CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino
?Nene? Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged the
Arroyo government and the Armed Forces of the
Philippines to persuade the Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) group led by Ustadz Habier Malik to
immediately stop the hostilities in Sulu.
By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA) Program
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
MANILA — The pre-election surveys (PES) conducted by the country’s leading pollsters show the voting preferences of the country’s electorate in the May 14 mid-term elections. Conducted regularly since October last year, the surveys done by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), Pulse Asia and, to some extent, the non-profit IBON, showed opposition candidates for the senatorial race under the Genuine Opposition (GO) pulling away from the administration ticket, Team Unity (TU). Indeed, the latest surveys reveal that between seven to eight opposition candidates, led by Loren Legarda, are the choice of the respondents, with only about two to three administration bets making it. Two independent candidates, Francis Pangilinan and Gregorio Honasan, fill up the rest of the “Magic 12” seats that are up for grabs in the elections.
The surveys also show quite similar trends for the House and local government elections.
[MANILA/APRIL 2007] Leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) will expand the Smart Schools Program to include 50 more public high schools and 30 public elementary schools nationwide this year.
The expansion of the Smart Schools Program was formalized during the signing of an addendum to a Memorandum of Agreement between SMART, the Department of Education and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
16 April 2007
The 17th Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference Opens Today
The 17th Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference opens today for a 5-day conference from 16 to 20 April 2007 at the Shangri-la Hotel, Makati City with a total of 300 service delegates from 19 Asia-Pacific countries.
6 April 2007
Army to militants: Prove AFP?s link in Oton shooting, abduction
Reply to statement of Ms Hope Hervilla, Regional Coordinator of the Activist Party-List Bayan Muna blaming/accusing the military on the attempted murder and abduction of certain Maria Posa Dominado, Ely Garachico and Nilo Arado.