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P21.7-B cost of rice subsidy seen
The cost of subsidizing cheap rice sold by the National Food Authority (NFA) could reach P21.7 billion this year, senators said yesterday as Senate President Manuel B. Villar Jr. filed a bill that seeks to initiate reforms in the system of rice importation being implemented by the NFA.
127 PNPA graduates inducted into police force
One hundred twenty-seven new graduates of the country’s premier police training school were formally inducted into the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday.
GMA lauds Elorde for success of Pacquiao, others
President Arroyo cited Tuesday night the late boxing legend Gabriel "Flash" Elorde for being instrumental in the meteoric rise of newly crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) super- featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
Supreme Court is respectable – Bishop Cruz
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said yesterday he still believes in the integrity of the Supreme Court despite its decision to grant the petition of former socio-economic planning chief Romulo Neri who invoked executive privilege on his communication with President Arroyo about the botched $ 329.48-million National Broadband Network (NBN) project with China’s Zhong Xing Telecommunications Equipment (ZTE) Corp.
Will continue search for truth, say senators
The Senate "would not be handcuffed" in the exercise of lawmaking and oversight functions following the Supreme Court decision which senators said would virtually allow Cabinet members to withhold information on sensitive issues by invoking "executive privilege," senators said yesterday.
House to assess effects of SC ruling on inquiries
Speaker Prospero C. Nograles said yesterday that the House of Representatives will look into the "negative effects" of the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Romulo Neri on the inherent authority of Congress to conduct investigations in aid of legislation.
Gov’t to repatriate 200 undocumented Pinoys in Middle East
About 200 undocumented Filipino workers in the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, including those who stayed under the Al Khandara Bridge in Jeddah, are expected to be repatriated next month, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
President opens P2.5-B Lipa-Batangas City tollway
LIPA CITY — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo led the soft-opening yesterday of the P2.5-billion 19.74-kilometer stage II, phase I of the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) tollway in ceremonies held at the Barangay Tambo entry.
OMA reaches out to Muslim Filipinos, others
The Office on Muslim Affairs (OMA) has taken strong measures to enhance its services not only to Muslim Filipinos but to other sectors of society as well.
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