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Congress repeals death penalty
Palace lauds Congress for ‘respect for life’
NAIA official gunned down at airport
A long standing feud between an airport official and an aviation police officer ended in a bloody and fatal confrontation at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) departure area late Monday night.
US removes RP from watch list on human trafficking
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States removed the Philippines from its human trafficking watch list because of the country’s progress in fighting modern day slavery, including forced prostitution, sex trafficking, and child labor, the US Embassy said Tuesday.
Hacienda Luisita asks SC for TRO on land distribution
The Hacienda Luisita, Inc. (HLI) has asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), and several other concerned government agencies from distributing the disputed 5,000-hectare sugar estate in Tarlac City to hacienda farmers.
GMA threatens to veto reduced 2006 budget
President Arroyo yesterday threatened to veto the proposed 2006 national budget if lawmakers insisted on large reductions that would jeopardize the government’s pro-poor programs.
Council of Churches affirms stand favoring capital punishment
The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) yesterday reiterated its pro-death penalty stand, saying capital crimes that lead to the loss of lives deserve capital punishment.
Senators bewail GMA’s threat to veto national budget
Senate President Franklin M. Drilon and other senators yesterday bewailed President Arroyo’s threat to veto the Senate-approved version of the proposed 2006 P1.053-trillion national budget that they trimmed by P26.3 billion.
Evacuation continues as Indonesia's Mount Merapi threatens to erupt
Umbulharjo, Indonesia (DPA) - Thousands of residents living around Indonesia's Mount Merapi continued to be evacuated on Wednesday, as the volcano threatens to erupt, officials said.
HK legislators ask for a US$ 5,000-a-month pay rise
Hong Kong (DPA) - Legislators in Hong Kong were Wednesday seeking a US$ 5,000 a month pay rise to put their salaries on a par with business professionals in the wealthy former British colony.
RP, Australia to negotiate over war games
MANILA (AFP) - Australia and the Philippines are to negotiate an agreement to allow their armed forces to hold joint exercises, Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz said Wednesday.
Vatican condemns contraception, abortion, same-sex marriage
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican declared Tuesday that the traditional family has never been so threatened as in today's world, lashing out at contraception, abortion, in-vitro fertilization and same-sex marriage as threats to ``the natural institution of marriage.''
Erap's lawyers show GMA video as 'evidence of conspiracy'
MANILA (AP) -- Lawyers for ousted President Joseph Estrada on Wednesday tried to prove there was a conspiracy to depose him by showing a video of the current president saying that some military factions were turning against him in 2000.
US Embassy bars Navy investigators from testifying in rape trial of 4 Marines
MANILA (AP) -- Prosecutors in the rape trial of four U.S. Marines said Wednesday that the U.S. Embassy refused to allow American Navy investigators to testify, dealing a setback to efforts to speed up the proceedings.
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