, boy, she is the strongest, pound-for-pound, among the 15-man RP contingent.
“Nagbuhat po ako ng 56 kilograms,” said Hidilyn when asked about her lifts.
The 17-year-old Zamboangeña, the first Filipino weightlifter to be named to the Olympic team since 1988,
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Former world champion Brian "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria gets another chance to win a title after he accepted the mandatory challenge against IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis.
Viloria’s manager, Gary Gittelsohn, said in an interview over dzSR that the fight against Solis is "100-percent sure" to take place.
"It's a hundred percent it will happen because the IBF has notified u
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The main bulk of Team Philippines set foot here Tuesday, oozing with confidence and in high spirits three days before the 2008 Beijing Olympics formally comes off the wraps in this country of 2 billion people.
RP chef de mission Monico Puentevella led the Filipino contingent composed of 11 athletes and three top sports officials, who arrived in the bustling Chinese capital at around 11:30 a.m. following a four-hour
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{mosimage}Muslims in the southern Philippines would have wide powers over their resource-rich local economy, including the right to revoke existing mineral contracts, if an eventual peace deal is agreed with Manila.
According to a copy of a territorial agreement, given to Reuters on Sunday, a future government of a new autonomous Muslim region, known as the Bangsamoro homeland, would have full responsibility for la
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{mosimage}Manny Pacquiao will ask Oscar dela Hoya to shell out a little more than $750,000 for every pound in excess of the weight limit.
According to Pacquiao’s legal counsel, Franklin Gacal, $750,000 or a stagsgering P33 million may be too small an amount to keep Dela Hoya from weighing in heavier than the agreed limit.
The Pacquiao-Dela Hoya fight, if it happens, will be pegged at 147 lbs, and while the Go
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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...
Claudine Barretto:
Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto-Santiago (born July 20, 1979), popularly known as Claudine Barretto, is a film and television actress in the Philippines....
