Arroyo aide slams bishops on condoms

Arroyo aide slams bishops on condoms

By MBJ on February 19, 2010

MANILA – A senior member of the Arroyo Cabinet on Thursday slammed members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), saying the influential group is partly to blame for the government’s failure to check the alarming increase in the number of HIV-AIDS cases in the country.

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Comelec disqualifies actor from congressional race

Comelec disqualifies actor from congressional race

By MBJ on February 19, 2010

MANILA – The Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified a popular actor-sportsman from joining a congressional race in the Visayas in the May 10 polls for lack of residency.

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Gibo Vows to Target Sin Taxes

Gibo Vows to Target Sin Taxes

By Ms. D on February 19, 2010

Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer is eyeing on slapping more taxes on sin products in order to raise more revenues for the government. The targeted products include tobacco and alcohol, which according to Teodoro, needs to be applied with a simplified excise tax to support his revenue-enhancement measure.

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Go on leave, Comelec tells Manila celebrities endorsing May election bets

Go on leave, Comelec tells Manila celebrities endorsing May election bets

By MBJ on February 12, 2010

MANILA – Celebrities and other big names in the country’s entertainment industry were told to go on leave by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday if they are endorsing national and local candidates running in the May 10 polls.

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Court orders return of mansion to Marcoses

Court orders return of mansion to Marcoses

By MBJ on February 11, 2010

MANILA – The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has ordered the government to return to the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos a mansion located in Laguna province in Southern Luzon.

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Arroyo signs $30-B Philippine national budget for 2010

Arroyo signs $30-B Philippine national budget for 2010

By MBJ on February 11, 2010

MANILA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo disclosed she has signed the national budget for 2010, equivalent to $30 billion, with a “conditional veto” of congressional insertions that tended to increase the “pork barrel” allocations of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Rosebud Ong challenges Ping Lacson

Rosebud Ong challenges Ping Lacson

By Ms. D on February 5, 2010

Mary Rose “Rosebud” Ong, a staunch critic of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, has challenged the latter to face the rule of law and resurface if he is not guilty. “Act like a statesman, defend yourself in court” in a message to the senator.

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Election agency to put up polling precincts in jails

By MBJ on March 7, 2010

MANILA – For the first time ever, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will put up special polling precincts in jails and other detention centers to enable inmates to vote in the coming May 10 polls, a ranking Comelec official announced.

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Arroyo signs law requiring banks to lend more to farmers

By MBJ on March 7, 2010

MANILA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed a law requiring government and private commercial banks to extend at least 25 percent of their loan facilities particularly to farmers, agrarian reform beneficiaries and fishermen, according to a Malacanang announcement.

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Red rebel kills Bicol bet for refusing to pay ‘fee’

By MBJ on March 7, 2010

MANILA – A suspected member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) shot and killed a candidate running for councilor in a town in Camarines Sur province in the Bicol Region, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported.

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Manila asks overstaying OFWs to leave Oman

By MBJ on March 6, 2010

MANILA –A senior Malacanang official has appealed to overstaying Filipino workers (OFWs) in Oman to avail of the amnesty programme offered by the Omani government for foreign workers with expired work permits.

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Official: Manila jail prepared for Mindanao ‘massacre clan’

By MBJ on March 6, 2010

MANILA – A detention facility in Metro Manila has been prepared to accommodate members of a powerful and influential clan and their supporters who are facing various criminal charges for their alleged involvement in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province, Mindanao on November 23, a ranking official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported.

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