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Are you in favor of GMA's declaration commuting all death sentences to life terms?
Anti-crime groups have joined victims of heinous crimes and their families in protest of what they claim as an abusive exercise of presidential prerogative meant merely to appease the pro-life Catholic Church which strongly opposes the Palace-initiated Charter change.
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SUPREME COURT RULES ON EXECUTIVE ORDER 464
Atty. Ismael Khan (right), chief of the Public Information Office of the Supreme Court, holds a copy of the court decision nullifying key provisions of Executive Order 464, as he meets the media Thursday, April 20, 2006. The decision was written by Justice Conchita Carpio Morales (left). (Photo by Manny Llanes)
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No fare hike despite high oil prices -- DOTC secretary
Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) Secretary Leandro Mendoza said the other day that there will be no fare hikes for public utility vehicles (PUVs) even after energy officials said pump prices of oil products would rise weekly until May because of surging oil prices in the world market.
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The Supreme Court (SC), voting unanimously, yesterday declared void two portions of Executive Order No. 464 while upholding the power of Congress to compel the appearance of executive officials in its inquiries in aid of legislation.
But the SC said that EO 464 is constitutional as far as it bans executive officials from appearing during Congress’ question hour without prior permission from the President.
With the ruling arrived at in Baguio City during its traditional summer sessions, the SC – in a decision written by...
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Palace takes US envoy’s statement as a ‘challenge’
Malacañang yesterday took it as a challenge to work double time United States Ambassador Kristie Kenney’s statement that the Philippines is still lagging behind its neighbors in the Southeast Asian region.
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Small is big for Otis
The smallest guy in the lineup stood tallest yesterday.
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Complete list of successful bar examinees
List of new midwives
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COUNTER-TERRORISM EXPERTS’ CONFERENCE IN CEBU.
Ambassador Benjamin Defensor Jr., chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Experts’ Conference (CTEC) Task Force, speaks at the opening of the conference in Mactan, Cebu, attended by some 500 delegates from 60 countries. Seated from left are: East Timor Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Ramos Horta; Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita; Ambassador Ellen Margrethe Loj, Chairperson of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the United Nations Security Council; and Government Media Secretary Cerge Remonde. (Mars W. Mosqueda Jr.)
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Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.
Manila Bay will be slight to moderate.
Temperature range – 24.0°C – 32.8°C
Tides — High: 2:35 p.m., 1.09 m.
Low: 11:21 p.m., -0.21 m.
Sunrise — 5:39 a.m.
Sunset — 6:11 p.m.
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