ABADIES, GERRYLOUIE ROMO
ABADILLA, MARIA EMILIA ACEDO
ABAT, KATHLYNNE ANNE CALING
ABELLA, ALDWIN NOVERO
ABELLA, FREDERICO EDUARDO MILLAR
ABELLERA, REGINA KRISTEEN MALIG
ABEN, FRENN MARCELO
ABESAMIS, SOLITA VALERA
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo retained yesterday members of the economic team in her official Cabinet and asked them to draw up immediate and drastic measures aimed at averting a full-blown fiscal crisis the nation may soon face.
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Newly installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Deputy Director General Edgardo Aglipay will keep his post until March next year, thanks to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who yesterday extended for "at least six months" his tour of duty with immediate orders to clamp down on the illegal dr
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In a post that would require him to travel and deal with various foreign ministers in the coming six years, newly installed Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo has a thing about riding airplanes.
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A Filipino engineer in Iraq was injured while his Indonesian and two Iraqi companions were killed in an ambush on their convoy by unidentified militants in Iraq last Sunday evening, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported yesterday.
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Some 60 congressmen crossed partylines yesterday to support a resolution urging President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to maintain a status quo in the country’s representation to the United Nations Security Council.
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The Senate referred yesterday to two Senate committees the plea to investigate the claims made by Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago in her recent privilege speech about the alleged irregularities that attended the implementation of the Smokey Mountain Development and Rehabilitation Project (SMDRP.)
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Leaders of the House of Representatives yesterday joined the strong appeal for the appointment of Mindanaoans to the Arroyo Cabinet.
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The Supreme Court (SC) has removed the legal impediment to the trial by the Marikina City Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) of the P25.6-billion tax evasion cases filed against businessman Lucio Tan, his 10 companies and 69 business associates.
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Senate President Franklin Drilon yesterday slammed Energy Secretary Vince Perez "for failing to protect" the public in the face of yet another round of oil price increases.
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Malacañang allayed fears yesterday that the Philippines is on the brink of a financial crisis as it assured that the government is exerting its best efforts to bring down the widening budget deficit and the ballooning debt problem to more manageable levels.
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Newly appointed Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo yesterday bared his programs, saying that he would focus on mending the strained relations between the Philippines and the United States, ensuring the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), and forging peace accords with insur
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Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. yesterday said public and private officials should be willing to take the bitter pill in cutting the pork barrel funds, Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), and allowing sin and franchise taxes to help the country solve the fiscal crisis.
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Senators Edgardo Angara and Richard Gordon yesterday crossed party lines in pressing for a caucus of all Senate members from the majority and minority blocs to discuss priority legislation and come up with strategic measures, to address urgent issues and problems in the face of a huge budget deficit
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Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Kamal Kharrazi is arriving today to hold talks with Philippine government officials on several important issues, including Iranian development assistance to Mindanao and support for the Philippines’ bid for observer status in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
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The Supreme Court (SC) has junked businessman Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.’s plea to reverse a ruling which allowed the Office of the Ombudsman to proceed with the investigation of the P9.6-billion graft charges against him, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile and several others.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday pushed for four legislative measures promoting the use of alternative and renewable energy to lessen the country’s dependence on imported and costly crude oil products.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Nene" Q. Pimentel Jr. (PDP-Laban) yesterday branded as unconstitutional the Malacañang practice of allowing Cabinet members to immediately assume office even if they have not yet been confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA).
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Director Avelino Razon Jr. yesterday vowed to lead by example as he assumed the post of National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) director in ceremonies led by newly installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Deputy Director General Edgardo Aglipay at Camp Ricardo Papa in Bicutan.
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Senators investigating the purchase of automated counting machines (ACMs) by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday said the machines could have, indeed, been overpriced only after one hearing on the case.
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