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‘Kickbacks’ came from my pocket – Napoles
Llanesca T. Panti ReporterDr. Raymund Sanos shows to reporters the room that has been prepared for Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile in case the Sandiganbayan will grant him hospital arrest. Photo By Ruy Martinez...
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TEACHING KIDS HOW TO SAVE
The Manila Times College in Subic, together with China Bank SBMA branch and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has taken the first step in establishing a firm foundation for financial literacy for...
View Article12 new fighter jets: PAF to see them all by 2015
William B. DepasupilDEFENSE Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Thursday said the initial batch of FA-50 trainer fighter jets that they had ordered from South Korea are due to arrive before the year ends. At...
View ArticlePeace process on Tokyo plate of Aquino, Murad
Catherine S. ValenteMalacañang on Thursday confirmed that President Benigno Aquino 3rd met with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chairman Al Haj Murad Ibrahim in Japan to discuss the “progress of...
View ArticleCBCP president supports medical marijuana use
Robertzon F. Ramirez ReporterA top Roman Catholic bishop has expressed support for the medical use of marijuana in the Philippines. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, also president of the...
View ArticleWatching 3 hours of daily TV doubles risk of premature death
WASHINGTON: People who watch three or more hours of television daily may be twice as likely to die prematurely than people who watch less, according to a study on Wednesday. The research in the Journal...
View ArticlePacquiao, Fil-Am nominated for ESPY Awards
Josef T. Ramos ReporterFILIPINO boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has been nominated again as Best Fighter in the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Awards for making an inspirational comeback in...
View ArticleChina warns PH against support for Japan stance
Bernice Camille V. Bauzon ReporterChina on Thursday warned countries with claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) not to stir up tensions in the region by bringing in “complicated factors”...
View ArticlePower problem to worsen on red tape
Madelaine B. Miraflor ReporterThe country’s power situation will worsen in the next two years in part due to bureaucratic red tape, a lawmaker said on Thursday. Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali...
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Revilla refuses to enter plea
Reina Tolentino ReporterSurrounded by police escorts, Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla leaves the Sandigan- bayan after his arraignment on Thursday. Photo By Mike De Juan Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on...
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Sea Games
The USS John McCain anchors at Subic Bay in Zambales on Thursday. The American ship will participate in the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training of the US and Philippine navies and marines on the...
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New National Press
Club officers sworn inPresident Benigno Aquino 3rd swears in the new officers of the National Press Club led by President Joel Sy Egco (3rd from right) in ceremonies in Malacanang on...
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Kris Aquino for National Artist Award!
EFREN L. DANAO President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino The Last, I mean The Third, is absolutely correct—a National Artist should be a paragon of morality. Never mind that a nominee had taken his or her...
View ArticleCrime volume up in first 5 months of 2014 – PNP
Anthony Vargas CorrespondentTOTAL crime volume rose in the first five months of 2014 from the corresponding period last year, figures released by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday showed....
View ArticleUST dominates Top Ten list in nurses board examination
A graduate from the University of Santo Tomas topped the licensure examination for nursing given last May. The list of new nurses, released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday,...
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Now, they’re looking for a ‘body of crime’
YEN MAKABENTA In a column published February 15 (“Like probing a murder without a corpse,” Manila Times, February 15), I commented that the blue ribbon committee hearing called by its chair Sen....
View ArticleWill DOTC’s new strict fines destabilize the banking sector?
On Wednesday June 25, our columnist Marlen Ronquillo’s piece titled “DOTC about to destabilize banking sector, spread misery all around” attacked “the DOTC’s new stiff penalties on colorum operators...
View ArticleJBC members nip Sereno’s ‘grand plan’ for Solgen
Jomar Canlas Senior ReporterMembers of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) have thwarted the apparently latest move of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in what an unimpeachable source said was her...
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President orders crackdown on cartels manipulating food prices
Catherine S. Valente ReporterA member of the women’s group Gabriela holds placards and vegetables during a protest rally calling on the government to act on the rising prices of basic goods. The group...
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