Lt. Gen. Generoso S. Senga, regarded as a highly respected military officer by several sectors, will formally assume as the 34th chief of staff of the 120,000strong Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at turnover ceremonies to be presided by President Arroyo at 10 a.m. today in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

Four past presidents of the Philippine Bar Association (PBA) urged yesterday Congress to uphold the rule of law in the impeachment proceedings against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Leaders of the House of Representatives yesterday lauded the decision by Sen. Manuel Villar to suspend indefinitely the Senate’s "jueteng" probe, saying the move was timely in view of the ongoing impeachment hearings in the House.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to fortify its efforts in fighting criminality, Interior and Local Government Secretary Angelo Reyes said yesterday as he called for a conference with all top officials of the PNP led by its chief, Director General Arturo Lomibao, and National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Vidal Querol, DILG Undersecretary Melchor Rosales, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Reynaldo Wycoco, and the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (NAKTF) board of advisers led by Teresita Ang See.

Speaker Jose de Venecia pushed yesterday for measures to counter the adverse effects on the economy of the rampaging worldwide oil price increases even as he sought a shift in the country’s priority -- from engaging in "poisonous exchanges and destructive politics" to solving the energy crisis.

Roman Catholics celebrate today one of the many important feasts in the Catholic Church – the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

TAIPEI — Taiwan and 25 other countries in the Asia-Pacific Region inaugurated here yesterday the Democratic Pacific Union (DPU) which aims to bring together the democracies in the region in promoting democracy, peace and prosperity.