July 24, 2008

President Arroyo yesterday appointed former Senator Ralph Recto as new Director general of the NEDA, becoming the third defeated administration senatorial candidate to join the government.

The Comelec has already spent more than P1 billion in the preparations for the August 11, 2008 elections in the ARMM but it will not hesitate to postpone this political exercise if Congress approved a law to this effect.

The military yesterday counted communist urban assassins as among the possible security threats during President Arroyo's eighth SONA on July 28.

Somali pirates attacked Somalia's coast along the Gulf of Aden on July 20, seizing 20 of 21 Filipino crew aboard the freighter Stella Maris.

Senators are opposed to the proposals to postpone elections in the ARMM and vowed to block all efforts to reset the regional polls next month.

DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral yesterday maintained her support for the proposed reproductive health bill, which she said would help solve the country's population problem.

President Arroyo allows Sulpicio to resume operations but only to ferry cargo.

President Arroyo leads inauguration of methane power plant.