Pretending to be friends? A favorite comment of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña (right with his wife Mrs. Margot Osmeña greeting Gov. Gwen Garcia) on feuding persons caught at a public place is that the friendly and smiling faces are just a pretense. The occasion was the visit of President Arroyo in Cebu. (Sun.Star Cebu/Amper Campaña)
CEBU CITY -- Even as Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña handed to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a letter informing her that the friar lands bill passed by Congress includes lots claimed by Cebu Province, Capitol officials showed a document that provincial lots are not covered by the measure.
MANILA -- Chief presidential legal counsel Sergio Antonio Apostol said 2006 nursing graduates who are bent on going to the US have no other recourse but to retake the nursing exams.
MANILA -- Al Qaida-linked militants fleeing Philippine troops took shelter in the camp of a Muslim separatist group that has a peace deal with the government, sparking a battle that wounded at least 13 soldiers, officials said Monday.
DAVAO CITY -- Like those in action movies, soldiers and policemen barged into a house in Bunawan Friday afternoon, plucked out a young man, and detained him for 30 hours on accusation of involvement in recent bombings that hit Mindanao cities.
