World Boxing Council (WBC) superfeatherweight champion Manny Pacquiao, center, acknowledges the crowd while his staff displays his championship belts as he rides in a motorcade for a heroes welcome Tuesday in Manila. Pacquiao defeated Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez to grab the WBC title. (AP photo)
MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ruled that Commission on Higher Education (Ched) chairman Romulo Neri can invoke executive privilege and that he cannot be compelled to answer three questions, which the Senate feels crucial in its inquiry on the controversial broadband project.
Voting 9-6, the tribunal granted the petition of Neri seeking to enjoin the senators from compelling him to testify on confidential matters, saying doing so would be detrimental to the country's diplomatic relations with China.
MANILA -- The special investigation panel created by the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed Tuesday a motion to summon President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to answer criminal offenses imputed against her to conduct public hearings on alleged anomalies in the US$329 million national broadband network (NBN)-ZTE project.
DAVAO CITY -- Central and Southern Mindanao regions experienced a total of 19 earthquakes from the period of March 3 to 22, with the strongest magnitude registering at 5.3 in the Richter scale and epicenter located 153 kilometers southeast of the City of Mati, Davao Oriental.
