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Friday, September 11, 2009 |
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Noli out of Palace radar |
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Teodoro, Bayani on list of likely 2010 candidates
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By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
Vice President Noli de Castro was not one of those being considered
by Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) to be the
administration party’s standard-bearer in the 2010 elections,
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.
“Well, the aspirants [that we are looking at]
on our radar screen are only two—Secretary Teodoro and Chairman
Fernando,” Ermita said during an interview over dzRH radio on
Thursday. Teodoro is Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and Fernando
is Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority (MMDA). Both had announced their bids for Malacañang.
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Unfazed, Sen. Villar sees ‘orange’ revolt
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TALISAY CITY, Negros Occidental: If there is yellow fever, there can
also be an orange revolution.
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‘Noynoy’out of the shadows
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Before the August 5, 2009 funeral of his mother, there was no public
clamor for Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd to run for
president in 2010. Neither was there any reason for his youngest
sister, popular television personality Kris...
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TELCOS WARN AGAINST TAX ON TEXT, SAY MEASURE ANTI-POOR
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Telecommunication companies, or telcos, may stop offering promos
because of the proposed tax on short messaging services (SMS) or
texts—even as the Palace said it would support the measure if it
were not passed on to consumers.
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Time running out on talks with ‘Reds’
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The government said Thursday that the chance of forging a peace
agreement with leftist rebels was becoming slim as the election
draws nearer and as the National Democratic Front (NDF) asks for
“impossible demands.”
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‘Fire’ woman may have been murder victim
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A brother of Antonia Golez, a 58-year-old businesswoman who
allegedly burned herself alive while driving her car along a zigzag
road in Rodriguez, Rizal, on Thursday accused Antonia’s
18-year-old stepdaughter of masterminding what he said was the
murder of his older sister.
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Climate cleanup not up to Third World only
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VIENNA: Oil-producing and developing countries should not bear the
brunt of efforts to clean up the environment, the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) crude producers’ cartel
insisted Thursday, ahead of a major climate conference in December.
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Obama seeks vindication through power of words
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: When political peril threatens, President Barack
Obama often seeks vindication through the power of his oratory—now
he is hoping he has turned the trick again, with his healthcare call
to arms.
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Google making payment platform for papers
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Internet giant Google is developing a payment
platform for newspapers that would allow them to charge for content
online, according to a report on Wednesday.
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