|
|
|
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
3rd force to fizzle
out |
|
‘Strong opposition healthy for democracy’ |
|
BY James Konstantin Galvez and
William Depasupil, Reporters
House Minority Leader Francis
Escudero ended on Tuesday speculations about his political
affiliation as he filed his candidacy for the Senate under the
United Opposition (UNO) ticket.
Speaking to reporters, Escudero
also said the proposed Third Force, or unity ticket, would die in
the run-up to the May polls, with candidates splitting into
administration and opposition camps.
|
|
 Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
O T H E R R E P O R T S
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Palace says GMA
pals will back unity slate
|
|
Malacañang said on Tuesday that
most of President Arroyo’s political allies would abide with her
call to form a unity slate for the May 2007 polls.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Poll gab invite
hit as mere theatrics
|
|
A senior member of the
influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on
Tuesday questioned President Arroyo’s sincerity in inviting the
country’s bishops to a summit on clean elections.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
7 kidnapped seamen
in Nigeria ‘seriously ill’
|
|
SEVEN of the 24 Filipinos
kidnapped this month in Nigeria’s southern Delta State are
critically ill and need immediate treatment, according to a Nigerian
newspaper.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
Melo report met
with orders for new probes
|
|
Confronted with a special
commission’s findings on the culpability of soldiers and military
officers in extrajudicial killings, President Arroyo on Tuesday
ordered several new probes.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
New 2007 budget to
spur RP growth
|
|
Philippine economic growth will
rise this year, thanks to increased spending on infrastructure and
services under the 2007 budget that will soon be signed into law,
senior officials said on Tuesday.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
GMA to appoint 7th
exec for elections body soon
|
|
PRESIDENT Arroyo is expected to
announce anytime soon the seventh and last commissioner of the
Commission on Elections (Comelec).
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscribe to
The Manila Times News Alert
To register text:
REG<space>ALERT and send to 7001898
Available to Smart Subcriber only
|
|
|
| |
