Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Philippines News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageArroyo endorses Santiago"s candidacy to UN court- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday formally endorsed the candidacy of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago as member of the United Nations International Court of Justice (UN-IC...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15825222/ MMDA allowed to resume operation in Rizal landfill- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines - Haulers from Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) can resume dumping garbage in the 19-hectare sanitary landfill located in Rodriguez, Rizal at least for 15 days. ...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15825223/ Solon seeks local government power to issue mining permits- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines - A legislator on Friday filed a bill seeking to give provincial governments the authority to issue mining permits within their respective jurisdictions. "This measure aims to u...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15823832/ Transco, NEA continue power restoration after typhoon Frank- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines - The National Transmission Corp. (Transco) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) continues to repair and restore power lines in provinces, days after typhoon Frank...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15823833/ Estrada told to reply to request to start perjury trial- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines -- The special division of the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court has ordered former president Joseph Estrada to comment on the manifestation of the Ombudsman&039;s Special Prosecutor to b...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15823069/ DoH bans eating of fish from Romblon waters- June 27, 2008 LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines -- The Department of Health imposed a ban on eating fish caught near the ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars, which sank off Romblon, after divers discovered pesticide inside...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15823070/ Rights body expresses concern for kin of Princess victims- June 27, 2008 Close this MANILA, Philippines -- The government and the shipping firm, Sulpicio Lines, may be violating the rights of grieving families by failing to provide them with a system of timely information ...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15823066/ Pesticides in sunken Philippine ferry halt search- June 27, 2008 Philippine officials suspended attempts to retrieve bodies from a sunken ferry on Friday due to fears of toxic chemicals in the hold.Tests revealed no contamination but officials said the search would...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15822561/ 540 dead, 291 hurt, 277 missing- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines - The death toll from typhoon "Frank" continued to rise and went up to 540 as of Friday evening, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) reported. In itshttp://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15822033/ Japan turns over P8-M relief goods to DSWD, urges RP to empower "Frank" victims- June 27, 2008 MANILA, Philippines - The Japanese government turned over Friday afternoon some P8 million worth of relief goods to the Department of Social Welfare and Development for victims of typhoon "Frank." ...http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/0267775d6f1c3971/id/15822034/ |