How much pull is an INC endorsement?
IGLESIA ni Cristo’s list of senatorial candidates to be endorsed is interesting and intriguing.
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Jailed for libel, broadcaster asks SC to protect free speech
A radio broadcaster who spent two years in jail for libel is one of several journalists and human rights advocates who have asked the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the government’s controversial new law, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
Pinay in textbook scam wanted in the US for swindling
The woman who shook the nation by delivering P3 million in bribes to Malacañang 11 years ago is wanted in the United States for swindling and is believed to be in hiding in the Philippines.
Iggy Arroyo: CARP to cover family-owned land
PRESIDENTIAL brother-in-law Rep. Jose Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo indicated yesterday that the sugar plantation the Arroyo family owns in Negros Occidental would still be covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program or CARP. “There is no truth to the allegation that the Biofuels Act will protect sugar land from CARP. Land conversion has no connection to
Trillanes fears more skirmishes in Spratlys
SEN. Antonio Trillanes IV has warned the government of the likelihood of more skirmishes between the Philippine Navy and the naval forces of other countries claiming the Spratlys in view of the increasing global demand for oil and the growing need to explore oil reserves in the area.
Cuenco: Returning baseline bill to committee to violate rules
REP. Antonio Cuenco has said that sending the proposed baseline law back to the House committee on foreign affairs after it has passed second reading would violate the rules of the chamber.
Arroyo neglect, government infighting jeopardize RP territorial claim
NEGLECT by President Gloria Arroyo and squabbles over turf and money have derailed government efforts to establish the country's new archipelagic baseline, and may jeopardize the Philippines' claim over resource-rich Spratlys that fall within its extended continental shelf.
Six RP-occupied islands covered in controversial Spratlys deals
SIX islands occupied by the Philippines in the disputed Spratly Islands Groups are covered by two controversial joint seismic monitoring agreements among the Philippines, China and Vietnam that have come under fire for purportedly “sacrificing” Philippine interests in exchange for huge loans from Beijing.
