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In 1986, Corazon Aquino, a self-professed housewife and mother, became an international symbol for non-violent political resistance when she became the first woman president of the Philippines three years after ...1.3

Philippine shares advanced Wednesday for the fourth straight session, buoyed by foreign demand for blue chips such as Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

Inequality has become one of the biggest obstacles to poverty reduction and development in Asia where more than 60 percent of the population live on less than $2 a day, the World Bank said Wednesday.2.7

Regional policemen will soon be trained to handle evidence related to 'cyber crimes' through training to be conducted by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group .4

A storm heading toward the northern Philippines has killed at least six people, including a father and son who sought shelter in a cave, and flooded dozens of villages southeast of Manila, officials said ...4

National Senate detains Gonzales for contempt The Senate blue ribbon committee investigating the Venable LLP lobby contract on Wednesday cited in contempt National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales for his ...4

National Arroyo, Congress cannot stop EVAT, says foe Deputy Minority Leader Rolex Suplico on Wednesday said the proposal in both houses of Congress to defer the implementation of the Expanded Value-Added Tax ...4.2

The Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group is recruiting Christians for future attacks in the southern Philippines, a military intelligence report said.2.7

The Philippines government has ordered police to break up illegal street protests ahead of a planned major rally against President Gloria Arroyo.5

Providing quality maritime education through the years Since the pre-colonial Philippines to the present time the growth of the Philippine foreign and domestic trade attests to the need of improving the ...3.4

Some miracles take a lifetime to come to fruition, but even when one despairs of the miracle ever ... We even went to the hospital where I was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and found birth records," Mary Ann said.1.3

National Signal No. 2 raised in Cagayan, Batanes State weather bureau PAGASA on Wednesday raised ... The Manila Times (9/21/2005 1:25:32 AM) Escudero welcomes GMA allies as House revamp looms Proadministration lawmakers who endorsed the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo are most welcome to join the opposition bloc in the House of ...4

The Zamboanga City Chapter of the Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines , with the support of the local office of the Department of Trade and Industry, will be observing the nationwide yearly ...4.2

Yes, it looks like Julia Clarete's showbiz career is on the upswing again. Which just proves that when a door closes, a window opens.4

National Senate OKs Yoraca s burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution urging the burial of Haydee Yorac, former chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on Good ...4

Sun.Star Staff Reporter Police yesterday made headway in the Aug. 2 robbery of the Land Bank of the Philippines in Bogo, Cebu when they arrested three more suspects in an operation in the mountain barangay of ...2.7

PHILIPPINE OLYMPIC Committee President Jose Cojuangco Jr. said the country has a very good chance of winning the overall title of the 23rd Southeast Asian Games after perennial powerhouse Thailand expressed ...4

Business NAPOCOR signs rural power deal State-run National Power Corp. and French consortium Paris-Manila Technology Corp.4

TROOPS captured two suspected members of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group in separate operations in the southern Philippines, officials said.4

NOW in its eighth year, the Cine Europa Film Festival again presents the various cultures of the European Union Member States through a more entertaining accessible medium-film. Scenes from Sweden's entry, Liv ...4.7

US stocks fell on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate to its highest level since 2001 and gave no indication it's near the end of its rate-increase campaign.4

MANILA, Sept 20 Asia Pulse - The Malaysian government will implement new set of requirements for foreign workers, which takes effect November 1 this year, the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment said.2.7

The Philippines will send three pathologists to Singapore to observe the autopsy of the remains of a Filipina maid allegedly murdered and mutilated by a compatriot, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.4

Growth goal cut on higher inflation rate By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter THE interagency Development and Budget Coordinating Committee has lowered the Philippines' economic growth targets for this year and next ...5

Business Clark investors turn to Congress for tax relief Foreign investors in the Clark Special Economic Zone are now counting on Congress for relief after the Supreme Court ruled in July that locators are not ...4

Inquirer News Service Editor's Note: Published on page A28 of the September 20, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

FILIPINO mothers spend at least P21 billion monthly for the purchase of infant formula and milk supplements in the country, according to a World Health Organization official.4

W e can all contribute to a cleaner environment by minimizing the generation of waste, by buying toxic-free products, agricultural and industrial, and by segregating the waste we generate.4

NGOs owe national govt P4.8 billion, says Andaya By Maricel V. Cruz, Reporter Nongovernment organizations and people's organizations owe the national government huge amounts of money.2.7

BLIND due to a gunshot wound to the head, Michael Borgonia, recently signed a one-year contract with Total Transcription Solutions, Inc.4

OPEC backed away on Monday from an immediate increase in oil output, falling short of expectations in some consumer nations for quick relief from high fuel costs.4

Where is the P26.5-million in development assistance funds that Representative Clavel Asas-Martinez allegedly diverted to a personal bank account by using as conduit the Girl Scouts of the Philippines Cebu ...4

The Asahi Shimbun MANILA-More than three hundred Filipinos here have finally been given proof of the Japanese ancestry that they long have claimed.2.7

T he State and the Church have always been two societies, perfect in themselves, both exercising supervision over a common membership.2.7