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Friday, March 14, 2008 |
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Critics blink on resign call
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Look beyond resignation,’ former Cabinet officials
say
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Threats, just like promises, apparently are made
to be broken.
Former senior government officials on March 4
warned that they will join calls for the resignation of President
Gloria Arroyo if she failed to address within 10 days their demands
for better governance, including stamping out alleged corruption in
her government. The ultimatum lapsed Thursday.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Erap can’t run in 2010,
Justice secretary argues
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Citing the Constitution as the main stumbling
block, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez on Thursday pointed out that
ousted former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada and all other
past Presidents cannot run for the same position in the 2010
elections.
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2007 poll results OK with
Mindanao Muslims–SWS
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Three in four Mindanao Muslims (76 percent)
“would feel more confident of the fairness of the [electoral]
process if the votes were immediately counted at the precinct,
instead of taken to the municipal level for counting, as was often
done in ARMM in the past.”
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DOH withdraws support for
‘generics-only’ provision
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Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd has
withdrawn his support for the inclusion of a “generics-only”
provision in the proposed Quality Affordable Medicine Bill, raising
expectations that the deadlock in the bicameral conference committee
will be broken.
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Lawmakers to amend law on appointments
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Lawmakers are pushing to amend the law covering the confirmation
process of government officials, a day after an irate Sen. Jamby
Madrigal blocked the confirmation of all those at the Commission on
Appointments on Wednesday.
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Oil hovers near $110 per barrel
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SINGAPORE: Oil prices bubbled near $110 a barrel in Asian trade
Thursday, within striking distance of a fresh record, buoyed by the
falling US currency, dealers said.
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Bishops step up campaign against mining
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Three senior Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday stepped up their
campaign against the mining industry, saying it destroyed both the
environment and local communities.
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FEATURE
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Fil-Am escapes elimination
on ‘American Idol’
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Filipino-American Ramiele Malubay, one of the 12
finalists of American Idol Season 7, has made it to the next round
of elimination.
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