For complete list of INQUIRER.net RSS Feed visit http://services.inquirer.net/rss/rss.php http://services.inquirer.net/rss/brk_nation.xml 2010-02-10T17:05:40+08:00 text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252414/Comelec-division-junks-Pacquiao-case-vs-Chiongban Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will have to slug it out with businessman Roy Chiongban in the May congressional race of the Sarangani province. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252413/Madrigal-targets-Villars-wife Bad news for Manuel Villar. It seems Villar-bashing will be a staple fare in the campaign sorties of independent presidential bet and senator Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal, one of the staunchest critics of the Nacionalista Party standard-bearer. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252411/Lacson-not-yet-a-fugitive--lawyer Senator Panfilo Lacson’s lawyer has said the senator cannot be considered a fugitive from justice until the Supreme Court upholds the arrest warrant against him as valid. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252406/69-of-voters-unaware-of-party-list-systemPulse-Asia-survey Majority of Filipinos are still unaware of the party-list system despite its 12 years of existence, a pre-election survey by Pulse Asia showed. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252402/Villar-denies-being-Arroyos-secret-candidate Senator Manny Villar finally broke his silence on Wednesday on persistent talks that he was President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's "secret" candidate. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252399/Aquino-LP-secret-partners-of-Arroyo-govt--NP-bet Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III – not Senator Manuel Villar – might just be the administration's real “secret candidate,” Nacionalista Party (NP) senatorial bet Gilbert Remulla said in a forum Wednesday. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252396/FDA-bans-mercury-laced-Chinese-cosmetics The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday they have banned three apparently Chinese-made cosmetic products because they were found to contain dangerous levels of mercury. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252394/Ampatuans-counsel-faces-contempt-raps The prosecution panel has asked the Quezon City regional trial court Branch 221 to order the legal counsel of the Ampatuans to explain why he should not be cited in contempt. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252376/Luisita-redistribution-a-recycled-promise Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s assurance to redistribute the vast Hacienda Luisita Inc. property in five years through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) was a “recycled and copycat campaign promise,” a party-list lawmaker said Wednesday. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252373/Special-Action-commander-gets-2nd-star The commander of the elite police unit Special Action Force was promoted to two-star rank on Monday, with 14 more other police officers named generals, the Philippine National Police said on Wednesday. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252364/3500-election-checkpoints-up Simultaneous with the official start of campaign period on Tuesday, the Philippine National Police intensified security and set up some 3,500 checkpoints nationwide. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100210-252360/QC-judge-in-Ampatuan-case-asked-to-inhibit-self (UPDATE 4) A Quezon City judge has been asked to inhibit herself from handling the multiple murder case against Andal Ampatuan Jr., the alleged brains in the slaughter of 57 people in Maguindanao, due to alleged “ineptness and “misconduct.”