PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday instructed government troops to do a “massive” manhunt against the group responsible for the beheading of a school principal in Jolo, Sulu.

THE Nacionalista Party (NP) has preferred to keep quiet for the meantime in naming its chosen running mate of standard bearer Senator Manny Villar.

THE House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the P1.541 trillion 2010 national budget without major adjustments during its first session Monday.

WHILE remaining non-committal to the lifting of the freeze on prices of petroleum products, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera welcomed a proposal of oil companies to provide a so-called package of relief

DEALERS of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) said shortage in the supply can be expected as prices in the international market is seen to increase by around US$20 to US$30 per metric ton.

ENERGY Secretary Angelo Reyes on Monday assured the public that there is sufficient supply of fuel in the country which is enough to last for the next eight to 13 days.

JUSTICE Secretary Agnes Devanadera on Monday said that convicted Zamboanga del Norte Representative Romeo Jalosjos is not likely to obtain absolute pardon by December 1, the deadline for filing of cer

SO AS not to disenfranchise more than 20,000 voters in Sulu in the 2010 elections, former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) governor Nur Misuari asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) M

BAYAN Muna Party-list Representative Neri Colmenares called on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday to clarify whether $2 million out of the $30 million dollar military aid to the Philippines

PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Bro. Eddie Villanueva criticized on how several survey firms computes their results.

MANILA -- Former public works secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. formally declared Sunday his intention to run for president in the 2010 elections under the banner of the Philippine Labor and Peasant Party (PLPP).

MANILA -- A Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) official admitted Sunday that there had been a lot of defections at the local level and these are just natural.

A SENIOR official of the Roman Catholic Church reiterated Sunday that the church will not engage in partisan politics.

PRESS Undersecretary and Deputy Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez assured victims of the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars that the case against Sulpicio Lines Incorporated (SLI) would proceed

WITH the Holiday season fast approaching, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded school officials and teachers not to compel students to shell out donations or contributions for their Christmas