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Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
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Palace backs
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Malacañang to support Melo’s initiatives to clean
up Comelec |
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By Angelo S. Samonte Reporter
Malacañang said it will back
reopening of the “Hello, Garci” controversy if such
support will help reform the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and
put an end to the killings of officials of the poll agency.
“Comelec is a separate
constitutional body, and we respect the desire of the newly
appointed chairman to do whatever he wants in order to reform the
[commission],” Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Wednesday.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Farmers Warn Of
Tight Supply Of Rice
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Filipino farmers on Wednesday
warned of a worsening rice crisis and said prices were expected to
soar amid an expected lean harvest next month.
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Senators vow to
continue probe of NBN
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A recent court decision upholding
the right to invoke executive privilege does not bar lawmakers from
probing alleged government wrongdoing, an opposition senator and two
Catholic bishops said Wednesday.
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Lakas eyes
coalition with NPC
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Two is not a crowd and three is
not too much where it concerns the 2010 presidential elections, at
least to House Speaker Prospero Nograles.
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Legislator bares
‘ghost delivery’ of coal
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Yet another bombshell is set to
explode after a militant legislator discovered alleged ghost
delivery of P320-million worth of coal sold by a local dealer to the
National Power Corp. (Napocor).
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EXCLUSIVE
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4 on short-list to
head Sandiganbayan
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FOUR magistrates are contending
to become presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan, the only vacancy
in the country’s anti-graft court.
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US firm violates
Pinoy labor rights
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NEW YORK CITY: A US medical
staffing firm has been charged with
violating a foreign labor program after it allegedly owed almost
$3-million back wages to its Filipino workers, the US Department of
Labor said.
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FEATURE
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Obama related to
Churchill
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NEW YORK CITY: US presidential
hopeful Barack Obama turns out to be a distant relative not only of
President George W. Bush but also of wartime British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, according to US researchers.
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