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Newsbriefs 02 February MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanCBCP: Quit option stays (news.inq7.net) ILOILO CITY -- The president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday said that resignation remained an option for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resolve the "Hello Garci" controversy.Archbishop Angel Lagdameo also brushed aside criticisms that the Catholic Church

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Newsbriefs 31 January AfternoonSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanHouse panel junks 'no-el' proposal (www.abs-cbnnews.com)The House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Amendments on Tuesday junked a proposal to scrap the 2007 mid-term elections, DZMM reported. Voting 14-3, congressmen disapproved the proposal by the Consultative Commission (Con-Com), which would have extended term limits for

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Newsbriefs 31 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanVAT increase to hike fuel prices by P3/l (www.manilastandardtoday.com)EXPECT pump prices to go up by P2.50 to P3 a liter if world crude prices remain high and the new value added tax (VAT) rate of 12 percent kicks in by February, a consumer group warned yesterday. Consumer and Oil Price Watch Chairman Raul Concepcion told reporters that the

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Newsbriefs 26 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanVFA office abolished (inq7.net)THE EXECUTIVE director of the Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFACom) appears headed to losing his office a day after he warned against the proposed junking of the controversial agreement.President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has decided to abolish the commission because it "duplicates" the

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Newsbriefs 24 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanAFP: Military plot vs Arroyo exists (www.abs-cbnnews.com)The Armed Forces leadership on Monday confirmed the existence of a plot to overthrow the Arroyo administration being hatched by disaffected members of the military. The AFP chief, Gen. Generoso Senga, disclosed that military operatives have seen "some indications" to show that rumors of

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Newsbriefs 19 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanLozano case rejection won’t faze opposition (www.abs-cbnnews.com)Gladdened by the House of Representatives secretary-general’s rejection of the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo filed by the lawyer Oliver Lozano, the opposition said on Wednesday its own complaint will have a bigger chance of making it.The House minority leader,

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Newsbriefs 18 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng Bayan4 more Oakwood mutineers escape (news.inq7.net)FOUR Army junior officers who joined a short-lived mutiny in 2003 escaped late Tuesday evening from a military prison, triggering a security alert, officials said. First Lieutenants Lawrence San Juan, Sonny Sarmiento, Nathaniel Rabonza and Patricio Bumindang piled up chairs inside their detention

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Newsbriefs 12 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanArroyo bows to Ramos’ bid for polls in 2007 (news.inq7.net) PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last night agreed to former President Fidel Ramos' demand to proceed with elections in 2007 in a bid to avert confrontation at the weekend caucus of the ruling party, a highly placed source told the Inquirer.The source said that the two agreed that

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Newsbriefs 11 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanDe Castro says he's open to shortened term (news.inq7.net) SAYING everyone should be willing to make sacrifices, Vice President Noli de Castro yesterday disclosed that some Lakas leaders, including former President Fidel Ramos, had offered him a seat in the proposed parliament and a senior post in the Cabinet if he agreed to cut short his

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Newsbriefs 10 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanAfter Cabinet, govt undergoes shakeup (www.abs-cbnnews.com)A number of Cabinet departments have started rationalizing their programs to cut down on staff for economy and effectiveness. Employees are being encouraged to retire under handsome retirement packages.These offices initially include the Department of Labor and Employment, the

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Newsbriefs 06 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanAbalos won’t oblige senators by quitting (www.abs-cbnnews.com)Chairman Benjamin Abalos of the Commission on Elections is resentful at the senators who were demanding his resignation over his alleged involvement in the controversial P1.3-billion contract to computerize the polls. In a roundtable with reporters and editors of The Manila Times

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Newsbriefs 05 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanPAF colonel turns himself in a day after blasting superiors (news.inq7.net)COLONEL Efren Daquil yesterday turned himself in a day after exposing alleged corruption in the Philippine Air Force amid a charge that he was being used "wittingly or unwittingly" by forces seeking the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.Daquil, a former

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Newsbriefs 06 January MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanLawmakers slam bishops for meddling in politics (www.manilastandardtoday.com)HOUSE leaders yesterday lashed out at Catholic bishops for seeking an active role in lawmaking and claiming that congressmen could not discern right from wrong. House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles of Davao City rejected a call from Archbishop Fernando Capalla,

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Newsbriefs 15 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanOakwood plotter escapes from AFP (www.manilastandardtoday.com)AMID persistent coup rumors and a retired general’s declaration of a revolutionary government, a leader of the 2003 Oakwood mutiny that sought the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo escaped from his military escorts yesterday. Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon, one of the six

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Newsbriefs 14 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanCongress sets debates on bill on contraception (news.inq7.net) BRUSHING aside strong opposition from the Catholic Church, the House of Representatives has set for plenary debate a population management bill that promotes artificial methods of contraception and places them within reach of Filipino families."Far from engendering a 'culture of

