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MILF ready to talk peace again
The separatist Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), on Tuesday passed a resolution to continue the stalled peace negotiations with the Philippine government.abs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 5:02 PM
Gutierrez: Drilon called me on Spratlys deal
Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez on Tuesday turned the tables on former Senate President Franklin Drilon and said it was the senator who asked her legal opinion on a bilateral agreement between China and the Philippines on the disputed Spratly Islands.abs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 4:48 PM
SC justice admits playing golf with Neri, but won't inhibit self
A Supreme Court magistrate on Tuesday turned down suggestions that he should inhibit himself in the high court's deliberations on the secret conversations between President Arroyo and former Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri, despite confirmation that he and Neri played golf once.abs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 4:46 PM
Internet downloads may reduce DVD piracy
The Optical Media Board chief on Tuesday predicted a decrease in the number of pirated optical media products in the Philippines in the next two to three years as a growing number of people prefer to download music and movies from the Internet.abs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 3:21 PM
Arroyo vows to pass anti-corruption law
President Arroyo, under pressure from a bubbling graft scandal, said on Tuesday she would ask Congress to pass an anti-corruption reform act this year.abs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 2:16 PM
Cable TV guy identifies 'fixer' in NBN-ZTE deal
Businessman Ruben Reyes, rumored to be a close friend of President Arroyo's brother, Diosdado Macapagal Jr., is the guy to approach if you want help in business transactions with the government, a new witness in the National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with ZTE Corp. of China said. abs-cbnNEWS.comabs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 1:17 PM
New NBN witness knows little about 'greed'
In an unexpected twist, a new witness in the Senate hearing on the scrapped National Broadband Network (NBN) project denied he had first-hand, personal knowledge about the $41 million in alleged kickbacks given to the First Couple and other officials to secure the $329 million deal with China's ZTE Corp..abs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 12:56 PM
NBN deal cancelation reflected in Arroyo-Hu Jintao talks
Trade Secretary Peter Favila on Tuesday said the cancelation of the government's allegedly anomalous $329-million National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with China's ZTE Corp. is reflected in an official conversation between President Arroyo and Chinese President Hu Jintao.abs-cbnnews.com 03/11/2008 12:12 PM