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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
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18 bishops reject mounting
GMA-resign call
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While they are supposedly apolitical, some members of the
influential Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)
have taken sides on whether President Gloria Arroyo should step down
or remain in office.
The line was drawn Monday after 18 bishops from
Mindanao objected to an earlier call made by three colleagues from
Luzon calling for Mrs. Arroyo’s resignation over a series of
scandals, the latest of which is alleged bribery of some local
government officials by Malacañang.
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Arroyo orders measures to lessen climate change
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Legazpi City: President Gloria Arroyo instructed Energy Secretary
Angelo Reyes to come up with holistic policies addressing climate
change, specifically in high-risk areas like the Bicol region.
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PET orders ballot boxes in Loren protest
retrieved for barangay polls
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THE Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET)
approved the plea of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to
retrieve all the ballot boxes and their contents from Cebu and
Pampanga covered in the election protest of Senator Loren Legarda
against Vice-President Noli de Castro...
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SC junks petition to change transsexual’s name
and gender
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THE High Court on Monday junked the petition of
a transsexual to change his gender and first name entries in the
Office of Civil Registrar as devoid of merit and legal basis.
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Fil-Am doc found guilty of murder
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Here’s one to cause another uproar, especially among
practicing doctors in the US. This time, a jury in Georgia found
culpable evidence against a Filipino-American doctor for murder and
sentenced him to life imprisonment, plus five years.
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Comelec warns barangay poll candidates: Follow
election rules
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THE Commission on Elections on Monday called on
all barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan candidates to follow all
elections laws to avoid being disqualified from the scheduled polls
on October 29.
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