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Newsbriefs 13 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanPNP dismisses coup rumors as ‘all noise’ (news.inq7.net) TROOPS LOYAL to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo uncovered an alleged plot by rogue soldiers to seize power over the weekend, a senior military official said yesterday. But other officials dismissed reports of a coup d’etat in the offing as mere rumors.Fresh talk of action by some

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Newsbriefs 12 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanCharter Change proposals done (www.manilastandardtoday.com)AFTER 113 days of hearings, debates and provincial consultations, the 55-member Consultative Commission (ConCom) is finally prepared to offer to Malacañang its version of an amended Constitution. Some of the more important recommendations of the commission, which will submit the

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Newsbriefs 09 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng Bayan Peso hits 53.67 on money from OFWs (www.abs-cbnnews.com)Driven by robust remittances from overseas Filipino workers, the peso on Thursday posted its highest level against the dollar since July 2003.The peso closed at 53.67 to the dollar. It gained more than half a percent from Wednesday’s close of 53.98.At the Philippine Dealing System, the

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Newsbriefs 07 December AfternoonSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanGarcillano confirms talking to Arroyo in 2004 election (news.inq7.net)FORMER Commission on Elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano confirmed on Wednesday that he had spoken with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the 2004 election but that he was not the election official she had referred to when she apologized to the nation for

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Newsbriefs 7 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanGarci takes ‘striptease’ to House (www.manilastandardtoday.com)AFTER tantalizing the political scene with hints and partial revelations, former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano may well bare all today when he faces the House panel investigating wiretapped conversations during the 2004 elections that linked him to over 30 politicians

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Newsbriefs 6 December AfternoonSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanVillar: 'Disguised pork' to hold up budget debates (inq7.net)“SENATOR Manuel Villar warned that deliberations on the P1.056-trillion national budget for 2006 could reach an impasse because of “disguised pork barrels” and predicted that this and other delays would force the government to work under a reenacted 2005 budget during the first

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Newsbriefs 06 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng Bayan‘Farewell, see you in Thailand’ (www.philstar.com) The 23rd Southeast Asian Games ended the way it started — in a burst of light and colors. Only this time, it heralded the coming of host Philippines as the new sporting king of the region. Thousands of Filipinos at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, led by President Arroyo, and millions more

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Newsbriefs 05 December AfternoonSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanReds denounce EU for putting them on terror list (news.inq7.net)COMMUNIST rebels on Monday denounced the European Union for blacklisting them as a terrorist group, saying this would hamper possible peace talks and increase the repression of their followers.The National Democratic Front (NDF), the international representative of the

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Newsbriefs 05 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanSEA Games champion at last (news.inq7.net)THERE'S NO denying the Philippines the overall title this time.Pounding the opposition on various fronts, Team Philippines yesterday clinched its first ever overall championship of the Southeast Asian Games with a Day 8 deluge of 23 golds, pulling away from the opposition and rendering today's

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Newsbriefs 02 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanTeam RP grinds out slow day at Games (www.manilastandardtoday.com)TEAM Philippines’ campaign nearly slowed to a halt yesterday, but a gymnast, a pair of rowers and a judoka joined forces to keep the country afloat in an excruciatingly slow Day 6 in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games. Roel Ramirez, the rowing pair of Benjamin Tolentino and Alvin

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Newsbriefs 01 December MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanFilipinos start to pull away in medal tally (www.manilastandardtoday.com) THERE must be something in the water at the Trace College Aquatics Center in Los Baños, Laguna. Whatever it is, Sheila Mae Perez found the water to her liking, so much so that she continues to emerge from it with a gold medal. Yesterday, the 19-year-old Perez scooped

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Newsbriefs 30 November AfternoonSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanArmy halts downsizing for insurgency fight (abs-cbnnews.com)“The Philippine Army has postponed a plan to downsize its divisions in the face of continuing counterinsurgency operations, Army chief Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said on Wednesday.Esperon said the intensified counterinsurgency campaign will target secessionist groups and

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Newsbriefs 30 November MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanTeam RP stays on top on Day 3 of SEAG (www.manilastandardtoday.com) ARNEL Ferrera threw the hammer to a new mark and Team Philippines continued to throw its weight around to stay in front of the medal race on Day 3 of the 23rd Southeast Asian Games. Ferrera’s record-shattering heave served as the spark that sustained the Filipinos’ winning

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Newsbriefs 29 November MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanPhilippine gold haul rises to 25 (news.inq7.net) FILIPINOS found a treasure trove in the pool and struck a gold mine on the track to pace the medal chase of the 23rd Southeast Asian Games yesterday.Diver Sheila Mae Perez became the meet’s first double-gold medalist and long jumper Henry Dagmil broke the meet record with a golden leap as the

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Newsbriefs 25 November MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanOil prices rolled back for 5th time (www.philstar.com)Local oil companies yesterday cut pump prices anew by 50 centavos per liter for all products, the fifth time this month since the softening of world oil prices. The latest price slash brings the total rollback to P2.85 per liter for gasoline and P2.60 per liter for diesel since Nov. 1.

