Chief Justice Renato Corona and his wife Cristina attend Mass at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. PHOTO BY RENE DILAN SUPREME Court Chief Justice Renato Corona will finally take the witness stand on Tuesday next week to personally debunk accusations hurled against him, particularly the Ombudsman’s claim that he has 82 dollar accounts. Read more
TO protect public officials from possible political harassment, Sen. Sergio “Serge” Osmeña 3rd on Wednesday recommended that the powers of the Office of the Ombudsman be clipped, a move that House leaders said the Senate has no right to do. Read more
IN writing news stories, journalists must always adhere to the principles of accuracy and fairness, according to renowned broadcast journalist Anthony Taberna. Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) she would not oppose a freeze on US sanctions but urged caution, warning that her country could backtrack after dramatic reforms. 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
Published : Wednesday May 09, 2012 - 23:00
JAKARTA, May 9, 2012 (AFP) - A hardline Islamic group warned Wednesday it would not let Lady Gaga set foot in Indonesia, challenging an army of fans awaiting a concert in the nation with the world's l... Read more
Published : Wednesday May 09, 2012 - 22:00
JAKARTA, May 9, 2012 (AFP) - A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 on a demonstration flight with at least 44 people aboard went missing in a mountainous area south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Wednes... Read more
Published : Sunday May 06, 2012 - 00:00
ILIGAN, Philippines, May 5, 2012 (AFP) - Two people were killed and 19 others injured after an unidentified man tossed an explosive device into a crowded tourist area in a southern Philippine city lat... Read more
Chief Justice Renato Corona and his wife Cristina attend Mass at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. PHOTO BY RENE DILAN SUPREME Court Chief Justice Renato Corona will finally take the witness stand on Tuesday next week to personally debunk accusa...
TO protect public officials from possible political harassment, Sen. Sergio “Serge” Osmeña 3rd on Wednesday recommended that the powers of the Office of the Ombudsman be clipped, a move that House leaders said the Senate has no right to do.
OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Morales has found Chief Justice Renato Corona liable for money laundering for accumulating at least P667 million in unexplained wealth, a report from her office showed on Wednesday.
FORMER Gov. Grace Padaca of Isabela province wanted the charges against her lodged before Sandiganbayan be dismissed as she pressed that no malversation of public fund and probable acts of corruption could be surmised when she and other Isabela officers awarded a P25-mi...
MILITARY LEADERS BAT FOR NATIONAL ID SCHEME LEADERS of the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday pushed for Congress’ approval of the proposed national identification system, saying that it’s implementation would...
The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan affirmed the ten-year jail term for nine police officers—charged over P38 million ghost purchases of articles of men’s clothing— after turning down the officers’ motion for reconsideration.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Communist rebels have freed a policeman they took captive during a raid at a police base in the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.
Party-list representatives urged Congress to investigate into the increase of required capital and net worth of insurance companies, saying that it is not justified.
PANDAG, Maguindanao: Residents in four remote municipalities in this province can now travel safely and efficiently to the main highway running from Makilala in North Cotabato to Tacurong City, thanks to a provincial road infrastructure project completed through a U.S.-...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas: Tim Duncan finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio cruised past the Los Angeles Clippers 108-92 in game one of the Western Conference semifinals on Tuesday, extendin...
The national lawn bowls team took home three gold, three silver and one bronze medals in the 9th Asian Lawn Bowls tournament held at the Bukit Kiara Lawn Bowls Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Filipino-German Marc Sieber stunned top seed Erik Chivojka of Canada, 6-4, 6-4, to advance to the next round of the 2012 Czech Republic F2 Futures tournament being held at the TK Most tennis club in P...
SAN FRANCISCO — NetSuite Inc., the industry’s leading vendor of cloud-based business management software suites, today announced NetSuite “Commerce as a Service” (CaaS), enabling businesses to manage their interactions with other businesses and directly with consume...
Top enterprise storage solutions provider EMC Corporation announced results of “The Disaster Recovery Survey 2012: South East Asia,” which found that 83 percent of companies in this region are not very confident that they can fully recover systems or data in the ev...
Lenovo’s latest laptop offering, the IdeaPad S110 netbook, is the ideal laptop for students who are looking for flexibility and portability at a reasonable price.
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 mother has a problem with her first name in her birth certificate. She is using Hermie, only to find out that her registered first name is spelled as Hermy. She was born in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. How will she correct her first name in her birth certifica...
