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Floods, landslides in North
Tropical storm "Cosme" (international name: "Halong") made landfall in western Pangasinan yesterday afternoon, bringing stormy weather to Northern as well as Central Luzon.
Noli in Kuwait, appeals to Emir on Vecina’s case
Vice President Noli de Castro said yesterday Kuwait’s Emir Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah has turned his attention towards the case of Filipina worker May Vecina who is facing the death penalty in Kuwait.
Vatican appoints De la Rosa new rector of UST
Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, OP, has been appointed by the Vatican as the new Rector of the 397-year-old University of Santo Tomas (UST) on España, in Sampaloc, Manila.
P1-M reward up for bank robbers; 2 guards held
Police authorities yesterday announced a reward of P1 million to individuals who will provide them information that will lead to the arrest of those responsible for the killing of nine persons during a bank robbery in Cabuyao, Laguna last Friday.
Palace: Gov’t open to resuming peace talks with NDF
The government is open to resuming peace talks with exiled leaders of communist rebels if they drop some of their "impossible demands," a Malacañang official said yesterday.
GMA welcomes any meeting to lower power rates — Malacañang
President Arroyo welcomes a reported request of the Lopez family to meet with her on the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) issue, if the meeting will focus on bringing down electricity rates, a Malacañang official said yesterday.
House passes 51 bills in three days, solves quorum issue
Responding to the call of Speaker Prospero C. Nograles for the congressmen to be more diligent in attending to their plenary duties, the House of Representatives approved on 3rd reading 51 national and local bills in just a matter of three days, breaking the quorum jinx that snagged the passage of several key measures the week before.
Diesel subsidy monitoring urged
Transport groups appealed government yesterday for a strict distribution of diesel subsidy booklets so these would go to legitimate PUVs and not to the pockets of corrupt officials.
House suspends system of electronic voting
The much-touted biometrics electronics voting system in the House of Representatives plenary has been indefinitely put on hold following findings that technical glitches might prove to be damaging to legislative proceedings.
Oriental Mindoro braces for storms, floods, & disasters
CALAPAN CITY — Oriental Mindoro Gov. Arnan C. Panaligan directed yesterday the office of the provincial engineer to hasten the dredging of the silted Mag-Asawang Tubig River to prevent floods in the coming typhoon season.
China allows RP to export mangoes
Beijing has permitted eight Philippine companies to export mangoes to China starting this month, a move that the Department of Agriculture (DA) said would benefit 2.5 million growers.
Campaign to open airport in Clark to foreign carriers rejected anew
The country’s largest travel group has urged one-sided open skies proponents to see the bigger picture as it dismissed anew the campaign to open the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark, Pampanga to foreign carriers as another veiled attempt of the Freedom to Fly Coalition (FFC).
Aglipayan priest’s retention hailed
The Aglipayans of the San Isidro Labrador Parish in Barangay Napindan, Taguig City have lauded the accomplishments of their parish priest, Rev. Fr. Renato Silvestre Jr.
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