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Senators are demanding an inquiry into the aborted jailbreak by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists detained at Camp Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig. They said the incident is a "sad reflection of the serious threats in the country’s peace and order situation". They added that the laxity in the handling of prisoners, especially those charged with heinous offenses, has been going on for so long.
Do you think that this kind of "jailbreak" will happen again if government doesn't take concrete measures?
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| The "pabasa," the story of the Passion of Christ chanted mostly by elderly folk in nipa huts and other places, will echo across the country today, Holy Monday, following yesterday’s Palm Sunday celebr |
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Three Filipina beauties — who will represent the country in prestigious international pageants — won three titles in the 2005 Binibining Pilipinas in a televised show from 9:30 p.m. last Saturday up to 1 a.m. yesterday at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and some of the country’s business leaders will lead today’s launching of the 2005 tax campaign of the Bureau of Internal Revenue at the Glorietta shopping center in Makati to stress the urgency of raising more money for the government and easing the country’s economic difficulties.
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Manila Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales blesses the ‘palaspas’ (palm fronds) during Palm Sunday rites at the Manila Cathedral. Similar rites were held in all Catholic churches all over the country to start the observance of Holy Week. |
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Metro Manila: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers.
Cebu: Mostly cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Davao: Mostly cloudy with rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Sunrise — 6:00 a.m.
Sunset — 6:07 p.m. |
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PALM SUNDAY
