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Palace surprised by ‘Cha-cha’
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President Arroyo will not also stand in the way of
initiatives from the Senate for Charter change
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Malacañang said it is surprised by the sudden
turn-around of many senators who now openly support Charter change
through a constituent assembly.
Nonetheless, President Gloria Arroyo will not
block efforts emanating from the Senate to initiate amendment of the
Constitution, a palace official said Friday.
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Nograles ready to refute
graft charges against him
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HOUSE Speaker Prospero Nograles is ready to defend himself against
the charges leveled against him that he used the money given to him
for the purchase of “farm inputs” for political purposes.
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Coup plotters give Esperon a failing
grade in running the military
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ARMED Forces Chief of Staff General Hemogenes Esperon’s
performance as head of the military is below par and only brought
shame to the institution, according to two former military officers
who led the 2006 coup attempt.
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Crackdown on flour smugglers kicks off
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THE Bureau of Customs on Thursday suspended three importers
suspected to be behind flour smuggling, which signaled the
bureau’s start of a nationwide crackdown on flour smugglers.
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Court upholds suspension of BIR director
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THE Supreme Court (SC) has sustained the decision of the
Ombudsman to impose a six-month preventive suspension against a
division chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) over charges
of dishonesty, grave misconduct, perjury and unexplained wealth.
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New rules issued for second-hand imports
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THE Bureau of Customs has adopted more stringent guidelines for
importers of secondhand items as part of its measures to prevent the
technical smuggling of goods.
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More provinces becoming malaria-free
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A total of six Philippine provinces have been
malaria-free for the past five consecutive years, the Department of
Health said Friday.
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Nat’l police chief orders manhunt
for Quezon City’s most wanted
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PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Avelino
Razon Jr. has put the police force on alert and ordered manhunt
operations for Quezon City’s most wanted robbers who escaped from
authorities Friday morning.
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Tourism to woo ‘Bollywood’ to Philippines
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The Department of Tourism on Friday said it plans to bring more
Indian tourists to the country through its film tourism program.
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Marital issues may have
caused officer’s suicide
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MARITAL problems could have driven the Army Colonel Roberto Caldeo
to commit suicide inside his quarters at the Army headquarters in
Fort Bonifacio on Thursday morning, Taguig City Police Chief Supt.
Alfred Corpus said Friday.
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Hearing of case filed vs.
militants reset to May 12
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THE Palayan City Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Friday reset the
hearing on the “motion for the judicial determination of probable
cause” filed by four militant lawmakers, upon request of the
Philippine National Police to give them five days to comment on the
motion.
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As politics pollutes civil service, government
loses good career-service eligibles
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AS politics gains ground in the bureaucracy, the
government starts to lose a few good men and women with
career-service eligibility.
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