By newsmaster on August 20, 2010
The Philippines and the US signed on Thursday an agreement for a three-year project to combat the alarming increase in the number of human trafficking cases whose victims are mostly Filipino women and children. The agreement was signed by Secretary Leila de Lima of the Department of Justice and Harry Thomas Junior, the US ambassador to the Philippines
Posted in Headlines, World | Tagged ambassador, human trafficking, Secretary Leila de Lima, US, US State department |
By newsmaster on August 20, 2010
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino on Thursday opposed a bill filed by two women lawmakers to legalize divorce but said he favors couples who are legally separated to remarry.
Posted in Headlines, Nation |
By newsmaster on August 19, 2010
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remitted a total of $9.082 billion in the first six months of 2010, which represented a 5.9 percent jump over the $8.4 billion recorded for the same period last year, the head of the Central Bank of the Philippines reported.
Posted in Headlines, Nation, OFW News | Tagged asia, canada, central bank, employment, Europe, Italy, Japanese, Middle East, North America, ofw, poea, professional, remittance, Singapore, skilled, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, US |
By newsmaster on August 19, 2010
MANILA – Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been listed as a “hostile witness” in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province on November 23, 2009, which was blamed on members of a powerful clan identified as her close political allies, according to a private prosecutor.
Posted in Headlines, Nation |
By MBJ on August 18, 2010
MANILA – Allies of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are vehemently protesting the ban imposed by the Aquino administration on the use of photos and names of politicians and officials on billboards and tarpaulins in government projects.
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged Aquino, arroyo, house of representatives, malacanang, New People’s Army, noynoy, Washington DC |
By MBJ on August 16, 2010
A radio report from GMA News said the order was issued by the Regional Trial Court of suburban Quezon City, Metro Manila for the arrest of Gerry Salapuddin, the former deputy House speaker for Mindanao.
Posted in Headlines, Region | Tagged Gerry Salapuddin, pinoy headlines, pinoy news, Wahib Akbar, zamboanga bombing |
By MBJ on August 15, 2010
MANILA – Despite the reported “saber-rattling” by the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Mindanao peace process remains on track, a Malacanang official assured on Saturday.
Secretary Edwin Lacierda, the presidential spokesman, said Secretary Teresita Deles, the presidential adviser on the peace process, is confident the MILF will push through with the peace negotiations.
Posted in Headlines, Region |
By SiteRocker on July 21, 2010
Kris Aquino, the youngest of four children of the late global democracy icon president Corazon Aquino, instructed her lawyers to file an annulment suit before she left with her two children for a holiday in the US last week.
Posted in Celebrities, Headlines, Nation | Tagged james yap, kris aquino, kris aquino annulment, kris aquino annulment updates, kris aquino james yap annulment, noynoy aquino, pnoy |
By newsmaster on July 21, 2010
Alberto Agra, official of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is under fire for allegedly failing to act on the reported attempt by members of a powerful and influential clan to bribe a vital witness into recanting his testimony linking them to the November 23 massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao.
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged agra law office, alberto agra, ferrari, filipino businessman, leila de lima, philippines news, pinoy news, villarica, villarica pawnshop |
By newsmaster on July 21, 2010
William Villarica, a Filipino businessman, who owns a chain of pawnshops and drives around with a Lamborghini sports car worth $200,000 and a Ferrari, has been accused of tax evasion for allegedly failing to pay taxes for the past eight years.
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged ferrari, filipino businessman, philippines news, pinoy news, villarica, villarica pawnshop |
By SiteRocker on May 24, 2010
Once released by the Board of Accountancy, probably on the last week of May 2010, as with the previous CPA Board Exams, we will be posting the 2010 May CPA Licensure Examination Results and list of passers here at Bloggista.org. So be sure to bookmark this site and check back often.
Posted in CPA Board Exam, Headlines, Nation | Tagged 2010 may cpa passers, cpa board exam may 2010 passers, cpa board exam passers 2010, cpa may 2010 passers, may 2010 cpa board exam results, may 2010 cpa board passers, may 2010 cpa list of passers, may 2010 cpa passers |
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.
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged AIDS, Bishop Nicanor Yniguez, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, cbcp, Civil Service Commission, department of health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, ecretary Francisco Duque, HIV, president gloria macapagal arroyo, Secretary Esperanza Cabral |
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.
Posted in 2010 Elections, Headlines, Nation | Tagged comelec, Governor Grace Padaca, Philippine Commission on Elections, president Corazon Aquino, Richard Gomez, Senator Benigno “Noynoy†Aquino |
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.
Posted in 2010 Elections, Headlines, News, Politics | Tagged beer, bir, cigarette, elections, Gibo, gilbert teodoro, lakas-kampi, sin taxes, Teodoro |
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.
Posted in 2010 Elections, Headlines, Nation | Tagged comelec, commission on elections, lawyer Ferdinand Rafanan, Senator Benigno “Noynoy†Aquino 3rd, Senator Manuel Villar, supreme court |
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