In this file photo, Chief Justice Renato Corona cuddles his granddaughter during a mass to celebrate his second year as head of the Supreme Court. PHOTO BY RENE DILAN Malacañang on Sunday urged Chief Justice Renato Corona to tell the whole truth when he testifies before the Senate impeachment court on Tuesday. Read more
Robert Yupangco The Yupangco family is a preeminent clan of entrepreneurs whose long line of businesses can be a topic for a book or two. But to their son Robert, their ventures seem not enough. Read more
JOSIE Gabuco outlasted Chinese opponent Xu Shiqi to finally hand the Philippines its first gold medal in the Amateur International Boxing Association Women’s World Championships at the Olympic Sports Center in Qinhuangdao in China. Read more
Globe Telecom recently announced that it is launching Samsung’s newest flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III, under its suite of fully-customizable postpaid plans bundled with unlimited mobile internet. Read more
Published : Friday May 18, 2012 - 19:00
JERUSALEM, May 17, 2012 (AFP) - The United States has a military option "ready" if diplomacy fails to halt Iran's controversial nuclear programme, the US envoy to Israel has said, an Israeli newspaper... Read more
Published : Thursday May 17, 2012 - 20:00
A PHILIPPINE oil firm said on Thursday it would start drilling next year at a potentially massive natural gas field at a reef in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Read more
Published : Thursday May 17, 2012 - 20:00
BEIJING: China on Thursday called on the Philippines to send clear and consistent messages on diplomatic solutions to the ongoing standoff between the two countries in the West Philippine Sea (South C... Read more
Published : Saturday May 12, 2012 - 18:00
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Posting views on Facebook and other social media sites delivers to the brain a powerful reward similar to the pleasure derived from food and sex, a Harvard study has concluded. Read more
In this file photo, Chief Justice Renato Corona cuddles his granddaughter during a mass to celebrate his second year as head of the Supreme Court. PHOTO BY RENE DILAN Malacañang on Sunday urged Chief Justice Renato Corona to tell the whole tru...
Although the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal is not a tourist destination and only fishermen have ventured into the area, Malacañang on Sunday imposed a travel ban to “preserve the ecosystem.”
TAIPEI: As President Ma Ying-jeou formally took office for his second term on Sunday, his government also reaffirmed its position that the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal is part of their territory.
SOME 87 million kilos of pork were allegedly smuggled into the country in 2011, causing a deep 20 percent dent on the income of local hog raisers who now call on President Benigno Aquino 3rd to immediately mount a crackdown on suspected smugglers of hot meat.
MILITANT labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno on Sunday held a protest at Plaza Miranda in Manila against the recently approved P30 additional cost of living allowances (COLA) for workers, arguing that the amount does not meet even half of the P125 across-the-board wage hike t...
SENATE Majority Leader Vicente Sotto 3rd came to the defense of a 19-year-old Filipina rape victim who is now being blamed for her own ordeal following the release of video footage showing her kissing a Panamanian diplomat she would later accuse of sexual assault.
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Sunday ordered the grounding of its remaining seven SF-260 planes as the PAF and other rescue teams continue the search for the ill-fated aircraft that crashed last Friday in the waters of Mariveles, Bataan.
The fisheries chief on Sunday said he had ordered a study into a foreign species called the “knife fish” that was posing a threat to the local fishing industry at the country’s largest lake.
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Cordillera Autonomous Region (RTWPB-CAR) has approved an additional P8.00 wage increase for private sector minimum wage earners in the region.
JOSIE Gabuco outlasted Chinese opponent Xu Shiqi to finally hand the Philippines its first gold medal in the Amateur International Boxing Association Women’s World Championships at the Olympic Sp...
DILIMAN Preparatory School (DPS) collected six gold medals in the second day of the second Sen. Nikki Coseteng Swimming Cup Sunday at the Rizal Memorial Pool.
National team mainstays imposed their will in the men’s Open and boys’ Under-19 even as Janel Dihiansan shocked third seed Ma. Victoria Vizmonte in the girls’ U-19 in the MVP Sports Foundation-Philipp...
Globe Telecom recently announced that it is launching Samsung’s newest flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III, under its suite of fully-customizable postpaid plans bundled with unlimited mobile internet.
Industry leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites NetSuite Inc. recently announced continued worldwide momentum for the adoption of its cloud business management solutions, with leading enterprise organizations such Land O’Lakes, Procter and...
LEXUS is getting emotional. And by that it means the brand is making bolder statements with its cars by infusing them with appeal that tugs on a carnal level—all without having to necessarily abandon the cerebral qualities on which Lexus has hinged its phenomenal s...
FOR boxy, practical sedans that could shame—or at least, match—flashy coupés and sports cars in the performance department, the auto planet has BMW to thank. However, it isn’t the company’s 3 Series that should be credited for starting the sports sedan genre. As...
