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The Australian government has committed over 27 million Australian dollars for the next five years for security and development programs in the Philippines which are expected to boost the capability of the government in thwarting terrorism by enhancing the military capability of the Philippine armed forces and by addressing poverty.


Transport groups vowed yesterday to charge commuters, who are going to or returning from the provinces in connection with the observance of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, the old fare even as the cost of diesel, gasoline, kerosene, and other petroleum products is expected to go up by 10 percent when the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 9337, the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law, takes effect on Tuesday, Nov. 1.


More terrorists could land in jail and probably face the death sentence if only the Philippines has a tough anti-terrorism law, Malacañang said yesterday.


The Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP) views the lifting of the contempt order on National Security Adviser Norberto B. Gonzales by the Senate and his release from its custody as a face-saving act to preempt whatever adverse decision the Supreme Court may hand down in Gonzales’ twin petitions for bail and habeas corpus.


Administration Sen. Ralph G. Recto said yesterday that with the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) just 27 days away, Malacañang should "pull all stops" in the preparations for the biennial competition that would be watched by close to half billion people from 11 countries.


Filipino killed in Jamaica