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Palace warns of Corona going 'petty,' 'paranoid'
MALACAANG on Friday warned Chief Justice Renato Corona that the public would view him as “petty and paranoid” if he failed to substantiate claims of a concerted effort from the Executive branch to discredit the Supreme Court.
Updated: 03/13/2011 06:00A
Bread & circuses (I)
Senator Edgardo Angara has complained that “Filipinos have yet to see the current administration craft a coherent plan that will ensure the sufficiency of our food supply and the stability of food prices.” In other words, veteran civil servants like
Updated: 03/13/2011 06:00A
Seeking Insurance: Autism and Education
I've managed a few Google searches to no avail on the topic, but I thought I heard that public school districts have access to insurance money for potential special education due process (lawsuit) issues. Fancy that. In case a school district is guilty
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:49A
Syracuse agrees to settle lawsuit over pollution, will pay landowner $4
The administration of Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a 9-year-old lawsuit against the city over pollution of land near Interstate 690 and Midler Avenue where the city used to
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:48A
Speed a factor in deadly bus crash, NY police say
Police said they were trying to verify the bus driver's assertion that he lost control trying to avoid a swerving tractor-trailer and looking into his activities before the accident. The bus had just reached the outskirts of New York City on a journey
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:47A
Candidate accused in assault, pregnancy
MILWAUKEE — A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a secretary of state candidate in Wisconsin, accusing him of getting her pregnant while she was too intoxicated to consent to sex. Charlette Harris, 31, says David King hired her in August for a job
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:46A
'Chernobyl-like' crisis for Japan:US experts
1 atomic plant crisis, the accident will seriously damage the nuclear power renaissance. "The situation has become desperate enough that they apparently don't have the capability to deliver fresh water or plain water to cool the reactor and stabilize
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:46A
House committee to submit draft report on Ombudsman
The committee on justice is set to ask the plenary to approve its committee report calling for the impeachment, setting forth the Articles of Impeachment that will be sent to the Senate. In an advanced draft released to some reporters, the committee
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:46A
Legendary coach Frank Carroll had interesting journey to gold
15, 1961, Owen was one of 34 people associated with the US figure skating team who died in a plane crash in Brussels en route to the world championships in Prague. Her two daughters, Laurence, the national women's champion, and Maribel,
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:46A
Japan battles nuclear meltdown
The nuclear accident, the worst since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, sparked stinging criticism that authorities were ill-prepared for such a massive quake and the threat that could pose to the country's nuclear power industry.
Updated: 03/13/2011 05:44A
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