From the News! - Your Daily News » Politics http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 PCCI’s Dee ‘scolds’ CBCP head http://fromthenews.net/pcci%e2%80%99s-dee-%e2%80%98scolds%e2%80%99-cbcp-head.htm http://fromthenews.net/pcci%e2%80%99s-dee-%e2%80%98scolds%e2%80%99-cbcp-head.htm#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:40:28 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4885 Joel Guinto
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — The chairman emeritus of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) claimed to have reprimanded Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo over the phone over reports he called for a change in government due… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/pcci%e2%80%99s-dee-%e2%80%98scolds%e2%80%99-cbcp-head.htm/feed 0 SWS: Public dissatisfaction with GMA eases to -27% http://fromthenews.net/sws-public-dissatisfaction-with-gma-eases-to-27.htm http://fromthenews.net/sws-public-dissatisfaction-with-gma-eases-to-27.htm#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:50:53 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5061 Helen Flores
Philippine Star

Less people are dissatisfied with President Arroyo although her rating remains poor as she faces a new impeachment complaint, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a recent survey.

The non-commissioned survey among 1,500 adults,… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/sws-public-dissatisfaction-with-gma-eases-to-27.htm/feed 0 Suspicious Gordon wants Comelec budget reconciled http://fromthenews.net/suspicious-gordon-wants-comelec-budget-reconciled.htm http://fromthenews.net/suspicious-gordon-wants-comelec-budget-reconciled.htm#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:08:37 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5041 Christina Mendez
Philippine Star

Sen. Richard Gordon has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to go back to the drawing board and reconfigure its proposed budget for the full automation of the May 2010 national and local elections.

Gordon… Read the rest

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Senators have asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to review and re-submit its proposed 2009 budget to ensure a fully automated, clean and credible election in 2010.

Sen. Richard Gordon and Edgardo Angara on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/gordon-angara-urge-comelec-to-resubmit-budget-to-ensure-full-automation-of-2010-polls.htm/feed 0 Give GMA a chance. What else are we to do? http://fromthenews.net/give-gma-a-chance-what-else-are-we-to-do.htm http://fromthenews.net/give-gma-a-chance-what-else-are-we-to-do.htm#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:11:33 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4744 Ernesto F. Herrera
The Manila Times

LET me first note that this column was submitted a few hours before President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivered her 2008 State of the Nation Address. Now, in answer to the question posed by this… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/give-gma-a-chance-what-else-are-we-to-do.htm/feed 0 GMA gov’t gets lowest satisfaction rating since Marcos ouster http://fromthenews.net/gma-gov%e2%80%99t-gets-lowest-satisfaction-rating-since-marcos-ouster.htm http://fromthenews.net/gma-gov%e2%80%99t-gets-lowest-satisfaction-rating-since-marcos-ouster.htm#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:24:37 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4761 Helen Flores
Philippine Star

The Arroyo administration’s net satisfaction rating fell to a record low of –21 in the past three months, the lowest for any administration since the ouster of the Marcos regime, Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey… Read the rest

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A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey commissioned by a congressional oversight committee reportedly showed that the Arroyo administration has scored satisfaction ratings ranging from 43 percent to 70 percent in 15 out of 20 national issues, including infrastructure… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/gma-did-well-on-this-one.htm/feed 0 ‘A stolen, not a strong republic’ (Ex-officials indict Arroyo for ‘7 curses’) http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%98a-stolen-not-a-strong-republic%e2%80%99-ex-officials-indict-arroyo-for-%e2%80%987-curses%e2%80%99.htm http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%98a-stolen-not-a-strong-republic%e2%80%99-ex-officials-indict-arroyo-for-%e2%80%987-curses%e2%80%99.htm#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:49:37 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4502 Michael Lim Ubac
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—A group of former Cabinet members and other past ranking officials Friday “indicted” President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for her failed promises, and said that for seven years she had wrought “seven curses”… Read the rest

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Philippine Star

President Arroyo has become the most unpopular Philippine president since Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 after her net satisfaction rating slipped to a new record-low of –38, surpassing the previous record of –33 in May 2005,… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/gma%e2%80%99s-net-satisfaction-rating-hits-record-low-%e2%80%93-sws.htm/feed 0 14th Congress: Biazon top absentee, Jamby often late http://fromthenews.net/14th-congress-biazon-top-absentee-jamby-often-late.htm http://fromthenews.net/14th-congress-biazon-top-absentee-jamby-often-late.htm#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:11:04 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4584 Christina Mendez
Philippine Star

Sen. Rodolfo Biazon, chairman of the Senate committee on national defense and security, had the most number of absences during the first regular session of the 14th Congress.

Sen. Jamby Madrigal was dubbed the “most… Read the rest

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