Riyo Mori, Miss Japan 2007, wins the global beauty contest held this year in Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- Malacañang will keep its hands off the selection of the next House Speaker, Presidential Management Staff Director General Cerge Remonde said Tuesday.
Even as he made that statement, Congress' website reported that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is backing Speaker Jose de Venecia, a move that Kampi president Luis Villafuerte said is "not true and part of a disinformation campaign."
MANILA -- Malacañang is confident that the resignation of election commissioner Rene Sarmiento as head of Task Force Maguindanao would not derail the investigation of the agency into the alleged electoral fraud in Maguindanao.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- A leader of a fruit and vegetable vendors association was shot dead inside the public market in Agora, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City at past 10 p.m. Monday.
DAVAO CITY -- Flying kites and raising doves or any free-flying birds of any kind will not be allowed within 10 miles of the Davao International Airport once a proposed amendment to the airport security ordinance is approved by the City Council.
