Archive for October, 2009
MANILA – Friends of broadcaster Korina Sanchez have recently thrown a bridal shower for her in Baguio City where an unlikely and uninvited guest came.
During her television guesting on “Ruffa and Ai” Thursday, Sanchez shared that a female ghost made its presence known during the party.
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MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will move for the amendment of the Omnibus Election Code to explicitly define premature campaigning.
Comelec Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer said in a budget hearing Wednesday at the Senate that they will submit their recommendations for this revision as the current law constrains them from running after presidential wannabes who have been airing advertisements even
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MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) panel on Thursday submitted for resolution the preliminary investigation on the alleged involvement of Sen. Panfilo Lacson in the abduction and murders of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito in November 2000.
Senior State Prosecutor Peter Ong submitted the case for resolution after Lacson failed to submit his counter-affidavit and appea
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MANILA – The afternoon of September 26 was very memorable for me. My heart was beating in excitement as I was going to cook for my mom’s birthday celebration that evening—something I love doing.
But my excited heart beats turned to nervous palpitations as our home felt the rage of the floodwaters brought about by the tropical storm Ondoy.
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MANILA — Pope Benedict XVI has appealed to politicians and public officials in the Philippines to act with honesty, integrity and justice.
In a report published online by the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN), Pope Benedict said: "The struggle against poverty in the Philippines calls for honesty, integrity and an unwavering fidelity to the principles of justice, especially on the part of those entruste
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MANILA – At least 400,000 squatters blocking key drainage channels of a giant lake on the edge of the Philippine capital need to be uprooted to fix Manila’s flooding crisis, a government official said Thursday.
The squatters are among one million people living on the shorelines of Laguna de Bay that will be flooded for up to five months unless drastic action is taken, Laguna Lake Development Authority c
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MANILA – Malacañang has downplayed the results of a survey released Thursday which again showed a drop in President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s already record negative performance ratings.
The Third Quarter 2009 Social Weather Stations (SWS) Survey showed a net satisfaction rating of -38 points for Arroyo.
SWS, an independent poll outfit, said the latest rating is “classified as bad.” If Arroyo̵
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MANILA – A group led by former Senator Wigberto Tañada has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its earlier ruling allowing the government to convert its sequestered common shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) into preferred shares.
In a 26-page motion for reconsideration, Tañada, together with former assemblyman Oscar Santos, the Surigao del Sur Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, the Moro Farmers Associat
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MANILA – A museum guard’s quick thinking saved part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos’s infamous shoe collection when huge floods devastated the nation’s capital, a report said Thursday.
The 200-pair display was moved upstairs just before flood waters swamped the ground floor of the Marikina Shoe Museum on the eastern outskirts of the capital, the Philippine Daily Inquirer report
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MANILA — The Supreme Court (SC) has validated the election of the group of Misamis Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno and business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, as chairman and president, respectively, of the Basketball Association of the Philippines-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (BAP-SBP).
The high court made the validation by affirming the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling over the BAP-SBP tenure of Moreno and Pangilin
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Kim Chiu:
Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu (born April 19, 1990), better known as simply Kim Chiu, is a Filipina actress. Chiu was the first winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Ed...
Benjamin Abalos: Benjamin Abalos is a Filipino politician and was a former chairman of the Philippine Commission on Election. He was also a former MMDA Chairman and Mandaluyong ...
