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No-el proposal still on — DoJ
Senate-House study on poll reforms urged
Supreme Court upholds status of Taguig as city
The Supreme Court affirmed yesterday the 2004 ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that ratified the plebiscite and approved the conversion of the town of Taguig as a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila.
76 officials, private leaders participated in Council of State
Seventy-six government officials and private sector representatives attended the Council of State Meeting at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang Palace at 10 a.m. last Tuesday, January 24, 2006 which was presided by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
House ends public hearings on Garci wiretapping
The House of Representatives yesterday ended the public hearings on the "Hello Garci" wiretapping scandal even as the joint panel of five committees agreed for a need to plug loopholes in the country’s election and wiretapping laws.
Drilon asks Palace for AFP report on alleged election fraud
Senate President and Liberal Party head Franklin Drilon yesterday asked Malacañang to furnish Congress with a copy of a report submitted by a military team that investigated the alleged involvement of military generals in election fraud in the 2004 presidential elections.
RP, Japan conduct joint exercise on sea search and rescue
The Coast Guards of the Philippines and Japan will hold a joint exercise on maritime search and rescue off Basco, Batanes on Jan. 30, even as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) yesterday ended a seminar on the same topic involving the coast guards personnel of the two countries.
BIR reports P534-B tax collection in RP for the year 2005
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) surpassed by more than R66 billion last year its collection in 2004, generating a total take of P534 billion, Internal Revenue Commissioner Jose Mario Buñag disclosed yesterday.
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