MANILA (AFP) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered an inquiry into claims that a top official at the nation’s financial regulator took kickbacks from the owner of a failed investment house.

MANILA (PNA) – Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales yesterday led the inspection of four 20-foot container vans of steel bars intercepted inside Carmel Ray Industrial Park II in Calamba, Laguna.

MANILA (PNA) – The Social Security System (SSS) Monday said while it fully understands and commiserates with the plight of its members affected by the global financial crisis, it is restrained by law from keeping its loan window open to unemployed members.

MANILA (PNA) – A lawmaker implicated in the Legacy Group mess has threatened to file charges against those who dragged his name into the controversy.