An act of unity and inspiring acts of selflessness are the ideals behind the “One World, One Christmas” theme which was launched by Rustan’ s Commercial Corporation this year.

The Taguig City police on Saturday began distributing leaflets to private security guards in order to make them better partners against robbers and other criminals.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs to look into the plight of 14 Filipino seafarers who had been kidnapped by pirates in waters off Tanzania in Africa.

The PRC announced Saturday that 324 out of 612 examinees passed the Chemical Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Chemical Engineering in Manila and Cebu this month.

Malacañang urged male civilians to enlist in the Reserve Command (RESCOM) of the AFP to help the government fast-track humanitarian efforts in time of disasters.

Malacañang asked the ERC to explain the 25-centavo per kilowatt-hour (kWh) increase in the generation charge by the Meralco on its customers.

Voting in the May 2010 automated elections will be much easier especially for persons with poor reading abilities, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Saturday.

At least 125 Filipino pilgrims are bereft of hajj leaders (sheikhs) in Saudi Arabia and have sought the intercession of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to order the lifting of the travel ban.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday she will travel to the Philippines next week to ''show solidarity'' with the storm-battered nation, just after her visits to Singapore and Berlin.

Being one of the 19 survivors during the recent bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed another Filipino United Nations election volunteer Josie Esto, Remedios “Remie” Mondigo, UN Public Outreach electoral officer shares her third and worst experience as part of the UN’s peace keeping mission.

As Congress returns Monday, after a recess of almost one month, the House of Representatives faces a pile up of pressing legislation, but the approval of the P1.541-trillion national budget for 2010 remains a priority to help the country cope with the devastation wrought by successive calamities.

The national government will not resort to an all-out military offensive against suspected rogue elements of theMILF who have taken captive Irish priest Fr. Michael Sinnott since there are still available diplomatic options to take, Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro said here Saturday morning.

Defections hit the Lakas-Kampi-CMD as the ruling party’s top leadership failed to patch up controversies among leaders of the merged parties who were expected to slug it out in the 2010 elections.

The DENR urged the Marikina City government to clear the Nangka River of post-typhoon mud and debris, which is obstructing the free flow of the river.

UNO president and Makati Mayor Jejomar C. Binay is urging the team up between government and the private sector for developing housing projects for the poor as a key to address the country’s housing problem.

Court of Appeals Associate Justice Martin S. Villarama finally took his oath Saturday before Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno as the newest member of the 15-man Tribunal.

Former President Joseph Estrada said he will not stop anyone from the movies who will support other presidential candidates other than him.

The death toll in the onslaught of typhoon “Santi” late last month rose to 30, with disaster officials, saying that there are still six others in the missing list who are not yet accounted so far.

President Arroyo continues to receive words of encouragement from her allies in the House of Representatives to run either for vice-president or congresswoman.

Malacañang is ready to replace Cabinet members who will leave their posts for their political interests to run in the May, 2010 elections.