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‘How do we move forward?’

(State of the Nation Address by President Benigno S.

Stormy weather seen on Aquino’s first SONA

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MANILA, Philippines — The rainy weather that lashed Metro Manila on Sunday, causing flash floods in the metropolis, would likely be felt on Monday when President Benigno Aquino III delivers his first State of the Nation Address, bulletins from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration showed. The Inter-Tropical Convergence…

Philippines’ Aquino pledges to end army politics

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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said on Friday that political connections would no longer be the route to promotion in the nation’s coup-prone army, as he named a decorated general as the new head of ground forces. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III answers media queries after a command conference with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Camp Aguinaldo in…

100 NGOs ask Noynoy: Adopt pro-poor agenda

MANILA, Philippines—Some 100 non-government organizations from all over the country under the umbrella network of Kampanya para sa Makataong Pamumuhay (KAMP or Dignified Life for All Campaign) are asking incoming President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III to adopt their pro-poor agenda. The agenda, which will be presented to the public and key legislators and possible Cabinet secretaries on Tuesday, June 22, in Sulo Hotel, seeks to prioritize people’s rights to work, food, and essential services like housing and health. ‘The start of this administration is filled with hope.

Corona appointment puts high court’s integrity on line

MANILA, Philippines—Incoming Chief Justice Renato Corona puts not only the legitimacy of his position but the integrity of the Supreme Court on the line by accepting an appointment from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a legal watchdog group said. The Supreme Courts Appointments Watch (SCAW), a loose coalition among legal and civil society groups formed a few years back to monitor Arroyo’s appointees to the high court, added to the last-ditch appeals on Corona not to accept an appointment from Arroyo as the new chief justice. In an open letter Friday, the group appealed to Corona’s ‘reason and statesmanship’ to let the next president who will assume office on June 30 to do the appointment…

Aquino: No oath before Philippine chief justice

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ president-apparent Benigno Aquino III refused Friday to take an oath of office before the new chief justice, alleging impropriety in the appointment by the outgoing president in the dying days of her term. The move would be a symbolic first blow against the scandal-tainted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo if Aquino takes office. The son of Philippine democracy icons questioned Arroyo’s appointment on Wednesday of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was her chief of staff…

J.P. Morgan Set to Join World’s First Microinsurance Fund – LeapFrog Fund will Unveil Record Investment Amount

Noynoy’s first target: Graft, corruption More defectors from Lakas-Kampi coming, Aquino says –>

By WENDELL VIGILIA HACIENDA LUISITA, TARLAC – As he started to organize his Cabinet, leading presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino yesterday vowed to zero in on graft and corruption.

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Easing out Escudero a mistake for LP — Binay

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay has said the sudden absence of Sen.

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.

Give ‘em a hand Wipe swipe . . .

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Yipes! Did formerPresident George W. Bush actually wipe his hand on former President Bill Clinton’s sleeve because of humid handshakes with an earthquake-battered crowd in Haiti?

Philippines Arroyo to start campaign for house seat

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MANILA – The Philippine election shifts gear on Friday as campaigning for Congressional seats starts, with interest centred on the president’s move to run for the lower house and the risks from a new automated voting system. Local campaigning could change the presidential race if Gilberto ‘Gibo’ Teodoro, the administration candidate running a distant fourth in opinion polls, can tap the national reach of his party organisation to boost support.

Six NPs seek reversal of SC ruling ‘I will not allow anybody to use me’ –>

BY EVANGELINE DE VERA AND JOCELYN MONTEMAYOR SIX Nacionalista Party senatorial candidates yesterday filed a motion before the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the suit allowing President Arroyo to appoint the next chief justice.

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