* The President also directed law enforcers to be on alert during the holidays
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered law enforcement authorities Sunday to keep a tight watch during the observance of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days following the bombing attacks in India last Saturday that killed 61 people.
Arroyo said the attacks at the Saromjini Nagar [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo directed a stepped-up information campaign on bird flu as part of measures to prevent the entry of the deadly avian-borne virus in the country and to keep the Philippines bird flu-free.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque had warned that it was just “a matter of time” before avian flu reaches the Philippines.
Vic Mañalac/Assistant Regional State Prosecutor
UNLESS we amend the Constitution, we can never achieve genuine reform and real progress.
Among others, as manifested by some congressmen, I fully agree that the form of government has to be changed from the present presidential to parliamentary or federal system.
Jonathan F. Fernandez
MANILA — Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. is heading a citizens’ congress formed to investigate alleged fraud and other charges against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Guingona, head of the newly formed Citizens’ Congress for Truth and Accountability, assured Arroyo Tuesday of a “fair and transparent” investigation on the charges leveled against her, the very [...]
I CERTAINLY hope that a peace deal would be successfully inked between the MILF and the government.
That is why it is necessary that the new Constitution be written by Congress and not a Constitutional Convention.
LEADERS of the opposition Monday gave Malacañang’s security cordon a slip and held a prayer mass cum protest at the Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Church on J.P. Laurel Street, which is already considered part of the Palace compound.
Leaders of the United Opposition (UNO) went to the church in individual vehicles via the Arlegui gate [...]
MANILA — Two of the country’s largest labor organizations filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) to enjoin government officials from implementing the calibrated pre-emptive response (CPR) and the “no permit, no rally” policy.
The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and the National Federation of Labor Unions (NFLU) asked the high court to issue a [...]
CITING the signs of the times, an opposition senator said the end is near for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
This is the fearless forecast of Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. as he expected more protest actions by groups from Metro Manila and other provinces in the coming days.
MANILA — Protesting militant and farmer groups from Luzon provinces peacefully dispersed Friday their protest to demand the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after anti-riot police blocked them from getting to Mendiola, which is close to the presidential palace.
The 17,000-strong police force in Manila have gone on full alert to deal with almost-daily protests, some [...]
Ben O. Tesiorna
A DABAWENYO businessman declared war against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by publishing a paid advertisement showing the president with an overturned Philippine flag and calling for her resignation.
In a paid advertisement published in Sun.Star Davao on October 18, seventy-four-year-old Antonio “Ding” Diaz tagged Arroyo a cheater and immoral president saying the president has lost [...]
