ON DISTANT SHORE BLOG: CORY, NOYNOY AND 'NOYNOYING'MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (OPINION BLOGGER) FROM 'FILIPINO TIMES' ANALYSIS ON DISTANT SHORE: By Val Abelgas (photo) - Something's eerily familiar in what's happening to the Philippines in the last two years and in the political events of almost three decades ago. Looking back, you get a feeling of déjà vu. Only a year after being thrust into the presidency by the EDSA People Power...
PHNO-OPINION: STANDARD: UNBELIEVABLE!
STANDARD: UNBELIEVABLE![PHOTO - Contrasting views: President Aquino talks about the gains of the country's economy at the Philippine Investment Forum at the Peninsula Manila in Makati City while an alliance of urban poor in Navotas demands better roads and housing and farm workers from Hacienda Luisita burn posters of the members of the President's family in Mendiola. LINO SANTOS]MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (STANDARD) Written by Christine...
PHNO-OPINION: PHILSTAR: A CREEPING CRISIS
PHILSTAR: A CREEPING CRISISMANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (PHILSTAR) EDITORIAL - There will be no blackouts in Metro Manila, the government assured the public, despite the breakdown of a key power transformer in Las Piñas last Tuesday. After expressing "serious concern" over the reliability of power transmission in southern Metro Manila, the Manila Electric Co. for its part gave assurance that while it could take up to three weeks to...
PHNO-HL: PNoy EXCITED ABOUT PPP: 8 PPP PROJECTS TO BE BID OUT THIS YEAR
PNoy EXCITED ABOUT PPP: 8 PPP PROJECTS TO BE BID OUT THIS YEAR[PHOTO - President Aquino: Excited about PPP]MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (INQUIRER) By: Christine O. Avendaño, Daxim L. Lucas - Aquino vows to redouble efforts to boost economy.President Aquino on Tuesday said his 21-month-old administration would redouble its efforts on the economic front, vowing to bid out to the private sector more big-ticket infrastructure projects...
PHNO-SB: TINAGBA FEST: IRIGA WELCOMES WORLD WITH COLORFUL FESTIVAL
TINAGBA FEST: IRIGA WELCOMES WORLD WITH COLORFUL FESTIVALIRIGA, CAMARINES NORTE, MARCH 29, 2012 (STANDARD) Written by Isah V. Red - Nestled south of Pili, capital town of Camarines Sur, Iriga City is a thriving commercial and agricultural center in the Rinconada district of the province. It is the birthplace of Nora Aunor, the country's first and only entertainment superstar and other movie stars like Zaldy Zhornack and Jaime...
PHNO-SB: NO ROCK MUSIC DURING PABASA
NO ROCK MUSIC DURING PABASAMALOLOS CITY, MARCH 29, 2012 (PHILSTAR) By Dino Balabo No rock music please. This is one of the reminders contained in the 14-point liturgical guidelines on reading the passion of Christ this Lenten season. The guidelines were prepared by Monsignor Andres Valera, the vicar general of the diocese of Malolos. Valera said the guidelines were meant to maintain order in the traditional reading of the "Pasyong...
PHNO-HL: NIKKI GIL'S UP FOR NEXT CHALLENGE
NIKKI GIL'S UP FOR NEXT CHALLENGEMANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (MALAYA) ETHEL RAMOS ('Sabi nga ni Billy, he will not be surprised when he returns to the country, daring roles naman ang sasabakan ko. – Nikki Gil' )NIKKI Gil continues to keep a happy face these days, not only because she is certain that Billy Crawford, her boyfriend of a few years, will return to the country after he fulfils his contract abroad, but also because she is...
PHNO-HL: PALACE OPEN TO EMERGENCY POWERS TALKS / GOVT GOOFED BUT NOT ON MY WATCH, SAYS NOY
PALACE OPEN TO EMERGENCY POWERS TALKS / GOVT GOOFED BUT NOT ON MY WATCH, SAYS NOY[PHOTO -President Aquino greets participants at the Philippine Investment Forum yesterday. The forum brought together government officials, top Filipino business executives and local and foreign investors to offer a global audience a balanced perspective on investing in the Philippines)]MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (PHILSTAR) By Aurea Calica - Malacañang...
PHNO-HL: MAR ROXAS DEFENDS PNoy, HAS HIS OWN DEFINITION OF NOYNOYING
MAR ROXAS DEFENDS PNoy, HAS HIS OWN DEFINITION OF NOYNOYINGMANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (PHILSTAR) By Helen Flores - Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas II defended yesterday President Aquino from criticisms that he is sleeping on the job and came up with his own definition of "Noynoying," a term coined by critics to refer to Aquino's alleged inaction on the country's pressing social issues. Speaking at the weekly media forum Kapihan...
PHNO-HL: SPECIAL (EMERGENCY?) POWERS FOR PNoy TO RESOLVE BLACKOUTS?
SPECIAL (EMERGENCY?) POWERS FOR PNoy TO RESOLVE BLACKOUTS? MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (PHILSTAR) By Paolo Romero - Administration lawmakers said yesterday President Aquino might call a special session so Congress could grant him emergency powers to allow him to swiftly resolve the worsening power situation in Mindanao. Aquino, meanwhile, appealed to the public to give the government more time to solve the power crisis. He said the...
PHNO-HL: BLACKOUTS TURN FAUCETS DRY EVERYWHERE IN MINDANAO
BLACKOUTS TURN FAUCETS DRY EVERYWHERE IN MINDANAO [PHOTO - BLACKOUT IN KORONADAL]MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (STANDARD) Written by Christine F. Herrera - THE faucets have run dry on some islands in Mindanao after the eight-hour daily blackouts knocked out their deep-well pumps, Agham Rep. Angelo Palmones said Tuesday. "The residents on the island provinces and municipalities like Zamboanga, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi have to resort to manual...
PHNO-HL: GMA COMPLETES BAIL HEARING FOR GRAFT RAPS / GMA IS AN IDEAL DETAINEE
GMA COMPLETES BAIL HEARING FOR GRAFT RAPS / GMA IS AN IDEAL DETAINEE [PHOTO - Former President and Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (INQUIRER) By Leila B. Salaverria - Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's bail hearing for graft cases was held Tuesday in her detention room at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center. Arroyo, who is detained at the hospital on charges of electoral sabotage,...
PHNO-HL: CJ VOWS TO FIGHT NOY'S MOVE TO HAVE PUPPET SUPREME COURT
CJ VOWS TO FIGHT NOY'S MOVE TO HAVE PUPPET SUPREME COURT MANILA, MARCH 29, 2012 (TRIBUNE) By Benjamin B. Pulta - The big judicial fight to save the Supreme Court (SC) from being hammered into a rubber stamp high court and be completely controlled by President Aquino continues. Chief Justice Renato Corona said the public should expect more attacks on the judiciary in a proxy war waged by Malacañang to ensure the creation of an...
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