February 15, 2010
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL (JBC) HAS CUT TO SIX NOMINEES THE INITIAL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR CHIEF JUSTICE AFTER TWO ASPIRANTS WERE DISQUALIFIED FOR HAVING PENDING CASES.
In an advertisement published in The STAR last Saturday, the JBC released the names of the remaining candidates and invited the public to submit comments.
The nominees are Senior Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Renato Corona, Associate Justices Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, and Sandiganbayan acting […]
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February 14, 2010
SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF ENTREPRENEURS BY PROVIDING MORE ASSISTANCE TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES (MSMES).
Loren, author of the Barangay Kabuhayan Act (R.A. 9509) and the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act (R.A. 9501), called for the implementation of these laws to stimulate the so-called informal sector in the face of the alarming nosedive of the country’s exports.
“By their sheer number and inescapable presence alone, addressing MSMEs concerns will certainly […]
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February 14, 2010
AS THE COUNTRY CELEBRATES THE DAY OF LOVE, SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLS ON FILIPINOS TO RENEW THEIR LOVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
“Love of the environment translates to love for people. By taking care of the earth, our only home, we take care of the people we love,” she said.
“We must address climate change now. Our environment has suffered too much degradation. Do we want our loved ones to live in an environment where there is flood, hunger and poverty?”
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February 14, 2010
DESCRIBING MASBATE AS BEING “IN A STATE OF POLITICAL CALAMITY,” ACTING DEFENSE SECRETARY NORBERTO GONZALES YESTERDAY SAID HE WOULD HOLD DIALOGUES WITH POLITICIANS IN THE PROVINCE TO PERSUADE THEM TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR FAIR AND VIOLENCE-FREE ELECTIONS ON MAY 10.
Gonzales visited the province on Friday as part of the Department of National Defense and military’s campaign to help the Commission on Elections in ensuring a clean and peaceful automated balloting.
“The situation in Masbate reminds me of Maguindanao,” […]
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February 14, 2010
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA TODAY CALLED FOR JUSTICE AND GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM FOR FARMERS, STRESSING THAT JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED TO THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THE HACIENDA LUISITA MASSACRE.
“It has been more than five years since this bloody episode in our farmers’ struggle for genuine land reform. This is human rights violation that has not been resolved up to now by the administration nor the landowners of Hacienda Luisita,” she said.
“Luisita is a symbol of […]
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