Dear PAO,Good day! I am presently here in Alberta, Canada. I want to seek legal advice. When I arrived here, I discovered that my husband was having an affair with another woman.
Dear PAO,I was born in 1990. My parents did not immediately get married for the reason that they were still very young at the time. But eventually, they married and I now have two other siblings. Since I was the one born at the time they were not married yet, my su...
In the United States the war between pro-Obama Democrats and Conservatives, mainly Republicans who want to prevent him from winning a second term, has transmogrified into the politics of hate.
It has been more than a month now since the Panatag Shoal incident began and from all indications the resolution to this impasse is still far-fetched, with China maintaining its hard line stand on the...
My earliest recollection of a robot toy is one whose hands and feet move as you turn a lever which also makes a set of gears turn around in its belly. You can pop open a cover and see these gears turn...
P275-million loan approved for Metro Manila’s wastewater treatment systemTo improve Manila Bay’s water quality, the World Bank’s Board of Executive...
FRANKFURT: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble stressed on Wednesday that it was not possible to renegotiate an international aid plan...
BEIJING: A slew of bleak data has raised fears that China’s economy is cooling faster than previously thought, but analysts...
The times, they are a-chan-gin,’ as the legendary crooner Bob Dylan used to sing. Well, right now, the rural banking...
Broadcast company GMA Network Inc., reported on Wednesday that its consolidated revenues for the first three months of 2012 dipped...
THE Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) opened the second quarter with a strong 31-percent growth in total sales...
Fast-food giant Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) on Wednesday said that its wholly-owned subsidiary Golden Plate Pte. Ltd. (GPPL) has signed...
Two completed Rice Processing Centers (RPCs) that was supported by funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) are set...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) she would not oppose a freeze on US sanctions but urged caution, warning that her country could ...
BEIJING: China and Japan hold high-level maritime talks on Wednesday expected to focus on a group of uninhabited islands that are at the heart of an ongoing territorial row between the two countries. ...
SAN FRANCISCO: Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.
Keeping your family safe at home includes preventing the problems that can come from indoor pollution. NAPSI: According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Americans s...
A bath and soothing massage just before bed may help your baby get to sleep faster and stay asleep longer. NAPSI: Here’s news many sleep-deprived parents will be happy to wake ...
Tiling accents can add style. Using a tile adhesive makes installation fast and mess free NAPSI: Renovations don’t have to be costly, messy and time consuming.
Rhian Ramos is back on her feet—and off to Hollywood When you’re down, there’s no way but up.Almost six months of what must have been the most trying and darkest times of her youn...
Enchong Dee After teaming up in several hit TV series such as Katorse, Magkaribal and Maria la del Barrio, Enchong Dee “splits up” with perennial on screen partner Erich Gonzales ...
If last week was marred by celebrity breakup rumors involving John Lloyd and Shaina Magdayao, Derek Ramsay and Angelica Panga-niban, this week, showbizlandia was rocked by a couple of violent beat dow...
Activists take part in a demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington,D.C. on May 11 to protest against an escalating territorial dispute over the Scarborough Shoal, a tiny rock...
Chinese police detain protesters from a group who unfurled a protest banner outside the Philippines embassy in Beijing on May 12. China told its citizens they were not safe in the Philippines ...
MASINLOC, Philippines, May 12: For years Filipino and Chinese fishermen peacefully shared the rich harvests around a tiny South China Sea shoal, but today threats, harassment and fear have replaced oc...
“Among the best gifts we can possibly receive, aside from life itself, is to be someone’s child, and the next best thing perhaps is to be able to return the favor.” —Clarence Manicad, ‘Oyayi Lull...
When the 45th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors convened at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on May 2, some 4,000 delegates from ADB’s 67 membe...
Fairy Malong, 24, took up Civil Engineering specifically to work for Habitat for Humanity. Why? Because 12 years ago, Habitat gave her a new home, a new hope.
When tracking blood glucose levels, it can help to recognize patterns. NAPSI: “You could live a normal life.” Those were the words that 15-year-old Steve Edelman kept hearing from...
A new booklet found online provides a wealth of information to help those living through or beyond cancer. NAPSI: Here’s some news that may brighten your day. Currently, there ...
Choose a fun activity to help yourself stay healthy. NAPSI: Being active is critical for staying healthy—so it’s a good thing exercise-related aches and pains, sore muscles, and foot...
