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GMA sends medical team to Java
GMA offers sympathies to victims
65 Pinoy evacuees from Timor Leste get job offers, livelihood assistance from Arroyo
A Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 plane carrying 65 Filipino workers and their dependents who were evacuated from Timor Leste’s violence-torn capital of Dili arrived yesterday at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
Firms spare diesel from new round of price increases
To help ease the financial burden of the transport sector, the oil companies have spared diesel products from the new round of pump price increases.
US to reward 2 Filipinos $ 500,000 for tip leading to arrest of key terror suspect
MANILA (AP) -- Two Filipinos will share a $ 500,000 (euro393,000) reward from the U.S. government for a tip that led to the arrest of a key terror suspect in the southern Philippines last year, the U.S. Embassy said Monday.
Court of Appeals paves way for trial of P18.8-B damage suit BF filed vs CB liquidators
The Court of Appeals (CA) has paved the way for the trial of the 21-year-old P18.8 billion damage suits filed by Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank against the Central Bank Board of Liquidators (CBBOL) in connection with the bank’s closure in 1985 that had been ruled upon by the Supreme Court (SC) in 1991 as "arbitrary and with grave abuse of discretion."
Senators air fears Anti-Terrorism Bill might be abused
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. joined yesterday his colleagues in expressing reservation to the passage into law of the Anti-Terrorism Bill which he feared might be abused by some quarters out to harass the opposition and other government critics.
JdV is scheduled to call on Japanese PM Koizumi today
TOKYO — Philippines House Speaker Jose de Venecia is scheduled to call on Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today, capping a successful five-day official visit here highlighted by the Japanese government’s confirmation it would restore $ 80 million (about R4 billion) in grants to the Philippines to help in its anti-poverty programs.
Joker demands full disclosure by PCGG of Marcos’ wealth
Sen. Joker Arroyo demanded yesterday a full public disclosure and inventory by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) of former President Ferdinand Marcos’ ill-gotten wealth before the Arroyo administration enters into a compromise deal with the Marcoses.
Former NPA chief in Bicol shot dead
MANILA (AP) -- A former communist rebel leader who turned peace adviser and later unsuccessfully ran for governor was fatally shot Monday by unidentified gunmen in his home province southeast of Manila, police said.
Magnitude 4 quake strikes Bohol, no damage reported
MANILA (AP) -- A magnitude-4 undersea earthquake hit the central Philippines early Monday, a day after two mild quakes shook parts of the archipelago. Authorities said no damage was expected and the temblors were not related to Indonesia's killer quake.
Vanuatu volcano's lake turns red; cause leave scientists puzzled
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Volcanologists were puzzled Monday about why a lake atop a rumbling volcano on the South Pacific island of Ambae has changed color from blue to bright red.
US reporter fired for critical letter on Pulitzer entry
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A newspaper fired a reporter who wrote an anonymous letter to the Pulitzer Prize board critical of the newspaper's entry for its work in uncovering the state's coin investment scandal.
Arroyo orders earthquake drills after Indonesia tremor
Manila (DPA) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday ordered disaster-relief officials to conduct nationwide earthquake drills after a devastating weekend tremor in Indonesia killed more than 5,000 people.
Activity at Indonesia's volcano triples
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Activity at the Mount Merapi volcano has tripled since Saturday's earthquake, and a large eruption is still possible, a volcanology official said Monday.
'No-driving day' once a week for gov't officials in S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea will introduce a mandatory weekly ``no-driving day'' for government officials, a measure aimed at conserving energy as oil prices rise, a government ministry said Monday.
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