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My friend Jeff Valisno wrote a good article about blogging…i just want to share it with you guys…
BY JEFFREY O. VALISNO, Senior Reporter

There is no escaping it. The advent of Internet connectivity has ushered in a new era of user-generated content when anyone can write about almost anything, and let practically the whole world know [...]

Trillanes to file petition anew to post bail

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 11:05am (Mla time) 07/24/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will ask a local court again to allow him to post bail so that he can attend sessions at the Senate, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Rey Robles said Trillanes would file his petition before Judge Oscar Pimentel of Branch 148 of the [...]

SC defers decision on petitions for TRO vs HSA

Arroyo, et al ordered to respond
By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 03:40pm (Mla time) 07/24/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court deferred its decision on pleas for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the implementation of the Human Security Act of 2007 (HSA) and ordered President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other respondents to comment on the petitions.
More than 20 [...]

SC to Arroyo: Order AFP to produce, free Jonas Burgos

(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has told President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to order the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to present missing activist Jonas Burgos before the Court of Appeals and release him.
“The Court resolves to require the respondents to produce the person of Jonas Joseph T. Burgos during the hearing of this [...]

SC assigns 9 CA branches to handle terror crimes

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 02:51pm (Mla time) 07/24/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has assigned nine branches of the Court of Appeals to handle cases involving crimes of terrorism under Republic Act 9372 or the Human Security Act of 2007.
Chief Justice Reynato Puno, in an administrative order, designated the first, second, and third divisions of [...]

SC affirms constitutionality of EPIRA

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of the universal charge to be collected from electricity consumers by the National Power Corporation (NPC) pursuant to Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001.
In a 23-page decision penned by Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo Nachura, the high court said [...]

Gonzalez dismisses tax evasion raps vs herbalist

First posted 16:16:21 (Mla time) July 23, 2007
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez has dismissed a P150.4-million tax evasion case against the inventor of GloHerbal, an all natural supplement.In a five-page resolution, Gonzalez ordered the withdrawal of the case against herbalist Renato Herrera before the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA).
Gonzalez said the [...]

Let Congress settle anti-terror law petitions–ex-SC justice

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 03:17pm (Mla time) 07/20/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court is not the proper venue to file petitions against the Human Security Act or the anti-terror law, a retired justice has said, expressing doubts on whether the high tribunal will rule on the issue.
Vicente Mendoza is reacting to several petitions that have [...]

SC affirms President, DoH jurisdiction over gov’t hospitals

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 04:57pm (Mla time) 07/20/2007
 
MANILA, Philippines — The President of the Philippines and the Department of Health are authorized, under the Constitution, to reorganize state-owned hospitals and medical facilities so that they will be more effective and efficient in performing their duties, according to the Supreme Court.
The ruling stemmed from a petition [...]

‘Let’s engage in conspiracy of hope’–Chief Justice

SC summit calls for truce, talks with insurgents
By Tetch Torres, Thea Alberto
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 09:29pm (Mla time) 07/17/2007
 
MANILA , Philippines — (UPDATE 2) Chief Justice Reynato Puno believes there is still hope despite the extrajudicial killings and disappearances hounding the country.
Puno expressed his sentiments as the two-day summit on extrajudicial killings called by the Supreme Court [...]