‘Best News of the Century’ — Pimentel
THE SUPREME COURT, LED BY CHIEF JUSTICE ARTEMIO PANGANIBAN, ONCE AGAIN HAS DEMONSTRATED HIGHEST SENSE OF JUDICIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY STRIKING DOWN SIGAW NG BAYAN-ULAP ASSAULT UPON RULE OF LAW AND…
Satur hails SC ruling vs. Palace initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2006 Satur hails SC ruling vs. Palace initiative House Deputy Minority Leader Satur C. Ocampo today hailed as a "triumph of the people, and the…
Tarsila?s Park
Tarsila Villarente knows Rizal Park perhaps like no other people in Davao City. It has been her home for decades now. And she?s not complaining. On beautiful, sunny days, she luxuriates in the shades, graciously offering cigarettes to customers. For her, it doesn?t get any better than this. Davao Today?s Cheryll D. Fiel takes a peek at Tarsila?s life.
Scandal Frays Nerves of Davao Nurses
Davaoe?os who passed the scandal-tainted June 2006 nursing board exams are junking the plan to require a retake of the test, while some bewailed the government?s failures in the education and health systems as the primary factors that created this mess. Jeffrey B. Javier reports.
‘Press Freedom Index’ Puts RP Among World’s Worst
The Philippines’s ranking in the “Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006” by the Paris-based Reporters Withour Borders has slipped, from 139th last year to 142nd this year. The country is in the bottom 20 of the rankings, sharing the ignominy with the worst violators of press freedom in the world. Reporters Without Borders blamed the continuing killings of journalists and the defamation suits filed by President Arroyo’s husband for the slip in ranking.