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By Joyce Pangco Pañares
As jOB losses mount, the Social Security System will make available P500 million in emergency loans for its members who have been displaced by the global economic crisis.
Panel looks into Davao killings
By Joel M. Sy Egco
the Commission on Human Rights will look into the series of unexplained killings attributed to the “Davao Death Squad” and unmask those behind the vigilante group.
Lawmakers set meeting on agrarian reform law
By Roy Pelovello
SPECIAL panels from the two chambers of Congress will meet tomorrow to thresh out issues on a proposal to extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, even if there has been no clear commitment from the House of Representatives on reinstating the provision on compulsory land acquisition and distribution.
Public Works, Police vow to get rid of ‘corrupt’ tag
By Romie A. Evangelista and Joel Zurbano
The National Police has been tagged as the second most corrupt government agency in the Philippines, next only to the Department of Public Works and Highways, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey.
Ten outstanding soldiers named
The Metrobank Foundation Inc. and the Rotary Club of Makati Metro yesterday announced the winners of the 2009 Search for The Outstanding Philippine Soldiers.
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