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Palace rejects calls for Arroyo to resign
Malacañang yesterday said President Arroyo is "laser-focused on finishing her term," rejecting calls for her resignation over knowledge of alleged bribery and overpricing in the cancelled $ 329-million National Broadband Network (NBN) project.
Solons say no to snap elections
Muslim solons yesterday urged their House of Representatives colleagues to junk a bill proposing snap elections, saying that holding an immediate presidential polls would only trigger election controversies that would only place the political situation in the country in turmoil.
Work, classes resume today
Work and classes resume today in all government and private establishments as well as in all public and private schools throughout the country after three straight non-working days highlighted by the observance of the 22nd anniversary of 1986 EDSA People Power 1 revolution yesterday.
400,000 new job openings up in Canada soon — DoLE
Four hundred thousand jobs will soon be available to Filipino and other foreign workers in the Canadian province of Alberta with the scheduled signing of a labor agreement between the Philippines and Canada.
AFP, PNP leaders in unity march
Leaders of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday joined a unity march from the People Power monument along EDSA to the Camp Aguinaldo golf club, both in Quezon City, in commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the bloodless 1986 EDSA People Power 1 revolution.
Gun permits suspended until March 3
Director General Avelino I. Razon Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), yesterday ordered a week-long suspension of the Permit to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence (PTCFOR) nationwide as part of the government’s security measures in dealing with mass actions slated this week.
Revamped Comelec holds first en banc hearing today
The revamped Commission on Elections (Comelec) holds its first en banc hearing at 10 a.m. today at the Comelec session hall at the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila on an election case under the direction of its acting Chairman Romeo A. Brawner who was chosen by his colleagues to head the poll body last Feb. 2, 2008 following the retirement a day before of then acting Chairman Resurreccion Z. Borra and then most senior Commissioner Florentino A. Tuason Jr.
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