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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Top seed Novak Djokovic was drawn Thursday against a qualifier or lucky loser to begin his bid for an 11th Australian Open crown, and could meet fellow Grand Slam champion Andy Murray in the third round.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 11) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday denied Senator Imee Marcos' allegation that two of its financial aid programs were used to gather signatures in support of charter change.
Across the country, clean-up drives are conducted by different national and local government agencies, often during special days related to the environment, or after a powerful typhoon sends ashore tons of garbage.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will look into reports of “vote buying” for a people’s initiative pushing for Charter change or Cha-cha.
A total of 76 policemen were dismissed from the service last year and nearly 200 others were meted out other penalties, Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr said yesterday.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 10) — Former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. denied allegations of vote buying, saying he sees nothing wrong with the allocation of a mobilization fund that will be used to cover expenditures of volunteers collecting signatures for the proposed people’s initiative to amend the charter.
The last time a signature campaign was conducted for a people’s initiative to amend the Constitution, it was struck down by the Supreme Court, and the defense chief at the time described it as a “legally harebrained idea.” Avelino Cruz Jr., a topnotch lawyer in the private sector before he joined the government of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, subsequently quit the defense post in November 2006.
KORONADAL CITY — The South Cotabato police received a P4 million worth tactical van from the governor’s office in the province, essential to its law-enforcement activities in the provincial capital, Koronadal City, and towns around it.