Misuari dismisses OIC peace moves
Jerry N. Adlaw CorrespondentThe leader of what used to be the biggest Muslim separatist group operating mainly in southern Philippines has brushed off efforts by the world’s largest Islamic bloc for...
View ArticlePH, Japan eye collective self-defense in sea row
Catherine S. Valente ReporterPresident Benigno Aquino 3rd shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) at the start of their meeting at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo...
View ArticleAquino’s lies on DAP clearer by the day
RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAOOn October 30 last year, President Aquino hijacked all TV and radio stations for his first and only primetime televised address to the nation, in which he intended to explain his...
View ArticleInsulting Ampatuan massacre victims
OUR editorial today will not endear us to our friends in the military, for we are supporting the grievance of the National Union of Journalists (NUJP) over the promotion of an officer who could have...
View ArticleAquino names NFA, PhilCoa heads
Catherine S. Valente ReporterPresident Benigno Aquino 3rd has appointed the former president of San Miguel Foods Inc. as new administrator of the National Food Authority (NFA). Arthur Juan will be...
View Article‘JV’ EJERCITO ALSO HURT BY BROTHER’S INCARCERATION
Jefferson Antiporda ReporterSenator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito may not be in good terms with Sen. Jose “Jinggoy’ Estrada but he is not rejoicing over the misfortune that befell his half-brother....
View ArticleJinggoy adjusting well in Crame jail
Anthony Vargas CorrespondentSENATOR Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has no problems adjusting to his new “home,” perhaps because it is not the first time he is detained there. The Philippine National Philippine...
View Article‘All China wants is 80% of the South China Sea’
Juan T. Gatbonton Editorial ConsultantPRC’s neighbors fret as it gears up to expand by water Once again, China is in an expansionist mood—after turning inward for 500 years. And its immediate goal is...
View ArticleEstrada again runs to SC
Jomar Canlas Senior ReporterHOURS after he surrendered on Monday, Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Sandiganbayan from trying the plunder and graft charges filed...
View ArticleWet day
Residents of San Juan City are doused with water during the Wattah Wattah festival on Tuesday to celebrate the feast day of St. John the Baptist. Photo By Ruy Martinez
View ArticleThe Aquino standard of double standards
YEN MAKABENTA In applying a double standard in our society and in our public life, President Corazon Aquino set the bar when she ordered the inclusion of the Stock Distribution Option (SDO) in the...
View ArticleAbove-the-law Pnoy impeachable for ‘go easy’ on Enrile call
Dante Jimenez, Chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), is right. President Benigno S. Cojuangco Aquino 3rd could be held liable for trying to influence the Sandiganbayan when he...
View ArticleGroup of students files plunder complaint against Alcala
Llanesca T. Panti ReporterOn top of the rising prices of rice and garlic, embattled Secretary Proceso Alcala now would also have to deal with a P75-million plunder complaint filed against him by a...
View ArticleSack OMB’s brother for ‘hot’ rice ruling – farmers
JOMAR CANLASA group of farmers has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to sack Davao City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 16 Presiding Judge Emmanuel Carpio for issuing an order restraining the Bureau of...
View ArticleBinay calls for policy shift to protect PH seamen
BERNICE CAMILLE V. BAUZONVice President Jejomar Binay and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday joined the international community in celebrating the Day of the Seafarer, but also...
View ArticleK-to-12 to cut teachers’ pay, schools’ profits
LLANESCA T. PANTI AND NEIL A. ALCOBER College-level faculty and non-teaching personnel may suffer pay cuts as a result of the K-to-12 program, a congressional leader said on Tuesday. Rep. Roman Romulo...
View ArticleSolicitor General brings it on vs Chief Justice
Jomar Canlas Senior ReporterTHE chief lawyer for the Philippine government seems to have raised the bar in his undeclared war against the country’s top magistrate. Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza...
View ArticleSEN. REVILLA ARRAIGNED TODAY
Reina Tolentino ReporterSen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. will be arraigned today for plunder at the Sandiganbayan First Division along with Janet Lim-Napoles and the other co-accused. Revilla is accused...
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