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Do you believe now is the right time to effect changes in the Constitution?
After its failed bids to change the Constitution -- first, thru a People's Initiative and second, thru Constituent-Assembly, the House majority refuses to give up by pressing the Senate to immediately pass a concurrent measure that should pave the way for the third option to amend the Charter: Constitutional Convention -- a political exercise some sectors claim should not be held under the present atmosphere of "partisan strife."
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AID FOR CATANDUANES
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo meets Saturday with Most Rev. Manolo de los Santos, Bishop of Virac, and Gov. Leandro Verceles of Catanduanes, who told her of the hardships of the people due to typhoons ‘Reming’ and ‘Seniang.’ The President released R15 million for the rehabilitation of typhoon victims.
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Voter registration in 3 regions open during holidays
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) authorized yesterday field offices in Region 4 (Southern Tagalog), Region 5 (Bicol) and Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) to register new voters on Saturdays and holidays before the December 31, 2006 deadline.
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Shell plans IPO to fund refinery capacity expansion
The anticipated moves for cash infusion via an initial public offering (IPO) is seen propping up the plans of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation to expand the capacity of its refinery facility in Tabangao, Batangas.
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The Senate and the House of Representatives go on a month-long Christmas recess starting this Friday as their bicameral conference committee failed yesterday to agree on some contentious provisions in the proposed R1.126-trillion 2007 national budget.
The non-passage by Congress of the budget would force the national government to use a reenacted budget for at least a few weeks starting January, Sen. Franklin M. Drilon, chairman of the Senate Bicameral Conference Committee and the Finance Committee, said.
Because of disagreements at the...
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GMA to pursue Cha-cha as part of commitment
She may have vowed full cooperation in the Catholic church’s advocacy for a change in the hearts of men, but President Arroyo yesterday declared she has not abandoned original plans to change the Constitution.
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Court of Appeals rejects Smith’s plea for US custody
The Court of Appeals (CA) denied yesterday the plea of American marine Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith, convicted of rape and sentenced to 40 years in jail, for his transfer from the Makati City jail to the custody of the United States government through its embassy in Manila.
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Roach confident it’ll be Pacquiao against Barrera
WHILE he admits that everything remains up in the air, top trainer Freddie Roach expressed the belief that Manny Pacquiao will eventually square off with Marco Antonio Barrera next year. |
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Southern Luzon and Visayas will be cloudy with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Manila Bay will be moderate to rough.
Temperature range – 19.5 ºC – 28.8ºC
Tides — High: 9:15 p.m., 1.17 m.
Low: 5:26 a.m., -0.34 m.
Sunrise — 6:15 a.m.
Sunset — 5:31 p.m.
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