'Justice served' as ASG founder pleads guilty of taking four Americans hostages in Lake Sebu -- US ambassador
MANILA,
July 30 (PNA) — The Filipino operative whose 1995 hostage-taking of
four US citizens and 12 others caused the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) to be
listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) by the United States
and the European Union, has pleaded guilty before a US Federal Court.
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Cayetano postpones counter SONA
MANILA,
July 30 (PNA) – Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has decided
to postpone his counter state of the nation address (SONA) until Monday
to give himself more time to prepare his speech.
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DFA waits for ‘policy guidance’ over ‘banned’ RP workers in Iraq
MANILA, July 30 (PNA) — The
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has yet to publicly announce what
it calls “policy guidance” on the forced repatriation of Filipinos from
out of war-torn Iraq no later than August 9 this year on orders of U.S.
military authorities.
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DENR chief hopes to see more R&D projects in ASEAN forestry
MANILA,
July 30 (PNA)-- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje has said scientific endeavors and ASEAN’s
collective entrepreneurial skills should be the top priority in
improving the region’s forestry-based industry.
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Robredo institutionalizes LGU-NGO partnerships at local level
MANILA,
July 30 (PNA) – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo
said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is
institutionalizing partnerships among local government units (LGUs) and
non-government organizations (NGOs) at the local level in undertaking
development projects.
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House Speaker gives minority bloc committee chairmanship
MANILA, July 30 (PNA) -
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Wednesday said he is giving the
chairmanship of the ethics committee of the House of Representatives to a
member of the minority bloc in order to be "transparent."
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Solon wants probe on Napocor, PSALM finances
MANILA, July 30 (PNA) - A
lawmaker has filed a resolution at the House of Representatives to look
into the financial condition and funding of energy-related government
owned and controlled corporations such as the National Power Corporation
(Napocor), the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
Corporation (PSALM), and the schedule of payments of Napocor’s stranded
debts and stranded contract costs, and PSALM’s personnel salaries and
other incentives.
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Filipinos 'satisfied’ with May 2010 elections; give Smartmartic the thumbs up
MANILA, July 29
(PNA)--Seventy-five percent of Filipinos are “satisfied” with the
general conduct of the May 2010 automated elections, the highest such
regard when compared with 2004 and 2007, according to pollster Social
Weather Stations (SWS).
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Senate committee chairmanships is 98 percent complete – Sotto
MANILA,
July 29 (PNA)-– Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III said on
Wednesday that the assignments of the committee chairmanships is now
almost complete with only the committees on energy and public services
remain in contention.
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Palace eyes settling government stations' privatization issue
MANILA,
July 29 (PNA) - Malacanang will study the long-proposed privatization of
sequestered government television stations so this matter can be dealt
with accordingly.
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