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Friday, November 23, 2007 |
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Media takes press freedom battle to the High
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Journalist adamant that Malacañang stop issuing
threats on stories and reports allegedly bordering on rebellion
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Several media organizations and personalities
have brought to the Supreme Court the battle over press freedom.
In a 35-page petition for review filed before
the High Court, the media organizations and personalities questioned
the May 30, 2007 ruling of the Court of Appeals that dismissed their
petition that sought to stop government from issuing threats against
mediamen who “tend” to publish or broadcast rebellious,
subversive and seditious statements
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Activists ask CBCP
to support Arroyo ouster
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Catholic groups, including
religious and lay organizations, are pressing the Catholic
Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to take a more
decisive action on the alleged “unabated corruption” ...
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Senate junks sale
of govt geothermal company
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THE Lopez Group of Companies,
which won the recent bidding to buy the 60-percent stake of the
Philippine National Oil Company-Energy Development Corp. (PNOC-EDC),
might face a big problem...
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Manpower group
seeks end to Iraq travel ban
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An organization of firms
exporting manpower on Thursday urged President Gloria Arroyo to lift
the travel ban on Iraq to allow thousands of Filipinos to find
lucrative jobs in that country or come home for Christmas.
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P40-million
smuggled cell phones, items seized
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SOME P40-million worth of
electronic gadgets and accessories, including cellular phones and
signatures items, slipped past the noses of the Bureau of Customs
despite having been subjected to x-ray inspection...
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Court grants
another writ petition
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ANOTHER writ of amparo was issued
by the Supreme Court against the military after a petition seeking
protection was filed at the High Court.
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Media takes press
freedom battle to the High Court
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Journalist adamant that Malacañang
stop issuing threats on stories and reports allegedly bordering on
rebellion
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Several media organizations and
personalities have brought to the Supreme Court the battle over
press freedom.
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Full
Story>>
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LTO wants amendments to traffic code
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THERE is a need for Congress to amend the
existing traffic code of the Philippines because that law is no
longer applicable given, among others, the low fines it stipulates.
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Nitrates in
drinking water found
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Thousands of people in rural
Thailand and the Philippines face serious health problems from
drinking water contaminated with nitrates, a report by the
environmental group Greenpeace said Thursday.
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