Here are a few highlights of “The 2011 Survey on Good Local Governance,” a new SWS publication released at the Oct. 10 conference celebrating the 20
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Read MoreMINERS now have to either establish a reforestation area or to donate seedlings to the National Greening Program (NGP) under an order issued earlier
Read MoreThis is re-posted article. The Supreme Court has sentenced the first elected regional governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to
Read MoreJustice Secretary Leila de Lima has transmitted to the Office of the Ombudsman the request from a militant fisherfolk group for a probe into the cas
Read MoreFormer President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been given the go-signal by her doctors to seek medical treatment abroad amid warnings by one of her cr
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. I have been in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, since Sunday, having conversations with ARMM provincial officers, local governme
Read MoreGlobal News GENEVA -- World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy is backing a new approach to the stalled Doha round of global trade talks, sugge
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Read MoreLast September 6, President Aquino signed Executive Order 57 which creates the National Coast Watch System (NCWS) in order to protect Philippine ter
Read MoreThis is re-posted article. In a political cauldron such as Masbate, where open dissent can be dangerous, the popular social networking site Facebook
Read MoreThis is a re-posted press release. The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill seeking to create the Department of Information
Read MoreThis is a re-posted statement. Recent days have seen outbreaks of violence in areas of the southern Philippines. On behalf of the United States gove
Read MoreThis is a re-posted press release. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) today filed a criminal complaint with the Department of Justice against DR. M
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Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon is eyeing to put in place a new tracking device for transshipped cargoes. In an interview w
Read MoreTHE EFFORT to safeguard copyrights, trademarks, patents and other similar assets has moved forward with the Supreme Court issuing guidelines on how
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