(UPDATE 2) SC denies TRO on Maguindanao recanvassing

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 07:18pm (Mla time) 06/28/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court en banc on Thursday dismissed opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III’s request for a temporary restraining order against the recanvassing of votes in Maguindanao province.
Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said, barely 15 minutes after oral arguments, that all 12 Supreme Court [...]

Pimentel admits no proof Maguindanao poll papers fake

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 04:26pm (Mla time) 06/28/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE) Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III admitted Thursday having no concrete evidence that election documents from Maguindanao fake.
During the oral argument before the Supreme Court on Pimentel’s petition for a temporary restraining order against the canvassing of votes in Maguindanao, the high court asked [...]

Inquirer bags four JVO awards

Inquirer
Last updated 09:57pm (Mla time) 06/28/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — For making sense of a complex story on the messed up military pension fund, a Philippine Daily Inquirer story “Untangling the RSBS Mess” won the top prize in the investigative report category in the annual Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism given on Thursday in [...]

broken

It was a very peaceful and simple life. No worries just work, school and some family stuff until that fateful day when her wallet got lost and she has to apply for a new ATM.  It was followed by small talks during the enrollment, talks about school assigments, Simbang Gabi and weekly walks in St. [...]

A good Day Wasted and Ruined

It was supposed to be a blissful Sunday (June 24) for me. I woke up late. I had almost 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Feeling refreshed, I jumped out of bed with a smile on my face. My baby Chuchay greeted me and licked my face as always everytime i wake up. I started my [...]

Court stops sisters-in-law fight over fruit tree, 8 fruits

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 08:29pm (Mla time) 06/22/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — Stop wasting government’s money, the Court of Appeals told feuding sisters-in-law who brought to the appellate court their fight over a jackfruit tree and its eight fruits.
The lawsuit filed by Adelina Tabangin, a lawyer, against her physician sister-in-law, Rosemary Bautista, was thrown out by the [...]

DoJ drops coup case vs Honasan

INQUIRER.net
Last updated 09:11pm (Mla time) 06/22/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DoJ) has dismissed the coup d’etat charge against Senator-elect Gregorio Honasan for lack of evidence, according to Secretary Raul Gonzalez.
At the same time, Gonzalez ordered the Makati City prosecutor to withdraw the criminal complaint filed against Honasan before regional trial court Judge Oscar [...]

CA affirms annulment over wife’s ‘disorder’

First posted 17:56:52 (Mla time) June 21, 2007
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
 MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision to annul the marriage of a couple due to the wife’s “psychological incapacity.”
“Marriage is definitely not for the children but for two consenting adults who view the relationship with love, respect, sacrifice and [...]

Pimentel files petition at SC on Maguindanao poll dispute

First posted 18:46:38 (Mla time) June 21, 2007
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 2) Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has accused the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of allegedly abusing its discretion in deciding to collect poll documents to determine if there was election fraud in the province of Maguindanao.
In his petition for certiorari [...]

breast milk debate

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net, Associated Press
Last updated 11:36pm (Mla time) 06/19/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — There is no replacement for breast milk, the lawyer of a group batting for the use of infant formula has admitted.
Felicitas Aquino-Arroyo, counsel for the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), made the admission Tuesday before the Supreme Court during the [...]