Some of the members of a group calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President Noli De Castro and who would also like a snap election held, gesture after a press conference Wednesday, in Makati south of Manila. (AP photo)
MANILA -- A coalition of anti-government groups on Wednesday introduced an online petition calling for the immediate resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro.
CEBU CITY -– Despite the objections of several sectors, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Angelo Reyes announced the oil and gas exploration in Tañon Strait will begin on November 15.
MANILA –- Three weeks after a deadly blast hit a popular shopping mall in Makati City killing 11 persons and wounding more than a hundred others, an independent commission was formed on Wednesday with the task of conducting “an impartial and credible” investigation on the cause of the incident.
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Two teenagers were wounded when a fragmentation grenade exploded in a commercial district in Cotabato City, some 180 kilometers north of this city, at around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
