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 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has recently launched a "Freedom Fund" for newsmen because she is "alarmed" by the "exponential protoculture of violence" in media. But most observers say this is “not the solution” to the ever-growing problem.
Do you really think that this so-called "Freedom Fund" will lessen media woes on violence against them?
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Fresh from the triumphs of the first phase of her economic reform program, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday embarked on the second phase wherein she will accelerate the crackdown on tax cheats and corruption, push the energy independence program, and measures to mitigate the rising prices of goods and services.
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Gen. Xiong Guangkai, defense vice minister and deputy chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China, is arriving in Manila today for the first RP-China Annual Defense and Security Dialogue.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano, along with Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone, Rep. Marcelino Libanan, and Guiuan Mayor Analiza Kwan, see Calicuan Beach Resort in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, during her visit to the province. The President also inspected the Hernani Integrated Coconut Processing Plant and Agribusiness Center, a showcase livelihood and job creation project funded by the Office of the President under the administration’s 10-point legacy agenda.
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Metro Manila: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Cebu: Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers or thunderstorms.
Davao: Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Sunrise — 5:27 a.m.
Sunset — 6:19 p.m.
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