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‘Con-Ass’ officially dead |
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‘Cha-cha’ supporters pin hopes on HR 737
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By Frank Lloyd Tiongson, Reporter
The opposition to Charter change, or “Cha-cha,” has spurred the
sudden alliance of strange bedfellows.
Members of the minority bloc and a major
administration ally in the House of Representatives on Tuesday
walked out from the hearing of the House Committee on Constitutional
Amendments after a motion to approve for plenary deliberations a
proposal to convene Congress into a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass)
was upheld and voted upon.
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ONLY ONE BIDDER HURDLES COMELEC’S TOUGH TESTS
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Only one automation firm from an original list of seven prospective
bidders for the P11.3-billion poll automation project of the
Commission on Elections (Comelec) hurdled on Tuesday the pass-fail
criteria set by the Special Bids and Awards Committee of the poll
body.
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Groups files petition versus television ads
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Two party-list groups want the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to
“permanently restrain” Senators Manuel Villar Jr. and Manuel
“Mar” Roxas 2nd and Mayor Jejomar Binay of Makati City from
“further advertising themselves in...
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‘PacMan’ to venture into utilities, projects
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A wash in cash, boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter Manny
“PacMan” Pacquiao bared plans to venture into power, water and
infrastructure projects in his hometown in General Santos City.
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Killer virus cases surge in Japan
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KOBE, Japan: Japan reported 178 swine flu infections Tuesday and
closed more than 4,000 schools, colleges and kindergartens for the
rest of the week to slow the spread of the virus, officials said.
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Myanmar police testify in Suu Kyi trial
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YANGON, Myanmar: Police officers here described to a court Tuesday
how they arrested an American who swam to the house of Aung San Suu
Kyi, as Asian nations joined the West in condemning the trial of the
democracy icon.
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Landslide claims 29, 19 missing
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: At least 45 people were dead and missing after a
landslide buried a gold-rush site in the southern Philippine
province of Compostela Valley in Mindanao, security officials said
Tuesday.
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IMF warns against complacency on economy
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TOKYO: The global economy could still worsen and consumer demand is
unlikely to recover as strongly as it has in the past, a senior IMF
official said Tuesday.
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East Timor turns 7 but press freedom in peril
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DILI, East Timor: At the foot of a bridge guarding the east
entrance to East Timor’s capital Dili, a small concrete marker
proudly proclaims the name of the street in Portuguese: Avenida Da
Liberdade de Imprensa—the Avenue of Press Freedom.
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Filipino traveler from Japan tested for killer flu
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Another Filipino traveler from Japan was taking tests for the
Influenza A(H1N1) virus, the authorities said Tuesday, when pork
prices have reportedly stabilized amid the global health crisis.
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