An organization of the country’s photojournalists on Friday slammed House Bill 4807, or the Protection against Personal Intrusion Act, saying it “suppresses press freedom.”
Dubbed as the successor of the extremist group Al-Qaeda, the growing threat of armed operations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) across the troubled Middle East has drawn mixed reactions from Catholics and Muslims elsewhere.
A Manila-based organization urging reform in the country’s tax system has brought its campaign online to press amendment to what it called archaic tax law which it claimed to “overtax” middle class workers.
The business processing outsourcing (BPO) industry here is expected to generate some 37,000 jobs in Davao City in the next two years. But while industry leaders here admit to difficulty in meeting this demand, some sectors want more protection of workers’ rights.
A woman carrying a gun and passing through Gate 2 walked into the grounds of Malakanyang Palace. According to the news report, the woman didn’t say she intends to shoot President Noynoy Aquino. But didn’t mince words in saying , “Why has the people’s miserable plight gone to this extent?”
Leaders and members of various religious denominations across the country have expressed support to a proposed bill aimed at “abolishing the pork barrel system” through a people’s initiative.
The military has blamed the bomb explosion on Tuesday in Cotabato City to the terror group, Jema’ah Islamiyah, saying that fragments of the bomb were similar to the signature bomb maker of the group currently believed coddled by a breakaway Moro revolutionary group.
Jovito Palparan is a classic model of such criminal with a grave mental sickness. His psychological affliction seeps deep into the dark recesses of his soul. His is a brand of sadism at its utmost, at its beastly diabolic worst.
Five civilians were hurt when a bomb exploded Tuesday evening in Cotabato City, a witness said.
