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Hunger and poverty are Aquino's greatest challenges
My first encounter with death by starvation was in Olongapo City many years ago when I was called out to bless a dead child. I was led to the hovel made of cartons and plastic sheet where the three ye...
Ex-IBP president is new Solgen
MANILA, Philippines--A former president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines has been named the new Solicitor General. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda announced Thursday that Joel Cadiz woul...
Three undersea quakes hit southern Philippines
Three strong undersea tremors struck several parts of southern Philippines on Thursday but there were no reported damages and no tsunami alerts issued either, according to the United States Geological...
US to give RP $18M worth of precision missiles to fight Muslim insurgents
MANILA - Washington has pledged to provide the Philippines with $18.4 million worth of precision-guided missiles this year to use in its fight against Islamist militants in the south, according to a m...
House of Pacquiao's sister linked to illegal gambling raided
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Armed with a search warrant, authorities swooped down on the house of an elder sister of 7-division world boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao on suspicion that i...
Truth Commission is futile, Joker says
MANILA — Without a legal leg to stand on, the planned truth commission is doomed to fail, Sen. Joker Arroyo said Wednesday. Arroyo, a lawyer, warned President Benigno Aquino III that creating a...
Palace open to drug test for officials
Even though drug tests for government employees are not mandated by law, Malacañang on Thursday said it is open to the idea of its officials undergoing drug tests in light of a congressman'...
972 pass Agriculturist Licensure Exam
A total of 972 out of 2,689 passed the Agriculturist Licensure Examination given in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboan...
Talks for Navy's transfer to Camp Aguinaldo start
first State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday that private foreign groups have expressed interest to rent the Navy property along Roxas Boulevard. Both Purisima and presidential spokesperson...
Luisita mill owners chopped workers' 13th month pay in 'bad faith' - SC
The Supreme Court (SC) has declared that Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT), the sugar milling company owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino III, acted in bad faith when it reduced the 13th m...
MMDA chief accuses 3 bus firms of payola
At least three bus firms had been giving monthly payoffs to unscrupulous Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) personnel, the agency's newly appointed chairman, Francis Tolentino, said Thursda...
2 separate budgets for CommGroup eyed
Two Cabinet secretaries and two budgets for one department. A setup of this kind looms in President Benigno Aquino III's Communications Group, with presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda saying ...
Arroyo to cooperate in Truth Commission probe, but . . .
Former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will cooperate in the investigation of the soon-to-be-formed Truth Commission, but her presence should there be a hearing is not certain....
Philippine president appoints new Solicitor-General
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has appointed former Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) president Jose Anselmo Cadiz as Solicitor General, the Malacanang presidential palace announced on ...
Manual poll audit reveals 99% accuracy
THE Random Manual Audit (RMA) showed that the Automated Election System (AES) has 99.60 percent accuracy especially in the presidential, vice presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, and mayoral ra...
Luisita farmers win case on pay dispute
THE Supreme Court (SC) declared that President Benigno Aquino III's family-owned sugar estate, the Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT), acted in bad faith when it wrongly computed the 13th month pay of ...
Kris, Robin to replace 'Wowowee'
AFTER a month of not seeing her on the small screen, the Queen of All Media Kris Aquino returns via the upcoming variety show "Pilipinas Win na Win." Aquino will host the show opposite Robin Padilla,...
No mandatory drug test for government workers
MALACAÑANG will not require government personnel and elected officials to undergo mandatory drug testing following the arrest of Congressman Ronald Singson in Hong Kong for drug-related involvement. ...
Taiwanese gets double life sentence
A MANILA court meted two life terms for a Taiwanese national following his conviction on the possession of over three kilos of ketamine and 108 grams of shabu. In a 17-page decision penned by Judge A...
Security guards, trike driver seek Mikey's disqualification
NO LESS than the sectors he wanted to represent, security guards and tricycle drivers, filed a disqualification case against Representative Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo at the House of Representatives E...
