Palace careful in disclosing Arroyo’s schedule
- 1:51 AM — Dec 29 —
- Source: Sun Star - Philippines
IN CONTRARY to her New Year's resolution of becoming an easy subject for the media to cover, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is like playing hide and seek with the media in making known her schedule for the few remaining days of the year. Read More
Gov’t backs bill on maritime industry
- 8:35 AM — Dec 28 —
- Source: Sun Star - Philippines
MALACANANG would agree to fast-track the passage of the bill, which will strengthen the government's power in cracking down erring shipping companies. Read More
Cabinet meeting to include Dilangalen house' attack (2:50 p.m.)
- 2:34 AM — Dec 28 —
- Source: Sun Star - Philippines
The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday will include discussions on the grenade attack on Maguindanao Representative Didagen Dilangalen's house. Read More
Filipino sadness rating matches all-time high
- 12:05 AM — Dec 25 —
- Source: GMA
Filipinos are known throughout the world for a happy outlook, enabling them to cope with an assortment of miseries, from multiple disasters in the same year to the constant threat of crime to sordid governance by their leaders. Read More
Bus Falls in Peru; 40 Die
- 11:31 PM — Dec 24 —
- Source: The New York Times - New York NY
Forty people died Thursday when a bus carrying farmers and merchants home for Christmas plunged into a ravine on a remote highway in the southeastern Andes, the police said. Read More
40 killed when bus plunges into ravine in southeastern Peru
- 6:23 PM — Dec 24 —
- Source: Macleans
The cause of Thursday's crash is under investigation. Read More
Palace on Joma’s removal from EU terror list (4:16 p.m.)
- 3:33 AM — Dec 17 —
- Source: Sun Star - Philippines
A Malacanang official on Thursday made clear that the Palace does not "unconditionally" welcome the delisting of Filipino communist rebel leader Jose Maria Sison from the European Union terrorist blacklist. Read More
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