Posts Tagged ‘philippine news’
Ex-IBP president is new Solgen
MANILA, Philippines–A former president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines has been named the new Solicitor General….
More imported rice here
MANILA, PhilippinesMore shipments of rice imported by the previous Arroyo administration are arriving in the country in spite of a glut. Militant farmers and senators are demanding for the surplus commodity to be distributed to poor households
The other SONA: Aquino got a bum steer
BY WENDELL VIGILIA THE new opposition bloc at the House of Representatives yesterday delivered the traditional counter-state of the nation address, saying President Aquino’s “speech from the heart” last Monday was “more cardiac than cerebral.” Minority leader Edcel Lagman, a staunch ally and defender of former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo, said Aquino obviously got a bum steer “with all of the inordinate inaccuracies in the…
‘How do we move forward?’
(State of the Nation Address by President Benigno S.
Pagcor’s P21-M purchase of cheeseburgers, fried chicken for cops probed
MANILA, Philippines That’s a lot of cheeseburgers and fried chicken.
China typhoon weakens
Typhoon Conson moved out into the South China Sea on Saturday and was downgraded to a tropical storm, a day after killing two…
US pushing UN status for gay rights group
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Obama administration and 14 members of the U.S. Congress are urging the U.N.
‘Basyang’ road, crop damage reaches P147.5MNDCC
MANILA, Philippines Damage to agriculture, fisheries, and infrastructure in four regions due to “Basyang” (international name: Conson) has reached P147.556 million, said the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) on Friday. In its…
26 killed, 38 missing as typhoon hits Philippines
Residents wade through a flooded street at Las Pinas, south of Manila on…
