Former President Corazon Aquino turned to the Filipino youth yesterday to draw fresh ideas and energy to rebuild the country from the ruins of corruption in government.
Speaking as guest of honor in the “Symposium on Filipino Heroism” and the launching of Ninoy Aquino commemorative stamps at the Marilen Gaerlan Conservatory of the De La Salle [...]
MANILA, Philippines - A bill imposing tougher penalties against illegal fishing moved closer to becoming a law after the House of Representatives aquaculture-fisheries committee reported it out for floor deliberation.
House Bill 2623 aims to establish a fisheries law enforcement support fund and create special courts for fisheries violations.
MANILA, Philippines - Former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr on Thursday claimed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s plans for term extension will be behind her choice for the next Supreme Court justices.
In a radio interview, De Venecia said the replacement of the retiring Supreme Court justices in 2009 could spell a term extension for President [...]
The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) had declared that Fat & Thin Lohan Kou Pei Pa Koa Candy 120 grams is free from formaldehyde, a preservative substance.
In a letter dated April 21, BFAD director Leticia Gutierrez said the samples of this product collected from the establishment of Hua San Wan Foodmart Inc. along Sta. [...]
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general Ralph Recto said yesterday oil companies should cut prices of gasoline and diesel by roughly P8 to P9 per liter this week to reflect the price reduction in the world market.
Citing estimates made by NEDA, Recto said pump prices should now be P35.86 per liter for gasoline [...]
The House committee on agriculture has decided to subpoena the supplier of the bulk of liquid fertilizer bought out of the P728-million fertilizer fund shortly before the May 2004 presidential election.
Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra, committee chairman, told reporters yesterday that his panel made the decision after Marites Aytona, who reportedly owns Feshan Philippines, failed to [...]
Former Senate president Manuel Villar has narrowed the lead of Vice President Noli de Castro in the latest survey on presidential hopefuls for the 2010 elections.
The number of Filipinos who prefer Villar as the next president went up by three points from 25 percent in June to 28 in September, based
Two opposition senators questioned yesterday the possible assumption of a colleague identified with the administration as chairman of the Blue Ribbon committee.
Sen. Francis Escudero said he would like Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who resigned as Blue Ribbon committee chairman, to stay on since it would be important to maintain the Senate’s independence in the conduct [...]
In what could be the start of a looming mass displacement of workers due to the financial crisis, about 900 workers at a business process outsourcing (BPO) company were laid off from their jobs.
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the country’s largest labor group, reported yesterday that Advanced Contact Solutions Inc. (ACS) retrenched [...]
Retired police director Eliseo de la Paz told a House hearing yesterday that his wife Maria Fe was caught by Moscow airport authorities last Oct. 11 carrying 76,000 euros.
De la Paz said Russian Customs personnel detected the money (about P5 million) in his wife’s bag first before retrieving an additional 40,000 euros (about P2 million) [...]
