Posted by Mai on 31st January 2008
INQUIRER.net
Villar wants ‘mega’ Pangilinan to join NP
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — Noting how Sen. Francis “Kiko†Pangilinan could easily fill up the Araneta Coliseum with his “Mega†crowd-drawing power, Senate President Manuel Villar Wednesday invited his Wednesday Club colleague to join him in the Nacionalista Party.
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Posted by Mai on 31st January 2008
ABS-CBN Interactive
Arroyo to anti-JDV solons: Back off
Short of saying that he cannot be touched, President Arroyo appealed to allies in the House of Representatives to cease from pursuing efforts to unseat Jose de Venecia as speaker.
According to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, what Mrs. Arroyo wants is “harmony in the political environment.”
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Posted by Mai on 31st January 2008
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60,000 jobs available for nurses, other young professionals
By Mayen Jaymalin
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Employment prospects seem to be getting brighter for young Filipino professionals.
Over 60,000 local jobs are now available for nurses and other young professionals, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.
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Posted by Mai on 31st January 2008
The Manila Times Internet Edition
5 soldiers killed in ambush
Six others were wounded in encounter at NPA stronghold in Davao
By Al Jacinto, Correspondent and Anthony Vargas, Reporter
ZAMBOANGA CITY: At least five soldiers were killed and six more wounded in fierce clashesWednesday with communist insurgents in Mindanao, Army commanders said.
The fighting broke out near the village of Campawan in the seaside town of Baganga in Davao Oriental province where troops attacked a stronghold of the New People’s Army (NPA). It was not immediately known how many insurgents were killed in the fighting, but General Ernesto Boac, commander of the 10th Infantry Division, said security forces were pursuing about 70 gunmen.
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Posted by Mai on 31st January 2008
The Manila Times Internet Edition
Admin officials face arrest
Senators upset at Lozada, Neri for snubbing hearing
The Senate blue-ribbon committee ordered Wednesday the arrest of former socio-economic planning Secretary Romulo Neri and government executive Rodolfo Lozada Jr.
In an open hearing broadcast live over radio and cable television, the senators said the arrest was ordered because Neri and Lozada ignored their subpoena when they failed to attend the hearing on the aborted $330-million National Broadband Network project awarded to China’s ZTE Corp.
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Posted by Mai on 31st January 2008
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Estrada to sue UN for corruption tag
Former president Joseph Estrada vowed Wednesday to file charges before the International Court against the United Nations (UN) for tagging him as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world.
Estrada, who extended his stay in Hong Kong, told radio station DZBB that the statement of the UN’s anti-corruption conference ranking him as the 10th most corrupt leader in the world “is baseless.”
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