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By Roy Pelovello
PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday urged the private sector not to dilly-dally but move fast and make good on its commitment to help stimulate the economy and spur growth.
Council grills nominees to Supreme Court
By Rey E. Requejo
The Judicial and Bar Council yesterday began its search for the successor of Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna who retired last Feb. 16.
By Roy Pelovello and Gigi Muñoz David
PRESIDENT Arroyo has appointed Teresa Aquino Oreta as chairman of a council on child welfare, the sixth losing member of the Team Unity senatorial slate in 2007 to be appointed to a government post.
House forms panel to craft agrarian law
By Christine F. Herrera
With only four months before the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program expires, the House has formed a special panel to work with Senate in carving out a new program, which will be effective for at least five years.
Lawmakers act to keep Girl Scouts state-owned
A HOUSE panel has declared the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, after 68 years of existence, as a government-owned and -controlled corporation, whose main purpose is to inculcate “patriotism and nationalism” in youth.
Fund lack aborts recall bids — Melo
LOCAL officials facing recall complaints can find some relief in the announcement of Commission on Elections Chairman Jose Melo that the funding for the special polls has been deleted from the budget.
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