Filipino protesters place styrofoam shaped fishing boats along Pasig River in Manila on Tuesday. The demonstrators were protesting against the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, the renewed call by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Charter change and the extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. (AP photo)
MANILA –- Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. rejected Tuesday an immediate action by the House of Representatives to respond to the call of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to revive efforts to change the system of government.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Pampanga Archbishop Paciano B. Aniceto Tuesday commended the honesty and courage of Governor Eddie Panlilio for telling the truth when he said he received a bag stuffed with P500,000 from Malacañang.
ZAMBOANGA CITY –- A top local government official in the island province of Basilan disclosed that the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf bandits are backing up some candidates for the forthcoming barangay elections.
CEBU CITY -- Seven teenage school girls are asking the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office to reconsider its earlier ruling clearing Fr. Benedicto Ejares of any inappropriate behavior allegedly committed while hearing a confession.
