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By MBJ on September 6, 2010
The chief of the Manila Police District (MPD) “ignored” an order for the deployment of an elite force in the botched rescue attempt that led to the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists, according to a witness in his testimony before a government panel.
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged chief, Hong Kong, MPD, pnp, tourists |
By newsmaster on September 6, 2010
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino has formed a committee to advise the government panel when it resumes peace talks with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a Malacanang official disclosed on Sunday.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged College of Law, malaysia, milf, noynoy aquino, Ramadan, UP |
By newsmaster on September 4, 2010
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino on Friday declared September 10, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a non-working holiday nationwide.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged Eid’l Fitr, holiday, Muslim, noynoy aquino, Ramadan |
By newsmaster on September 1, 2010
A ranking leader of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday said peace talks with the government could resume either on September 30 or in early October. Mohagher Iqbal, the head of the MILF panel, explained that Malaysia, the broker or facilitator of the talks, will have a week-long celebration of the Eid’l Fitr that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that is to end between September 10 and 12, depending on the lunar calendar.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged 1987 Constitution, Eid’l Fitr, milf, Muslim, philippines supreme court, Ramadan |
By MBJ on August 29, 2010
Residents and friends, estimated at more than 1,000, joined the family in burying on Saturday the dismissed police captain who was slain in Monday’s botched rescue attempt of 22 Hong Kong tourists whom he had held hostage in Manila.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged burying, Hong Kong, hostage-taker, luzon, manila |
By newsmaster on August 28, 2010
A ranking official in the administration of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been charged with graft, along with 11 others, by the office of the Ombudsman for their alleged involvement in the purchase of instant noodles worth $75 million for the government’s feeding programme for public school students.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged BFAD, deped, feeding program, Food Fortification Law, graft, instant noodles, noodle scam, ombudsman, public school |
By MBJ on August 28, 2010
China on Friday condemned the draping of the Philippine flag on the coffin of a dismissed Manila police captain whom it described as a “cold-blooded hostage-taker.”
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged Aquino, china, coffin, flag-draped, hostage-taker, Luneta Park, philippines |
By newsmaster on August 26, 2010
Allies of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed an ethics complaint against a militant lawmaker for alleged unparliamentary remarks and disorderly behavior which arose from a scathing privilege speech he delivered in the House of Representatives in early August.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged akbayan, allies, ethics case, gloria macapagal arroyo |
By MBJ on August 24, 2010
Peace talks with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) could resume before the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on September 9, the chief government negotiator disclosed on Friday.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Constitution, Kuala Lumpur, malacanang, milf, moro islamic liberation front, noynoy, peace process, peace talks, philippine supreme court, University of the Philippines |
By MBJ on August 21, 2010
Share This On: Facebook Twitter Stumble Digg Yahoo Buzz Reddit Gmail MySpace Email Print More Options The Philippines observes on Saturday the 27th anniversary of the martyrdom of the late opposition senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Junior but his son and namesake who is now the country’s president, has requested that he be allowed to have [...]
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged Aquino, dictatorship, malacanang, marcos, martial law, martyrdom, Ninoy
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 MBJ on August 20, 2010
A Filipino lawmaker, the scion of an influential family, was granted bail on Thursday by a Hong Kong court after spending more than one month in jail following his arrest for alleged illegal drug trafficking.
ABS-CBN News reported from Hong Kong that the court allowed Congressman Ronald Singson of Ilocos Sur province in Northern Luzon temporary liberty after posting bail equivalent to $130,000.
Posted in Nation | Tagged abs-cbn, Chavit, drug trafficking, gloria macapagal arroyo, Hong Kong, joseph estrada |
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 |
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