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Jet-setting Pacquiao touches down in Dallas

This historic city of Texas finally welcomed boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, who arrived in Dallas late Monday night five days before squaring off with Joshua Clottey for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title. The 31-year-old southpaw was with trainer Freddie Roach, strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, along with a host of others who make up the bloated manifesto of 141 people that boarded the 170-seater Miami Air International Boeing 737 from Los Angeles to Forth Worth ...

Bong, Jinggoy, Miriam top Senate race: survey

MANILA, Philippines - If the May 10 senatorial elections were held today, re-electionist senators Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada and Miriam Defensor-Santiago would top the race, results of the latest Pulse Asia survey revealed Wednesday. The survey, conducted last February 21-25, showed Revilla getting 53.6% of votes, which translates to a statistical ranking of 1st to 3rd place. He is in a statistical tie with Estrada, who got 52.6% of the votes in the survey. Defens...

Fortune-tellers predict rough road ahead for Noynoy

DAVAO - The stars may have nothing to do with Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's presidential bid but according to two fortune-tellers, the road ahead for the presidential wannabe is fraught with danger. According to Madam Rose Elvina, Aquino could face either an assassination attempt or an accident when he starts his presidential campaign later this year. Another fortune-teller, Madam Sal Cruz, said Aquino's sudden popularity has made him a target for political foes who do not wa...

Despite Le Cirque brouhaha, PGMA set to fly again

The controversy has yet to subside over the P37-million spent for the President's last trip to the US, but President Arroyo is set to fly again in September to Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. The President's trip to Saudi Arabia is a state visit, with the Saudi government shouldering the cost of the travel of the President's official party. Expected to be on the agenda is the welfare of almost one million overseas Filipino workers in the oil-rich kingdom. In London, meanwhile, the Pre...

Villar jumps to 1st in Pulse Asia survey

MANILA - Former Senate President Manuel Villar jumped to first pick for president in the latest Pulse Asia survey on Filipinos' preferences for the May 10, 2010 elections. In its August 25 media release, Pulse Asia said one in four Filipinos (25%) would elect Villar as the country's next president, based on the survey it conducted from July 28 to August 10, 2009. Former President Joseph Estrada was second at 19%, or 6% behind Villar. Vice-President Noli de Castro was third at 16%. Se...