I’m sorry, says Nograles on FOI bill
By Lilybeth G. Ison
MANILA, June 4 (PNA) – I’m sorry.
This was what Speaker Prospero Nograles said as the House of Representatives failed to ratify the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill before it adjourned sine die Friday.
Nograles adjourned the session after a roll call showed only 128 lawmakers...
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Aquino reaches out to presidential rival Villar
TARLAC, May 14, 2010 (AFP) – Benigno Aquino made overtures Friday to one of his defeated rivals in the Philippine presidential election as part of efforts to win control of parliament.
Aquino’s Liberal Party will not have majority of seats in the Senate or the House of Representatives even though...
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Comelec: No need to place Smartmatic officials on hold departure list
MANILA, May 6 – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday there is no need to put officials of Smartmatic Corporation on hold departure order (HDO) list of Bureau of Immigration as they are under the poll body’s watch.
“Well they are under better watch, they are under Comelec...
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Comelec insists no delay in Monday’s polls
By Jason Gutierrez
MANILA, May 5, 2010 (AFP) – Philippine election officials insisted Wednesday that next week’s polls would go ahead, amid frantic efforts to replace more than 70,000 faulty memory cards that were to be used in vote counting machines.
The Commission on Elections has come under enormous...
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Wacky musicomedy ‘Fe’s Book’ comes to Los Angeles on May 1
Singer-comedienne Fe de los Reyes pokes fun at the social networking phenomenon through her own ‘book’ of songs, dances, parodies, spoofs, and crazy antics in an OMG, LOL, ROFL kind of sho
Hollywood, CA (April 15, 2010) – “Fe’s Book!” – if the name sounds familiar and you’re...
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Absentee voting for RP’s nat’l elections begin April 10
Los Angeles, April 8 – A huge number of voters are expected to cast their ballot beginning this Saturday when the Philippine Consulate here at the Wilshire district and other consular posts all over the world open their doors to Filipino citizens, including dual U.S. and Filipino citizens who want...
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Pacquiao retains crown in ‘boring’ fashion
By Greg Heakes
DALLAS, March 14, 2010 (AFP) – Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao easily defeated Joshua Clottey by unanimous 12-round decision to retain his World Boxing Organization welterweight title Saturday at Cowboys Stadium.
Pacquiao, who was recently named Fighter of the Decade, ran his...
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Pacquiao looks to knock out Clottey
PInoys fear TV black-out during Pacquiao fight
By Greg Heakes
DALLAS, March 13, 2010 (AFP) – Manny Pacquiao says he is hopeful of a knockout against challenger Joshua Clottey as both weighed in Friday for their world championship welterweight fight at 1.2 billion-dollar Cowboys Stadium.
The weigh...
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New immigration law will allow RP to adapt? to world trends in tourism’ – Foreign chambers
Members of the different foreign chambers in the Philippines have expressed their support to the passage of the proposed Philippine immigration act now pending in Congress, saying it will draw more tourists and investors into the country.
In a meeting with Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Marcelino...
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Bander files for bankruptcy
CONTROVERSIAL lawyer Atty. Joel Bander has just filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection for his law firm, the Bander Law Firm. The subject of so many complaints, primarily from homeowners who hired his services to “Sue the Banks” in an effort to keep their homes, Bander announced in an email blast...
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