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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
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‘War’ brewing in
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New commissioners clash over plum seat |
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By Jomar Canlas Reporter
Besides possible failure of the
scheduled 2010 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) also
would have to bear with an apparent infighting between two of its
commissioners over which of them—Elias Yusoph and Leonardo Leonida—gets
to stay longer in the poll body.
A source has told The Manila
Times that Yusoph was angling for immediate confirmation by the
Commission on Appointments (CA) that would officially hand him a
full six-year term, which became available after Commissioner
Resurrecion Borra vacated his post.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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IMF FEARS ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF DEADLY FLU
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TOKYO: The global spread of swine
flu could have “notable effects” on the world economy, a senior
IMF official said Monday, warning that the economic crisis was far
from over.
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Over a million
firearms in country not licensed
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Over one million unlicensed
firearms are in the hands of civilians and rebels in the
Philippines, leading to a high incidence of gun-related homicides,
the national police chief said Monday.
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Minority bloc
senators boycott hearing on Villar’s case
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The Senate Committee of the Whole
decided Monday, in a meeting boycotted by the minority bloc, to vote
Thursday on the conflict of interest case filed against Sen. Manuel
Villar Jr.
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Charter change
moves in House ‘mindless, directionless’
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A clash between two
administration stalwarts in the House of Representatives seemed to
have heated up as one called the approach of the House leadership to
amending the 1987 Constitution “mindless”...
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Baby from Japan
observed for deadly virus
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A child barely a year old was
under medical observation for possibly having Influenza A(H1N1), the
Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
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‘Danding’
presses Supreme Court to rule on SMC shares
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Business tycoon Eduardo
“Danding” Cojunagco Jr. has asked the Supreme Court to rule on
three pending cases involving shares of stocks of San Miguel Corp.
(SMC) that were earlier sequestered by the Presidential Commission...
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PEZA keeps targets
amid global crisis
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The Philippine Economic Zone
Authority (PEZA) was sticking to its growth target for 2009, despite
the global economic turmoil that caused a sharp drop in investments
recorded in the first quarter,...
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Myanmar puts Aung
San Suu Kyi on trial
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YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar
opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial amid tight security
at a notorious prison Monday, facing a further five years in
detention on charges of harboring a US man who swam to her home.
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FEATURE
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Miriam says US
soldiers ‘oversexed’
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Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago,
the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,
identified on Monday the supposedly three biggest problems besetting
American soldiers participating in the Balikatan military...
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