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GMA vows military reforms
Stresses commitment to duty at rites
Pope Benedict XVI says Mass, gives rings to cardinals
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass with his 15 new cardinals on the steps of St. Peter’s Square on Saturday, welcoming them as his new partners in running the Catholic Church and giving them their symbolic rings.
Heavy turnout reported in barangay assemblies
An unprecedented turnout in barangay assemblies across the country tackled urgent local and national concerns with a majority of the participants expressing full support for the clamor for Charter change, a progressive multisectoral coalition reported yesterday.
Villanueva calls for end to town lottery
Bangon Pilipinas National Renewal Movement leader Brother Eddie Villanueva yesterday urged President Arroyo to put an end to small town lottery (STL), citing the ill effects gambling brings to the nation and the Filipino people.
House opposition gathers 50 signatures against Cha-cha
House Minority Leader Francis Escudero confirmed yesterday that the opposition bloc in the Lower House had already gathered at least 50 signatures in its resolution opposing the majority’s bid to change the 1987 Constitution via a resolution concurred in by three-fourths of all members of Congress – both from the Senate and the House – voting together.
Galido appointed Bishop of Iligan, replacing Bataclan
Monsignor Elenito de los Reyes Galido was yesterday appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the new Bishop of Iligan.
Fill up Comelec vacancies, various groups urge
The appointment of three more election commissioners was urged yesterday by cause-oriented groups and other organizations saying the Commission of Elections (Comelec) which under the Constitution is composed of a chairman and six commissioners must be in full complement when it tackles issues crucial to the nation such as the signature campaign on Charter change, the Liberal Party leadership contest, and the three major electoral exercises all lined up for next year.
Demonstrations in US for immigrants' rights enters 2nd day
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Immigration rights advocates more than 500,000 strong marched in downtown Los Angeles, demanding that Congress abandon attempts to make helping illegal immigrants a crime and to build more walls along the border.
Probers say fire caused by cigaret butt
The Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) that conducted a fact-finding investigation on the fire that hit SuperFerry 12 while en route to Cebu from Manila last March 9 confirmed yesterday that it was a "cigaret butt" that caused the blaze.
DFA defers to lawmakers in filing case against Garcilliano
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will defer to the complaint filed by some lawmakers against former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Virgilio Garcilliano for his alleged falsification of his passport.
DAR: No illegal releases of Marcos funds
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said yesterday there was no "illegal release" of funds from the so-called Marcos money under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).
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