SC: Appointive officials need not resign for polls
MANILA - Cabinet officials and other appointive public servants participating in next year’s elections do not have to resign from their respective posts even if they have filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for the May 2010 polls, the Supreme...

CBCP to keep anti-Cha-cha stance with Arroyo in Congress
MANILA - The powerful Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) was open to giving its blessing to amend the Constitution after the May 2010 polls. With President Arroyo’s shadow lurking in the halls of Congress, however, the Church...

Take 2 for Erap
Since he was granted pardon by President Arroyo, former President Joseph Estrada has promised to unite the anti-administration forces anjd come up with a common  presidential candidate for next year’s election. If he fails, he said, he would join the...

Nation Celebrating Eid-ul-Azha Today - Breaking News
Eid ul Azha will be celebrated across the country today with a religious zeal and fervor and a renewed pledge for peace and brotherhood.

Radio stations in 1-minute silence for slain journalists
Nagpasalamat ang KBP sa pakikiisa ng marami sa kanilang panawagan para sa katarungan. Kanina, isang minutong katahimikan ang ini-alay ng lahat ng himpilan ng radyo sa mga miyembro ng media na nadamay sa karumal-dumal na masaker sa Maguindanao....

Mikey asks mom to run for Congress
MANILA - Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo on Saturday volunteered to give up his seat in the House of Representatives for his mother, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and personally asked her to run in 2010."Madame President, I believe that the best...

Int'l journalists to probe Maguindanao massacre
MANILA – A solidarity mission that will look into the massacre of 57 people, including media men, in Maguindanao is set to arrive in the Philippines next month.

Maguindanao massacre greatest chill to RP press
MANILA - The Philippines was already considered among the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist even before 27 were killed on Monday in an election-related massacre.  

How Maguindanao massacre will affect 2010 polls
MANILA - Philippine police have taken into custody the main suspect in the killing of 57 people in the south of the country earlier this week, an election-related massacre that has sparked worldwide condemnation.