Archive for November, 2005

November 21, 2005 · Posted in: Governance

Pulse Asia: 58% want GMA to quit

PRESIDENTGloria Arroyo may have survived an attempt to impeach her, but nearly six in 10 Filipinos (58 percent) prefer that she quit her office. Pulse Asia’s Oct. 15-27 nationwide survey of 1,200 adult respondents shows 52 percent of Filipinos...

IN this third "Food and the Filipino" feature, Luz Rimban followed the trail of a considered Pinoy staple and discovered that there's very little of cattle beef in a can of corned beef. And to the dismay of corned beef lovers, it's probably carabao...

AS the human activity of eating becomes increasingly complicated and dangerous in today's world, what with all the news about food poisoning and the outbreak of illnesses known to plague factory farm animals as the mad cow disease, foot-and-mouth disease,...

THIS week, we are running a series of i Report stories on the theme "Food and the Filipino." In this first of three reports, Vinia Datinguinoo writes about an alarming concern — Filipinos are becoming overweight and obese, with a growing...

IN the continuation of Benjamin Pimentel's Kuwento Kuwento interview with Sheila Coronel, Part 2 has the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism executive director talking about the PCIJ blog's audience and her insights into the current crisis. ...

FOUR witnesses who were set to testify at today's Senate hearing on the "Hello, Garci" tape scandal backed out at the last minute for unknown reasons. Sen. Rodolfo Biazon, chairman of the Senate committee on national defense and security...

November 17, 2005 · Posted in: In the News

Dinky says sorry for Philhealth cards

FORMER social welfare secretary Dinky Soliman has confessed to being part of a government group that used public funds for President Arroyo’s 2004 presidential campaign. Appearing as witness at the resumption of the Citizens’ Congress for...