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Newsbriefs 24 November MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanOil companies cut gasoline, diesel prices (www.abs-cbnnews.com)Petroleum companies Pilipinas Shell Incorporated, Petron Corporation, Seaoil and Unioil cut prices of gasoline and diesel products by P0.50 per liter to reflect softer crude prices abroad, DZMM reported Thursday. Seaoil said new pricing for gasoline and petroleum took effect at 6

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Newsbrief 23 November MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanGarcillano back, willing to tell all (www.abs-cbnnews.com)Former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano is back in the country "safe and alive" and willing "to tell all" about poll fraud allegations hounding President Arroyo more than five months after disappearing from public view, his wife told ABS-CBN News Tuesday.The opposition

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Newsbriefs 22 November AfternoonSimbahang Lingkod ng Bayan Arroyo lauds Hong Kong OFWs for their 'record remittances' (inq7.net)”President Gloria Arroyo lauded Monday overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in Hong Kong for their "record remittances" which, she said, have contributed to the upliftment of the country’s "macro economic" figures. Macro-economic figures include indicators in the field

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Newsbriefs 22 November MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanPulse Asia dims GMA’s glad return (www.abs-cbnnews.com) President Arroyo’s happy arrival -- she brought good news from the APEC summit, where the Philippines was hailed as a model in the antiterrorism war, and enjoyed a relaxing stopover in Hong Kong with her family -- was dimmed by the result of the latest Pulse Asia survey.The research

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Newsbriefs 21 November AfternoonSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanJBC announces 3 remaining candidates for Ombudsman (inq7.net)"THE JUDICIAL and Bar Council (JBC) has narrowed down to three from 14 the candidates for Ombudsman and will submit the list to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo later on Monday. They are Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Merceditas Gutierrez, Sandiganbayan Associate Justice

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Newsbriefs 21 November MorningSimbahang Lingkod ng BayanRP won’t force custody rights over 6 Marines (www.manilastandardtoday.com) BUSAN (via PLDT) — Malacañang will not insist on getting custody of the six American servicemen accused of raping a 22-year-old Filipina in Subic even if a note verbale demanding just that has already been sent to the US embassy in Manila. In an interview,

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Newsbriefs 18 November 2005Simbahang Lingkod ng BayanSC junks Gudani suit versus GMA (www.philstar.com) The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed yesterday a case against President Arroyo on grounds that she is immune from lawsuits. But the SC ordered her co-respondents to answer within 10 days the petition of two Marine officers questioning the validity of an executive order banning civilian and military

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VAT driving power bills up next month (www.manilastandardtoday.com)"CONSUMERS face a bleak Christmas following the release of guidelines governing the value added tax on electricity, paving the way for higher power bills starting next month.The Energy Regulatory Commission said the tax will increase rates by only 22.96 centavos per kilowatthour for poorer households but jack up rates by 50 to 60

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'Hello Garci' report slams Arroyo, foes (abs-cbnnews.com)“The government tried to cover up election cheating allegations last year but was battling a conspiracy to try to oust President Gloria Arroyo, according to a draft report by a congressional committee.The document, reported in the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper on Wednesday, was to be presented to five panels from the lower house of

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'People's court' shuns evidence from Loren (www.abs-cbnnews.com)"The "people's court" has turned down the offer of the lawyer of former Sen. Loren Legarda to submit evidence on alleged fraud committed in the 2004 presidential election.Demaree Raval, counsel of Legarda and of the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino, said House Minority Leader Francis Escudero ignored his offer to present documents

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Biazon: Gonzales on 'probationary' release (www.abs-cbnnews.com)“Opposition Sen. Rodolfo Biazon on Tuesday said the release of National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales from Senate custody is only "probationary," saying it is still up to the Senate blue-ribbon committee whether or not to make the release final."I think this (release) is going to be determined by the (blue ribbon committee)

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12% EVAT imposed starting March 2006 (www.manilastandardtoday.com)"THE value added tax rate will rise to 12 percent in March 2006 and not at the start of the year, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said yesterday.Appearing before the Senate, Teves said he would recommend increasing the rate from the present 10 percent to 12 percent but said this couldn’t be done by Jan. 1, 2006 as suggested by

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