The Senate approved on third and
final reading Tuesday a bill giving the chief of staff of the
Armed Forces a fixed term of office of three years to end the
present “revolving door policy.”
The vote for the bill authored by
Sen. Rodolfo Biazon was 18-0 with no abstention.
ESTABLISHING a human rights body
in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations remains a priority
when the Senate takes on the Asean Charter on Thursday, Foreign
Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said Tuesday.
THE Board of Marine (BMI) on
Tuesday blamed top executives of Sulpicio Lines Inc. for their
apparent ‘negligence’, which resulted in the capsizing of the MV
Princess of the Stars during a heavy storm on June 21.
Malacañang will let police
investigate the case of Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group chief
Antonio Villar whose bodyguards allegedly mauled a businessman in
Makati City.
The Department of Health reported
Tuesday that while the number of recorded Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome or AIDS cases in the Philippines continue to be at a low
level, the numbers are actually rising.
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