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The U.S. firm employed by the Commission on Elections to certify the Automated Election System to be used in the May 2010 national elections has a tainted track record in reviewing election systems. This was pointed out by ACT TEACHERS Partylist president Antonio Tinio in a press statement today. On ... Full story

Since the establishment of Urban Luzon Beltway ULB in 2006, the current administration and the private sector have invested at least P40 billion on 14 major road projects in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Southern Luzon. Of this number, 11 projects are now fully functional, while the remaining three are scheduled for completion in June this year. This was the message that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shared this ... Full story

BAYAN MUNA representatives today filed a bill to prohibit Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and any Chief Executive thereafter from appointing members of the judiciary, including the Chief Justice, two months immediately before the next presidential elections and up to the end of his or her term. Bayan Muna fears that allowing Pres. Arroyo to ... Full story

From the huge crowd gathered at the main entrance of Makati Medical Center, including members of the Malacañang Press Corps and high government officials, people could sense that something big was afoot. Seen among the people milling around were Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Presidential Counsel for ... Full story

The Philippine economy, fueled by better gold and nickel prices and the resurgence of electronics exports, will be better this year than in 2009. The assessment was made by acting Director-General Augusto Santos of the National Economic Development Authority at a press briefing today. “The actual economic performance for 2009 will be released in late February this year,” he said. “By then, we will know how the ... Full story

Malacanang has directed the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to ensure adequate water supply in urban cities and provinces in the wake of the impending water crisis brought about by the El Niño phenomenon. In a media briefing today, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said LWUA, which is headed by chairman Prospero Pichay Jr., has been ordered to hasten the implementation of projects aimed at filling the ... Full story

QUEZON CITY — Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio Thursday morning took his oath as a member of the Liberal Party, further triggering whispers among Kapampangans that he will seek reelection in Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’ s home province. While the governor has not yet decided his next steps after his term ends next year, he joined the political party of Senator Noynoy Aquino as a matter of ensuring ... Full story

Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo today threw his support for the hunger strikers protesting a foreign mining project in Oriental Mindoro that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources favors over long-term food security. “We fully support the people and the local government units of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro who have consistently opposed the Mindoro Nickel Project of Intex Resources for the ... Full story

The issue of agrarian reform in the Cojuangco family-owned Hacienda Luisita should not be reduced into a simple electoral issue to be used and then forgotten after the 2010 elections. Thus said Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita massacre today. “The farm workers of Hacienda Luisita are not raising the issue of agrarian reform to discredit Sen. Noynoy Aquino's ... Full story

Amid the uproar over the Malacañang-imposed oil price ceiling, Executive Order (EO) 839 is apparently a mere government public relations gimmick. EO 839 will not really help the greatest number and most needy of typhoon victims. The worst hit is from the poorest income groups who are not consumers of petroleum products at the pump level. It is also not clear how prices of the basic ... Full story