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  • Three trapped Philippines gold miners drown in tunnel in country's north

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    3/30/2010, 9:54 p.m. EDT (AP) — WASHINGTON - Authorities in the nation's capital are investigating after a drive-by shooting killed three people and wounded six others.

    NP supports election of new Senate president

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Senator Manuel Villar Jr. and his Nacionalista Party (NP) expect the Senate to thwart the possibility of a failure of elections in May, saying they find the proposal for the chamber to elect a new Sen...

    Turkish wheat flour safe for consumption – FDA

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The Turkish Embassy in Manila expressed elation over the findings of the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which found that Turkish wheat flour is safe for human consumption. “The ...

    Arrested former party-list rep suffers heart attack – NBI

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Former Rep. Jaime Zarraga, who was arrested on Monday by virtue of several warrants of arrest for syndicated estafa and large scale illegal recruitment, was taken to the Philippine General Hospital af...

    Palace calls for political truce this Holy Week

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Malacañang on Wednesday called for a truce on fierce political mudslinging in deference to the observance of Holy Week. Presidential Spokesman Ricardo Saludo urged politicians to take a breath...

    Nationwide Comelec reshuffle set after Holy Week

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has revealed an impending reshuffle of its field officers nationwide after the Holy Week. “They will be moved (because), they've been assigned in an area f...

    SC asked to reconsider decision on Chief Justice appointment

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked anew to reconsider its March 17 decision authorizing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to appoint the successor of Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno when he retires n...

    Justice Secretary sees nothing wrong with two posts

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Justice Secretary and Solicitor General Alberto Agra said Wednesday that he sees nothing wrong for him to hold two posts at the same time because the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) is operation...

    Mindanao conflict fuels trafficking

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    indicates that "there is an increasing number of women and children from Mindanao trafficked internally and trans-internationally for domestic work. Traffickers use land and sea transportation to tran...

    1M ballots moved to Manila after printing office runs out of space

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    One million ballots have been moved to the Foreign Service Mail Distribution Center (FSMDC) in Manila after the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City ran out of space, the Commission on Electi...