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Partial poll automation seen in 2007
Solons urge GMA: Reciprocate Saudi King’s kindness
Muslim lawmakers yesterday asked President Arroyo to reciprocate the kindness shown to Filipinos by the Saudi Arabian monarchy by releasing from various Metro Manila jails hundreds of Muslim women facing charges and by giving more than 2,000 Muslim detainees equal access to speedy justice.
Equatorial Guinea president arrives today
Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) this noon to start his four-day state visit to the Philippines, Malacañang announced yesterday.
Solgen Nachura asks SC to reconsider ruling on EO 464
The Solicitor General asked the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to reconsider its April 20 decision that voided certain provisions of President Arroyo’s Executive Order No. 464 that bans officials of the Executive Department and officers of the military and the police from appearing in congressional inquiries without her consent.
Constitutional Convention pushed by various groups
Non-government organizations and other groups pushed yesterday the holding of a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) with delegates elected by the people to end the widening differences between Charter change advocates and opponents.
Secretary Puno orders crackdown on 'firetrap' dormitories
Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno yesterday ordered the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to implement OPLAN "School Opening Fire Safety", which will include a crackdown on "firetrap" dormitories and boarding houses, especially in Metro Manila, in preparation for the opening of classes in June.
Pimentel asks House allies to hold 2nd impeachment case
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. asked yesterday his allies in the minority opposition bloc at the House of Representatives to stop their plans to file a second impeachment complaint against President Arroyo.
Female left-wing group organizer shot dead in Bataan
Manila (DPA) - An activist was killed inside the store where she was working, the latest in unabated attacks against members of leftist groups, police said Friday.
RP, China, Vietnam to cooperate in Spratlys security
MANILA (AFP) - China, the Philippines and Vietnam are to strengthen security cooperation in the Spratly islands after an apparent pirate attack left four Chinese dead there, the Philippine military chief said Friday.
Pinoy crewman on Queen Mary II charged with murder
LONDON (AFP) - A 48-year-old Filipino has been charged with murdering a fellow crew member who died after an alleged argument below decks on the luxury cruise liner Queen Mary II, British police announced Thursday.
Arroyo ready for revived impeachment bid
MANILA (AFP) - President Gloria Arroyo is ready for the revival of the opposition's impeachment case against her and is confident they will fail to bring up any new issues, her chief aide said Friday.
Justice secretary imposes travel ban on Time reporter
MANILA (AP) -- Justice secretary Raul Gonzalez said he has barred a Time magazine reporter in Manila from leaving the country in a bid to compel her to shed light on an alleged coup plot against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Tripartite meet to iron out kinks in '96 peace deal set in July
Manila (DPA) - A tripartite meeting among representatives of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Philippine government and Muslim rebels was set for July to resolve problems besetting a peace accord in the southern region, an official said Friday.
Suharto's brain condition 'worsening'
Jakarta (DPA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited ailing former dictator Suharto Friday as doctors said the condition of Suharto's brain was ''worsening,'' local media reports said.
Indon villagers prefer volcano's danger zone than evacuation centers
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) -- Hundreds of villagers living on the slopes of Mount Merapi defied orders to leave the danger zone Friday, even as red-hot lava and sulfur clouds continued to flow from its crater.
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