The man who blew the whistle on the controversial national broadband network (NBN) deal that implicated several high government officials was arrested yesterday on charges of perjury.
Former government consultant Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada Jr. was arrested yesterday by members of the Manila Police District (MPD) who served the warrant a day after it was issued by the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court.
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MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo ordered yesterday the release of P1 billion next month to help the country’s export industries survive the global economic crisis.
The President gave the directive during the closing ceremonies of the 30th National Conference of Employers (NCE) at the Manila Hotel.
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National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Nestor Mantaring reported yesterday that investigators have not yet established that a crime was committed in the ongoing probe of the death of ABS-CBN news anchor Ted Failon’s wife.
“We have not established yet that there is a crime. If it is suicide, then there is no crime,” Mantaring told reporters during an interview in his office at the NBI headquarters in
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Around about now, which is to say in the zone of fight time, something happens to Manny Pacquiao that is, if not unique, rare enough to bring a shiver to the spine of a man who won and lost the greatest prize the ring can bestow. It happens to his eyes and the change is a touch metaphysical.
"I know it when I see it," says Michael Moorer, who beat Evander Holyfield and lost to George Foreman in this city
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San Miguel Beer extended its winning streak to eight games after thumping Talk ‘N Text, 98-87 in the 2009 Motolite-PBA Fiesta Conference. The Beermen will gain an automatic semi-final seat if it wins Sunday night at the Araneta Coliseum.
After a long rest from hardcourt action because of the All-Star Week, San Miguel Beer hardly showed any rust as it continued its run to hand Tropang Texters its first loss in th
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Prodigious shooters Jayson Valdez and Shanin Lyn Gonzales produced big rounds in the PNSA-NYDP Shooting Challenge last Sunday at the newly refurbished 10-meter range in Fort Bonifacio to qualify for the Philippine team to the Asian Youth Games in Singapore this July.
Valdez, a 13-year-old sophomore at Malate Catholic School, fired 98.8 points to bag the gold medal in the men’s air rifle event, while 15-year-old
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Put the one and only Megastar and the one and only Comedy Queen in a movie and what do you get? Riot, of course! Sides are expected to be split and tummies to ache when Sharon Cuneta and Ai-Ai delas Alas star together in a movie for the first time, a casting coup which only Star Cinema can possibly score.
In BFF (Best Friends Forever), Sharon and Ai-Ai play buddy-buddies who stick to each other through thick and
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Just when you think Kristine Hermosa won’t be starring in any teleserye on primetime TV anymore, ABS-CBN’s Komiks Presents Mars Ravelo’s Nasaan Ka, Maruja? comes along and swings her back into the acting scene again.
“I’m just happy and thankful because I’m back to work,” Kristine says. “This time, todo work ulit because whenever I got to rest quite longer, my schedules become tight again when I c
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Congratulations to G Toengi who has been admitted to the UCLA College of Letters and Science for the fall quarter 2009 with Communication Studies as academic major. “The past two years have been tedious,” wrote G in an e-mail. “I’ve been raising two children and studying at the same time.”
In his letter of acceptance to G, Vu T. Tran, Ed.D., a director of UCLA, said, “You bring an impressive array of
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Using a new tracking tool, search engine giant Google said on Wednesday it saw a spike in searches for information about flu among people in Mexico last week even before news of the outbreak became widely known.
Google said it has put together a flu trends tracking system for Mexico based on the U.S. Google Flu tool launched last fall that is used by U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to figure out whe
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Ferdz Recio: Ferdinand Recio or Doc Ferdz is a Filipino veterinarian who enjoys taking care of sick animal. He is one of the original hosts of “Born to be Wild”,...
Andreas Notter: Andreas Notter, A 38 year-old Swiss national was abducted together with other ICRC workers, Italian Eugenio Vagni, 62, and Filipina Mary Jean Lacaba, 37.
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