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Business group seeks dismantling of all private armies

Nov 26, 2009 7:09 AM

A BUSINESS organization has urged the Arroyo administration to disarm and dismantle all private armies nationwide even as it made the government accountable for the massacre that has so far taken 57 lives in Maguindanao. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Makati Business Club chastised the government for allowing and nurturing political warlordism in […]

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World deplores Maguindanao violence

Nov 25, 2009 8:43 AM

UNITED Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and members of the international community have condemned Monday’s massacre in Maguindanao, which left at least 46 civilians, including a dozen journalists, dead in the worst pre-election violence case recorded in the Philippines. They also called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. Ban’s spokesperson said in a statement: […]

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Lakas-Kampi expels Ampatuans

Nov 24, 2009 4:00 PM

THREE members of the Ampatuan clan were expelled Wednesday from the administration Lakas-Kampi-CMD party following their suspected involvement in the massacre of 57 civilians, including journalists, in Maguindanao on Monday. Lakas-Kampi-CMD chair and standard-bearer Gilbert Teodoro, who visited Maguindanao Wednesday, said the party’s National Executive Committee “unanimously decided” to expel Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr. […]

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Hunger rises after ‘Ondoy,’ ‘Pepeng’

Nov 23, 2009 10:20 AM

HUNGER among Filipinos has risen nationwide, from 17.5 percent in September to 18.9 percent in October, after the onslaught of storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng,” according to a special survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations. The October figure represents about 3.5 million families, with the increase recorded mainly in Luzon outside Metro Manila, according […]

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Arroyo performance, trust ratings remain low

Nov 23, 2009 5:01 AM

LESS than a year before stepping down as president, President Arroyo scores dismally in performance and trustworthiness. Filipino critical of Arroyo’s performance and who distrust her continue to outnumber those who think positively of her work and trustworthiness, Pulse Asia said Monday. Nationwide, 51 percent of the 1,800 adults polled by Pulse Asia from Oct. […]

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Mindoro execs seek revocation of mining ECC

Nov 18, 2009 4:13 AM

LOCAL officials and civil society groups from Oriental and Occidental Mindoro have asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to revoke the environmental compliance certificate issued to a Norwegian company’s nickel project in their province. In a joint statement presented in a press conference in front of the DENR central office in Quezon City, […]

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Aquino, Roxas maintain big lead in Pulse Asia’s latest survey

Nov 16, 2009 4:35 AM

WITH less than six months to go before Election Day, Liberal Party candidates and senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Mar” Roxas Jr. lead the 2010 elections race for president and vice president, Pulse Asia’s October survey showed. Aquino was the choice of 44 percent of the respondents, followed by Nacionalista Party’s Manuel Villar […]

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Concerned Citizens Movement questions deviations in poll contract

Nov 09, 2009 3:10 PM

THE Concerned Citizens movement today filed a supplemental motion for reconsideration from a decision of the Supreme Court upholding the legality of the Comelec-Smartmatic Automated Election Systems. In a 25-page motion, CCM singled out two new grounds both of which arose from “supervening events” since the High Court dismissed the CCM Petition against the Commission […]

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37 finalists for 2009 Expats/OFW Blog Awards

Nov 08, 2009 3:51 PM

THIRTY–SEVEN blogs by overseas Filipino workers made it to the finals of the 2009 Pinoy Expats/OFW Blog Awards (PEBA). They are: Asia and the Pacific DUNGEON LORD, KOROR, PALAU WITS and SPIRITS, BANGKOK, THAILAND HULASCOOP, MISAWA, JAPAN MINDDETH, BUKET PANJANG, SINGAPORE A PIECE OF CAKE, YISHUN, SINGAPORE STYLE SHANGHAI, SHANGHAI, CHINA CHOOK-MINDER’S QUILL, S.A., AUSTRALIA […]

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9.7M Pinoy families rate themselves poor–SWS

Nov 05, 2009 10:50 AM

ABOUT 9.7 million or 53 percent of Filipino families consider themselves poor. The self-rated poverty rate in the Sept. 18-21 survey of the Social Weather Stations is three points up from the 50 percent it recorded in June. The most recent survey also found that 41 percent of Filipino families consider themselves as “food-poor,” up […]