Philippines NewsNews on Philippines continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Filipino troops press assault on Muslim rebels- August 11, 2008 MANILA, Philippines: Philippine troops, backed by helicopter gunships, regained control of two southern villages from Muslim rebels Monday and pressed ahead with a massive assault to clear 13 others, officials said. At least one army soldier and seven Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas have been killed since nearly 3,000 troops and police launched the attack on Sunday. The assault, backed by artillery and rocket-firing helicopters, came after the guerrillas defied an ultimatum to withdraw.http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/filipino-troops-press-assault-on-muslim-reb... Foreign Poll Observers Recommend Continuing RP Voters' Education, Empowerment- August 11, 2008 BUTUAN CITY - While admitting money politics is worsening and is not only happening in the Philippines but to other countries as well, Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) Executive Director, Ms. Somsri Hananuntasuk and ANFREL Head of Mission Kingsley Rodrigo recommended continuing education and empowerment initiatives not only for ARMM but Philippine voters as well. "The initiatives for reforms in Philippine elections whether that initiatives will be coming from the government and private.http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/foreign-poll-observers-recommend-continuing... Microsoft creates open-source lab in Philippines- August 11, 2008 Lawrence Casiraya Inquirer.net August 10, 2008 MANILA, Philippines -- Microsoft is now preaching interoperability, announcing it will open its first open-source lab in Asia Pacific in the country.http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/microsoft-creates-open-source-lab-in-philip... Another RMN Broadcaster Shot Dead In Roxas City- August 10, 2008 A broadcast journalist of the Radio Mindanao Network in Roxas City, Capiz who is also an officer of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in the province was shot and killed in a broad daylight ...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/another-rmn-broadcaster-shot-dead-in-roxas-... MILF Appeals For Peace As Fighting Continue In North Cotabato- August 10, 2008 ' The Moro Islamic Liberation Front renewed calls for peace as fighting erupted Saturday in the southern Philippines between rebel forces and government militias.http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/milf-appeals-for-peace-as-fighting-continue... The promise of automation- August 9, 2008 All the major vote-rigging scandals in recent years erupted in the ARMM. Even during the Marcos regime, long before the autonomous region was created, violence and allegations of fraud have marred electoral exercises in the areas that now constitute the ARMM. Poll automation could either boost the integrity of the vote in the region, or it could make cheating easier and heighten the risk for violence. Comelec officials have said that all is set for the ARMM elections, with at least P100...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/the-promise-of-automation?fromrss=1 Court of Appeals justices told to quit- August 9, 2008 Two crime-watch groups asked yesterday CA Presiding Justice Conrado Vasquez and other CA justices to resign in the wake of allegations of corruption and impropriety. The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) and the Citizen's Crime Watch (CCW) raised the demand in a letter, a copy of which was hand carried to the CA. VACC founding chairman Dante Jimenez said that Vasquez should resign because of command responsibility. They also expressed their support for Sabio. "There will be no end..http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/court-of-appeals-justices-told-to-quit?from... Fireworks explode at Court of Appeals probe- August 9, 2008 Fireworks erupted at the first hearing yesterday on allegations of impropriety committed by some appellate court justices in their handling of a case involving the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco). Court of Appeals Justice Jose Sabio openly expressed dismay at being questioned by Associate Justice Vicente Roxas on his reported insistence to remain with the CA's Special 9th Division even after a reorganization last July 4. Yesterday's hearing was presided by a panel of retired Supreme Court...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/fireworks-explode-at-court-of-appeals-probe... Agreement with rebels designed to fail- August 9, 2008 MANILA, Philippines-The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) hammered out by government negotiators and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is riddled with so many legal and constitutional flaws and political obstacles, it's no wonder the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wanted to keep it under wraps for as long as it could. But now that its full details have filtered out, what remains a puzzle is how President Arroyo and her panel of negotiators could have agreed to terms so patently.http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/agreement-with-rebels-designed-to-fail?from... Rizal football team wins Norway cup- August 9, 2008 MANILA, Philippines-The Rizal Football Team recently bagged gold and the coveted Norway Cup for their age division at the Baekkelagets Sportsklub, Ekeberg in Norway, besting seven other teams from and outside of Norway with a seven win -zero lose record. A dispatch from the Philippine embassy in Oslo said the team, composed of young boys aged 10 to 12 from Colegio de San Agustin and Southridge School in Manila, competed on July 31, 2008. The team was composed of John Michael Drilon, 11, from...http://www.topix.net/world/philippines/2008/08/rizal-football-team-wins-norway-cup?fromrss... |