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Party-list wait over |
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Comelec proclaims 13 front-running sectoral groups |
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By William B. Depasupil, Reporter
With two weeks to go before the
Fourteenth Congress opens, the Commission on Elections on Monday
proclaimed 13 party-list organizations as winners in last May
elections.
Comelec Chairman Benjamin
Abalos Sr. said the proclamation would ensure there would be 13
party-list groups with at least one representative each when
Congress opens on July 23.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Rising sea levels
threaten world’s leading rice baskets
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Rising sea levels triggered by
climate change pose an “ominous” threat to some of the world’s
most productive rice-growing areas, the International Rice Research
Institute has warned.
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Visayas COCs give
Migz the lead
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AS predicted, Team Unity’s Juan
Miguel Zubiri on Monday dislodged Aquilino Pimentel 3rd of the
Genuine Opposition from the 12th spot of the senatorial race.
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CBCP fears
antiterror law is prone to abuse
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The influential Catholic
Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines called on the government
Monday to review the controversial Human Security Act that will take
effect next week, fearing it could be abused.
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Pictures could
lead military to Bossi
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The military will pore over the
photographs of Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi to search for clues to
where his kidnappers are holding him.
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New York Times
raps Bush, urges US troops to leave Iraq
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WASHINGTON: The New York Times on
Sunday called for US troops to leave Iraq now, saying that President
George W. Bush’s plan to stabilize the country through military
means was a lost cause.
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Human error eyed
in crash
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THE Air Transportation Office (ATO)
said on Monday that it was looking at human error as the cause of
the collision of two light planes over Bulacan Sunday, resulting in
the death of three people.
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GMA allies in
House lament JV warning of unrest
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Allies of President Arroyo in the
House of Representatives said on Monday that they were deeply
disappointed by San Juan Mayor JV Ejercito’s warning of mass
unrest if the Sandiganbayan finds Joseph Estrada guilty of plunder.
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Ombudsman charges
2 RSBS ex-officials
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THE Ombudsman on Monday filed
graft charges against two former officers of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines’ Retirement and Separation Benefits System (RSBS) for
allegedly releasing without authority funds amounting...
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