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Televised poll bidding backed
Malacañang threw yesterday its full support behind the proposed live television coverage of the public bidding for poll machines needed for the automated 2010 national and local elections to ensure transparency.

Rosales names Church representative in CARP dialogue
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has assigned Caritas Manila’s executive director Father Anton Pascual as his representative in a dialogue that Malacañang is arranging with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Speaker Prospero Nograles on the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program extension and reforms.

35,000 fans troop to mall to watch Eraserheads concert
In their first reunion concert, the show didn’t finish because the main man had to be rushed to the hospital. This time around, the whole group couldn’t leave the stage until almost every hit was sung. It was as if there's no tomorrow, and all four Eraserheads had to give their all.

Comelec can now proceed with poll automation – lawyers
With the P11.3-billion supplemental budget already in place, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) can now proceed with the full automation of the May 2010 presidential, congressional, local and party-list elections without violating Republic Act 9369, specifically its provisions that watchers of candidates, political parties, accredited citizens’ arms and the public must have unimpeded view of the ballots being readied by the chairman of the board of election inspectors (BEI).

UNESCO says gender equality still an aspiration
Women and girls account for three-fifths of the world’s billion poor people. Women account for two-thirds of the 960 million adults who cannot read, while girls account for 57 percent of the 75 million children who are not in school.

DENR to discuss strange behavior of sea mammals at meet
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will discuss the recent strange behavior of sea mammals in the waters around Asia during the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) meeting in Papua New Guinea next week, according to Environment Secretary Lito Atienza.

HS graduates urged to take up voc-tech courses
The recruitment industry encouraged yesterday graduating high school students to enroll in technical or vocational courses for better employment opportunity.


 

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