Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo on Friday said if he will have his way, he will subject all state employees to a mandatory drug test.
A day before all non-Career Executive Service Officials (CESO) would have been thrown out of their jobs, Malacañang issued on Friday a new memorandum circular extending their service, thereby amending the very first memo dispensed by the President when he assumed office on June 30. Non-CESOs have been permitted to stay in their positions until October 31, instead of July 31.
President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and his four sisters will attend a Mass at La Salle Greenhills on Sunday to commemorate the first death anniversary of their mother, former President Corazon Aquino.
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) advised the public to brace for rainshowers and thunderstorms on Friday and more "La Niña" rains by August.
The carjacked vehicles of former Ambassador Roberto Romulo and actor Derek Arthur Ramsay have been recovered in a series of police operations in Metro Manila, a report said Friday.
Regular commuters of the Light and Metro Rail Transit systems may not agree with the fare hike proposal, but an official on Friday said the move will relieve residents outside Metro Manila of the burden of paying taxes to subsidize the transportation service.
MADRID, July 29, 2010 (AFP) – A Spanish judge re-issued international arrest warrants on Thursday for three US soldiers over the death of a Spanish TV cameraman in Iraq seven years ago by Americ...
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 29, 2010 (AFP) – US spill chief Thad Allen failed Thursday to reassure desperate fishermen about their Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up jobs, while BP began the legal wra...
SANTIAGO, July 29, 2010 (AFP) – Thirty-one jailed Mapuche Indians are on a hunger strike demanding that harsh anti-terrorist laws enacted during the military dictatorship and used to imprison th...