Posts Tagged ‘Issue’
SC affirms ‘07 ruling: Sugar lands also under CARP
MANILA, PhilippinesThe Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling it issued in 2007 that sugar plantations are covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law or Republic Act 6657. In a minute resolution issued on April 13which was received by the tribunal’s public information office only on May 20the entire high court denied with finality a motion filed by big sugar producers seeking the tribunal’s reconsideration of its ruling dated March…
JBC likely to come up with list of nominees on April 26 Villar raises specter …
BY EVANGELINE DE VERA BAGUIO CITY – The Judicial and Bar Council is likely to submit to President Arroyo on April 26 its shortlist of nominees for the position of chief justice, Justice Secretary Alberto Agra said Tuesday. This developed as the Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution ordering the JBC and the Office of the Solicitor General to submit within a non-extendible period of five days their respective comments on motions for reconsideration filed by various parties seeking a reversal of the tribunal’s March 17 decision.
PNP chief to meet with local police chiefs on polls
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 2) Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa is set to meet with the 1,634 local police chiefs in the country this week to issue reminders on the duty of all PNP personnel in the coming elections.
6.0-magnitude earthquake hits west of Manila
MANILA, Philippines – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck west of Manila on Thursday, the seismology institute reported, causing buildings in the Philippine capital to shake and sending frightened workers out of their offices. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami alert was issued
MILF denies backing fatwa vs Estrada, Drilon, Roxas
DAVAO CITY, PhilippinesThe Moro Islamic Liberation front (MILF) denied supporting a fatwa or edict issued by an Islamic cleric in Lanao Del Sur against at least three national candidates.
Metro Manila bishops urge voters to choose candidates well
MANILA, PhilippinesBe wary of moneyed candidates. This was the advice of Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales and several other bishops in a pastoral letter to the Catholic faithful who are contemplating their choices for the May 10 elections
Candidates frustrate audience at Ateneo forum
DAVAO CITY, PhilippinesAll presidential candidates except the three who have consistently topped the surveys were at the presidential forum at the Ateneo de Davao University here on Tuesday, and they disappointed sectoral representatives on their stance on such Mindanao issues as the peace process, mining, agriculture. Present during the forum were Senators Richard Gordon and Jamby Madrigal, former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, JC Delos Reyes, Eddie Villanueva and Nicanor Perlas. Liezl Bugtay, media officer of the non-governmental group Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM), said the forum exposed one thing: ‘most presidentiables delivered general statements on their take on…
President decides not to call special session
MANILA, PhilippinesPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has decided not to call a special session of Congress to tackle the power crisis in Mindanao. But the President did not say how the government would resolve the power crisis. ‘Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes will take care of the details,’ was all she told reporters who interviewed her after she attended a CAT (Citizenship Advancement Training) graduation ceremony at San Sebastian College in Manila
Phivolcs cancels tsunami alert
03/01/2010 The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) yesterday lifted the tsunami alert in the countrys coastal communities after non-threatening conditions were observed in areas facing the Pacific Ocean.
Philippines raises tsunami alert, orders evacuation
MANILA – The Philippines ordered a limited precautionary evacuation on Sunday in coastal areas of 19 provinces along its eastern seaboard after raising the level of a tsunami alert issued following a massive earthquake in Chile . “At 7 a.m. today, we raised the…
Ampatuan murder trial deferred anew; nephew arrest held
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) No arrest warrant will be issued yet against the nephew of Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., tagged as the brains behind the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao last November, the local court presiding over the case said Wednesday. ‘Appropriate action thereon is held in abeyance,’ Quezon City regional trial court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes said after Mayor Saudi Ampatuan…
Farmers decry impending loss of land over Villar’s alleged ‘manipulative acts’
MANILA, Philippines Farmers from the province of Bulacan on Thursday decried the impending loss of their land due to what they claimed as ‘manipulative acts’ of presidential candidate Senator Manny Villar and his wife Cynthia. But Mrs. Villar has denied the farmers’ accusations, saying that they were only trying to ‘malign and derogate my good name and reputation.’ Farmers from the town of Norzagaray claimed that their lands, over 300 hectares, were used as collaterals by the Villars to the Central Bank to acquire almost P2 billion in loan, using supposedly ‘dubious titles.’ Lawyer Arcy Taboso, the counsel for the farmers, said that Mrs.
Philippine court grants ex-soldiers bail in rebellion trial
Manila – A Philippine court has allowed 18 former soldiers facing rebellion charges for a 2007 attempted coup to post bail, the court clerk said Wednesday. The ruling, issued Tuesday by Judge Elmo Alameda gives the accused temporary freedom if they post bonds of 200,000 pesos (4,300 dollars) each. The accused included ex-navy Lieutenant Antonio Trillanes, who won…