Fuji Heavy Industries President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga announces the company’s financial result in Tokyo on May 8. AFP PHOTO SUBARU maker Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) last week forecasted that its 2013 results will post an “all-time high” of 721,00...
Dear PAO,My brother and I own a property. Both our names are listed in the title as owners.
Dear PAO,My father adopted my sister’s son when the latter was just 7 years old. Now, the adopted child is already 30 years old. My father wants to reverse the adoption because of family dispute.
Dear PAO, My fiancée’s former boyfriend died 10 months before I met her. My fiancée and her deceased boyfriend bought a condominium then. Its title was issued under their names. I told her to get a copy of the death certificate of her late former boyfriend and take...
IT may be a project with a strange sounding and somewhat wordy title. But nonetheless it has attracted the attention of the British Government to the extent that it has been awarded a generous grant. ...
FILIPINOS are a forgetful people. We are a forgiving race. Amnesia is a public disease, a sickness bordering on Alzheimer’s, a creeping erosion of the collective memory over the dark periods of histor...
An invitation by President Benigno Aquino 3rd to pro-democracy leader Madam Aung San Suu Kyi to visit the Philippines this year is timely and appropriate.
The Philippine government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently held high-level bilateral consultations on USAID’s assistance...
CAMP DAVID, Maryland: G8 leaders expressed their wish to see Greece stay in the eurozone at a Camp David summit...
HONG KONG: Macau is still holding all the aces as the world’s casino capital despite a slowdown in the Chinese...
IF there’s one ideal system that unites all consumers, it’s the belief that every single one of us, regardless of...
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Saturday said that Chinese regulators approved its $12.5- billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility, clearing the...
A mining lobby group over the weekend reiterated its appeal to defer the implementation of the new rules that would...
The growth of the general wholesale price in the Philippines slightly went up in March compared to the previous month,...
THE Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is chosen to be one of the 14 promising organizations in the world...
CHICAGO: More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summits in history Sunday aiming to hammer out a unified exit strategy fr...
BOLOGNA, Italy: A powerful earthquake shook Italy’s industrial and densely populated northeast early Sunday, killing three people and felling homes and church steeples around the historic city of Ferr...
DAMASCUS: Fierce fighting between regime troops and armed rebels rocked parts of Damascus overnight, monitors said on Sunday, as the G8 called for a “political transition” to end relentless violence s...
Submerged at the Manila Ocean Park’s giant tank with other media events Last week, Nokia hosted a three-day event called Ticket to Amazing. Choosing from a day of “Aero,” “Aqua...
The marvelous underwater panorama of Bohol Aside from the Chocolate Hills, Tarsiers and the ivory beaches of Panglao, what else is there to see in Bohol?
Adventurous lookers Jon Hall and Maria Persson Actor Jon Hall and Maria Persson are love partners in crime. After being introduced to each other by Maria’s sister more than a year...
Multiawarded actor Coco Martin returns to the big screen It might have taken a lot of patience and eight months to shoot their movie, Born to Love You, but for Coco Martin, being ...
PHOTO FROM YOUTUBE Filipino-Mexican-American Jessica Sanchez received a standing ovation from judge Steven Tyler for singing his Aerosmith hit song “I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing” ...
Sarah Geronimo is all grown up Showbiz certainly becomes Sarah Geronimo. Her transformation—from a regular-looking teenager in the early 2000s to a fashionable and sophisticated w...
Athens, GREECE : Greece’s Archbishop Ieronimos (C) delivers a blessing during a swearing-in ceremony in the Greek parliament in Athens on May 17, 2012. Greece unveiled a caretaker cabinet of t...
European Parliament President Martin Schulz said Thursday April 26 that the collapse of the European Union is a realistic scenario.
Berlin, GERMANY: This handout photo made available by the German government press office shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and the new French president Francois Hollande after a press ...
“Give a man a fish and you feed him a day, teach a man how to fish and you feed him forever.” —Confucius
Town mayor revives bid for cityhoodDaet, capital town of Camarines Norte, will dazzle visitors with the “Visit Daet Year 2012” to bring to the fore its gains in the economy, tourism, character and goo...
The Zamboanga del Norte province showcases its rich indigenous culture in the Hudyaka sa ZaNorte Festival in celebration of its 60th founding day, from May 30 to June 9.
IN celebration of World Hypertension Day, here are some myths that will correct wrong notions about heart disease.
AFTER discussing tests for breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer and diabetes in last Friday’s issue, the following are recommended medical examinations for moms and other women in our fam...
Makati Medical Center revolutionized cancer care in the country with the introduction of new cutting-edge radiation treatment called TomoTherapy, a new radiation therapy system that employs intensity ...
