MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday denied with finality the motion for reconsideration filed by Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez last Febuary 28 this year, which seeks to block the impeachment proceedings against her at the House of Representatives. According to Supreme Court’s spokesperson Atty. Midas Marquez, seven out of fifteen magistrates voted to […]
Police chief, jail guard cousins of escapee
Former Maguindanao provincial police director Superintendent Piang Adam, who escaped from the provincial jail here Tuesday, is cousin to both the police director of Sultan Kudarat and the jail guard who allegedly helped him escape. PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina said the retired police officer was last seen around 4 p.m. Tuesday in the […]
Brazil’s National Program for Human Rights
The recently released third edition of the National Program for Human Rights (PNDH-3) has met with a storm of criticism from many different sectors of society, and even from members of the president’s own cabinet. The project comprises reform in amnesty law, abortion, same-sex civil union, media regulation and land reform, in addition to a […]
Mozambique: Presidential campaign online
Mozambique will vote to elect a President on October 28. Even before this year’s Presidential campaign officially began in Mozambique, new opposition party Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (Democratic Movement of Mozambique, or MDM) signaled it would take from the “Obama” model of online mobilization. The party set up a Wiki site and a tweet, began […]
Russian Woman Throws Mug At The Mona Lisa
A mentally disturbed Russian woman threw a ceramic mug at Leonardo da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa" earlier this month in an attempt to damage the masterpiece. Earlier this month at the Louvre in Paris, France, a Russian woman denied French citizenship threw a ceramic mug at Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century Italian Renaissance painting "Mona […]
Arroyo unveils marker of P52.7 Million Port Development Project
Biliran, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited the municipality of Naval, the capital town of the province of Biliran to unveil the marker of the newly completed Naval Port Development Project. The President, accompanied by Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Secretary Leandro Mendoza and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Arthur Favila […]
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