Archive for September, 2009

Even some celebrities felt the wrath of tropical storm ‘Ondoy’ as rising flood waters entered and ravaged their plush homes in Metro Manila. Perhaps one of the most visible celebrities pleading for help is Cristine Reyes, who has been stranded along with her mother and younger brother on top of their two-storey home in...
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This was the message directed on Friday by Lakas-Kampi-CMD lawmakers led by Speaker Prospero Nograles to Cebu Rep. Antonio Cuenco, who had claimed that nearly a hundred of the ruling coalition’s members in the House favored the Liberal Party standard-bearer, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Nograles said that contrary to the results of Cuenco’s...
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Some pro-administration senators are considering supporting Liberal Party presidential aspirant Sen. Benigno Aquino III, a lawmaker said yesterday. In a statement, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said these senators are “torn between” support for Aquino and loyalty to their party. “They were allies of the late President (Corazon) Aquino and can sense that our people truly...
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President Arroyo has ordered the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to deploy all available assets of the government to assist those affected by the flooding brought about by typhoon “Ondoy.” She also appealed to residents of Metro Manila and the provinces affected by the storm to remain...
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The final Bar exams scheduled for today have been reset to next Sunday due to tropical storm “Ondoy.” “Bar exams scheduled for tomorrow (Sept. 27, Sunday) are reset to next Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, at the same time and venue, De La Salle University,” Supreme Court spokesman Midas Marquez announced yesterday afternoon in a...
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