For complete list of INQUIRER.net RSS Feed visit http://services.inquirer.net/rss/rss.php http://services.inquirer.net/rss/topstories.xml 2009-02-23T17:05:08+08:00 text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20090220-190104/Vet-suffers-heart-attack-filing-claim MANILA, Philippines -- A World War II veteran suffered a heart attack while queuing up to file for compensation from the US government at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) on Friday. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090220-190103/Senator-Gonzalez-dishonest-on-VFA MANILA, Philippines -- Senator Pia Cayetano accused Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez of “gross intellectual dishonesty” for floating the idea that convicted rapist Daniel Smith may be detained in a Philippine-run facility in the United States. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20090220-190097/Advice-to-fugitives-Dont-pee-in-public MANILA, Philippines – Jhonnie Cuyugan went into hiding but gave himself away by peeing in public. Now, he must not only answer for that misdemeanor but also for the death of his live-in partner. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090220-190096/Chief-Justice-Puno-to-form-moral-force MANILA, Philippines – More than a month after speaking about the need for a "moral force" in the country, Chief Justice Reynato Puno will spearhead the launching of a formal movement that will lay down the standards in choosing candidates for the May 2010 election. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20090220-190094/Take-initiativeNursing-topnotcher MANILA, Philippines – Despite the world financial crisis that has affected even employment opportunities for nurses here and abroad, Nursing Board topnotcher Jovie Ann Alawas Decoyna, has remained optimistic and urged her peers to take the initiative in uplifting the profession. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090220-190064/DILG-DSWD-told-to-help-vets MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has directed the social welfare and interior departments to help Filipino World War II veterans get their lump sum payment from the United States government and make sure that they don’t lose a single centavo, Malacaņang said Friday. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20090220-190051/30-hurt-on-Manila-Tokyo-flight TOKYO -- (UPDATE 2) Around 30 people on a US-bound jet were injured Friday, 10 of them seriously, apparently due to air turbulence on the Manila-Tokyo leg of the flight, airport officials said. text/html http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20090220-190036/39455-pass-Nursing-Board MANILA, Philippines - (UPDATE 4) At least 39,455 or 44.51% out of 88,649 examinees that took the November 2008 Nursing Board have passed, the Professional Regulatory Commission has announced. text/html http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20090220-189998/258-colleges-seek-increase-in-tuition MANILA, Philippines—As the global economic crisis worsens, 15 percent of the country’s more than 1,700 tertiary institutions are seeking an average nine percent increase in tuition rates for the incoming school year, according to a Commission on Higher Education official.