Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. urged fellow Senator Chiz Escudero to be realistic as he still remains mum on his political plans for the May 2010 elections.

Former Senate President Ernesto Maceda disclosed a game plan of Malacañang to defeat the opposition by not questioning the qualification of former President Joseph Estrada.

Nacionalista Party President Senator Manny Villar fortified his position as the candidate to beat in the 2010 presidential elections when he formally sealed NP’s alliance with the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan led by Ilocos Norte Rep. Bongbong Marcos.

President Arroyo conferred the Order of Sikatuna on Manny Pacquiao in recognition of his unequivocable contribution in putting the Philippines in the international radar screen.

Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Annabelle T. Abaya assured that “there will be no secrets, no hidden agenda, and no fast deals,” when it comes to peace talks with the MILF.

House Speaker Prospero Nograles requited with kindness a political foe’s demolition of a public park named after his father by pushing for the enactment of his proposal to name the annex of a national high school in Davao City after the name of his political rival’s father.

Switching and substitution of contracts of OFWs are more rampant in the Middle East than in any other OFW destination, according to a migrant workers’ welfare advocacy group.

Rigoberto Madera, 61, who prefers to be called simply as N.N.N or Najanan, is taking his Malacañang bid as his stepping stone to White House.

Advocates gear to push mainstream human development agenda as an electoral issue in the coming 2010 elections amid the chaos in the political arena.

President Arroyo is counting on the entrepreneurial spirit of Chinese community to help perk up the world economy.

The Comelec stepped up its education campaign on the country’s first fully automated polls aimed at making the masses familiar with the revised voting process.

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night.

The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) confirmed that the aerial spraying of fungicides in Mindanao banana plantations is still the best way to control the deadly black sigatoka virus.

Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney bade goodbye to the Philippines after US President Barack Obama named veteran diplomat Harry K. Thomas Jr., as Washington's new envoy in the country.

The Court of Appeals set aside the August 29, 2007 order of a Quezon City court stopping the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) from approving the application of Bayer Crop Science, Inc (Bayer) to bring and use in the Philippines Liberty Link Rice 62 (LLRice62).

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has scored the PNP for the use of firearms during the demolition of an informal settlement at a mosque in Pasay City last Wednesday.

Deputy Presidential Spokesman and Press Undersecretary Anthony Golez Jr. on Friday resigned from the Arroyo government to join the congressional race in Bacolod next year.

A Quezon City councilor said dissolving the smallest barangay in Metro Manila and merging it to two nearby barangays is advantageous to the public in the long run.

Flashfloods and landslides may occur in Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao following reports from PAGASA that a rain-causing weather system intensified near Mindanao last Friday.

The Department of Energy (DoE) is set to give five more coal operating contracts ollowing this year’s Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR) for coal.