Do you think that "political dynasties" will continue to thraw our country's progress?
As local executives have been proclaimed as winners by the COMELEC in this year's midterm elections, many observers say that ruling families in several regions of the country have dominated once again. Some have called it "the people's choice", but for many, it is clearly "a family dynasty" since time immemorial.
BRIGADA ESKWELA President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo leads ceremonial painting of school desks to launch Brigada Eskwela, a nationwide program for joint public-private sector efforts to undertake school building repairs in preparation for the opening of the school year in June. With the President at the P. Burgos Elementary School in Sta. Mesa, Manila, are Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. (left), Secretary of Education Jesli Lapus (right), and Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metro Manila Development Authority (behind Lapus). (Tony Pionilla)
It’s now 7-3-2 in official Comelec count
The Genuine Opposition (GO) loosened a little bit its grip on the Senate race after the Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBoC), counted the votes contained in the certificates of canvass (CoCs) from Cebu province, Cebu City, Cagayan de Oro City, Davao del Sur, and Pasay City.
President Arroyo leaves for New Zealand today, Sunday, starting her five-day travel to that country and Australia, to reaffirm close diplomatic ties with countries in this region and promote the Philippines to foreign investors there.
Mrs. Arroyo is scheduled to depart from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 4:30 p.m. today for a four-day state visit to New Zealand on invitation of New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Clark made an official visit to the Philippines in March, 2006, for a meeting with Mrs. Arroyo and to...
EO on air liberalization in Clark far from implemented
The government is far from finalizing its controversial air liberalization policy, Executive Order 500-B, which gives unlimited 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th freedom rights to foreign airlines flying in and out of Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), Clark, Pampanga.
RP 5’s mental toughness tested today
RATCHABURI, Thailand — The Philippines’ mental toughness will be tested again when it takes on Malaysia today at 4 p.m. (5 p.m. Manila time) in the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) men’s championship here.
Western section of Northern Luzon, Central Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
