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By David Crary Associated Press BEAR MOUNTAIN, N.Y. -- The giggles and banter echoed those at any typical summer camp, but the name of this lakeside getaway -- Camp Homeward Bound -- reflected an element of wishful thinking for many of the children.
ANGELES CITY — The Ombudsman has cleared Mayor Francis "Blueboy" L. Nepomuceno, the former police chief, and 40 others of charges of unlawful arrest and arbitrary detention for the closure of a Small Town Lottery (STL) outlet here on suspicions that it was engaged in "jueteng".
BAGUIO CITY — The rich natural resources of the Cordillera could supply the growing power demand of Luzon even when electricity needs reach the critical level by 2010.
Solicitor General Agnes VST Devanadera told the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday that the Executive Department of government will set aside the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on ancestral domains but not the peace process it has been conducting with the Muslim rebels.
President Arroyo has rewarded another defeated candidate in the last 2007 elections with government position, this time a partymate who lost her mayoralty bid in Pasay City.
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) plans to revive the Batang Pinoy early next year as part of its long term program to strengthen the country’s bid in the next two Summer Olympics, including the 2012 London Games.
For Willy Wang, as the saying goes, when it rains, it pours. Wang, who won a gold medal in a wushu tournament that was played in the final days of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was awarded P5 million yesterday by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in appreciation of his feat.
Attending agricultural exhibits and trade shows can be most rewarding to showgoers. These events are where enterprising people can pick up doable ideas that can be turned into cash.
Agri-based firm Vitarich has partnered with the A&L Fishpond and Hatchery to produce fingerlings of the Pangasius, a fast growing species from Vietnam and Thailand which has become a favorite fish in high-class restaurants and hotels in Metro Manila.
(Editor’s note: Arms in the hands of MILF, AFP, PNP, Reformed Ilaga, CAFGU and Christian volunteers are all signs that peace is an impossible dream as noted by the author.)
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