Sunday, October 12, 2008 (Philippines)

Norie Gonzales, sister of two overseas Filipino workers sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, breaks down while appealing to the Arroyo government to help her siblings. (Sunnex/Jill Beltran) THE House of Representatives passed Saturday on second reading the P1.425-trillion budget proposed by the government for 2009. "We have just passed a very flexible, reform-oriented budget, and a recession-responsive policy action that our people can depend on, an antidote to economic stagnation," said House Speaker Prospero Nograles in a media interview. Post your comments on the sinking of MV Princess of the Stars [full story]