DAVAO CITY -- High-ranking military officers earlier named in the Davao lawyers' petition for writ of amparo failed to show up in court for the scheduled hearing on Wednesday. This was the second time that Judge Jose Manuel Castillo of the Regional Trial Court Branch 10 called a hearing on the amparo petitions of Davao-based lawyers, Carlos Isagani Zarate, Lilibeth Ladaga and Angela Librado-Trinidad. Read on.
DAVAO CITY -- Scholars of House Speaker Prospero Nograles, the Davao City first district Representative, are worried. When the congressman steps down after his last term in 2010, they fear that funds for the scholarship program "Oplan Kaalam" will also end. So, when a Nograles staff mentioned this in a May 26 scholars' orientation program, some scholars suggested letting Karlo Nograles, the son of Prospero Nograles, run for election. Read on.
A study by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has put the Philippines in international limelight again. Under the leadership of President Macapagal-Arroyo, our country has topped the list of the…
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