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32.9 M workers return to work
Today not special holiday — Palace
Malacañang junks its plan for unity gov’t
Malacañang set aside yesterday its planned government of national unity that would supposedly bring the administration and the opposition together this year.
Chief Justice Panganiban airs concern over slaying of judge in NAIA 3 case
Chief Justice Artemio V. Panga-niban said yesterday "we must protect our judges" as he expressed "very deep concern over the death of Judge Henrick Gingoyon," a Pasay City regional trial court (RTC) judge who was killed by two motorcycle-riding gunmen last Saturday, New Year’s Eve.
Estrada marks New Year with mother, family
Friends, admirers, and supporters arrived en masse Saturday evening and the whole day yesterday to cheer former President Joseph Estrada in his first New Year’s Day celebration outside his Tanay (Rizal) detention cell with his ailing 100-year-old mother, Doña Mary Ejercito.
Ingestion of watusi firecrackers causes 2 deaths; 582 injured
Firecrackers caused the death of two persons and injuries to 582 others as the country bade goodbye to 2005, Department of Health (DoH) records showed yesterday.
20-M elementary, HS students return to classrooms Jan. 4
It is back to the classrooms on Jan. 4 for close to 20 million public elementary and secondary school children throughout the country and some 500,000 teachers after an 18-day Christmas break which began on Dec. 17, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced yesterday.
Leaders cite role of Iglesia ni Cristo in Philippine society
National and local leaders cited yesterday the great and meaningful role of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in Philippine society and wished it more success and power in their greetings to its Executive Minister Eraño G. Manalo who celebrates his 81st birthday today.
GMA releases P35 B for economy
President Arroyo yesterday ordered the immediate release of some R35 billion earmarked to fund her administration’s anti-poverty development programs and help pump prime the country’s economy, notably in the countryside.
Former SC Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma passes away at 92
Former Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma, the High Court’s first woman justice and the head of the 1987 Constitutional Commission, died yesterday at the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City.
SC mobilizes committee to study crimes vs judiciary
Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban mobilized yesterday a committee headed by Justice Cancio C. Garcia to study the creation of a special unit to investigate crimes against members of the judiciary and to help protect judges.
Senators, police pay tribute to Barbers today
Senators will pay tribute to their former colleague, Sen. Robert Barbers, whose remains will be brought to the Senate building in Pasay City for the necrological rites at 10 a.m. today. Barbers died of heart failure last Christmas morning at the Medical City in Pasig City at age 60.
Drilon denies refusing offer to serve as transition leader
Senate President Franklin Drilon yesterday denied reports that he rejected the offer of the Black and White Movement for him to serve as acting president in the event President Arroyo and Vice President Noli De Castro step down from office.
New Customs chief rallies men to collect P192 B
Acting Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales yesterday urged Bureau of Customs officials and employees to help him carry out a five-point action plan designed to collect R192 billion in revenues in 2006.
Couple, young son die as motorboat capsizes in Cebu
BOLJOON, Cebu — Tragedy greeted the first day of the year after a couple and their three-year-old son died when the pumpboat they were riding capsized in the sea off this town last Sunday.
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