US brushes aside China’s expanded 9-dash map
Llanesca T. Panti And Bernice Camille Bauzon ReportersChina’s expanded nine-dash line policy on which it based its claim to the entire West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is artificial and...
View ArticleProsecution drops plan to revise raps vs Jinggoy
Reina Tolentino ReporterSen. Jinggoy Estrada Government prosecutors on Friday abandoned their plan to amend the plunder complaint filed against Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada after being warned by the...
View ArticleTESDA GIVES P40-M SCHOLARSHIPS TO C. VISAYAS
NEIL A. ALCOBERTHE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has earmarked more than P40.5 million worth of scho–larships to allow the out-of-school youth in the 16 Yolanda-hit...
View ArticleComelec Sets Trade Fair Of Poll Machines
Robertzon RamirezThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set a technology trade fair next month to determine which automated election system (AES) to use in the 2016 polls. “It is where the Comelec...
View ArticleExtreme jihadists out to derail peace negotiations
MOH I. SAADUDDINMARAWI CITY: Muslim jihadists here continued preaching their “ex–treme ideology” amid peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and this month’s...
View ArticleMore than 4,000 flood victims flee Bukidnon
Anthony VargasMORE than 700 families or about 4,000 people have forced to flee their homes following landslides and floods brought about by continuous heavy rains that hit several villages in the town...
View ArticleDifferent ways to ‘lipo’
A-List celebrity Jennylyn Mercado never had weight issues but her arms were always her problem area as seenin this before and after file photo Celebs talk about what worked for them ‘Laser Lipo’ on...
View ArticleIntroduction to bolo Fighting
Maestro Fernando AbenirBeing an agricultural country, the bolo is a widely used farming implement and a common household tool in the Philippines. But the humble bolo was also the weapon of choice of...
View ArticleJuramentados and the development of the Colt .45 caliber Model 1911
Perry Gil S. MallariDatu Panglima Hassan (center) and his warriors had a series of encounters against the troops of GeneralLeonard Wood. FROM THE BOOK A POLITICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, ETHNOGRAPHICAL, SOCIAL...
View ArticleEconomy is centerpiece of Aquino’s 5th SONA
JOEL M. SY EGCOMALACAñANG on Sunday gave a sneak preview of President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) that he will deliver before Congress in July, anchored on the country’s...
View ArticleIn a burning mood
Members of farmers’ groups torch an effigy during a rally near President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s house on Times Street in Quezon City. The farmers said the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program that...
View ArticleBinay warns of high-tech election fraud in 2016
BERNICE CAMILLE V. BAUZON Vice President Jejomar Binay on Sunday said he has received reports that high-tech cheating in the 2016 presidential elections is being hatched to favor certain candidates....
View ArticlePalace sees conviction of ‘pork’ suspects
JOEL M. SY EGCO AND REINA TOLENTINO An activist posing as President Benigno Aquino 3rd gets his mug shot taken during the launching of the “Hatol ng Bayan” at the Polytechnic University of the...
View ArticleCHIEF JUSTICE, SOLICITOR GENERAL FACE OFF AT JBC
JOMAR CANLAS SOLICITOR General Francis Jardeleza will confront Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno at the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) today over reports that the chief magistrate is attempting to...
View ArticleUST frat men linked to fatal hazing of St. Benilde student
JAIME PILAPIL STUDENTS of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) who are members of the Alpha Kappa Rho (Akrho) fraternity are allegedly behind the fatal hazing of a student of the College of St. Benilde....
View ArticleDAP draft ruling out
JOMAR CANLAS An overwhelming majority of justices of the Supreme Court (SC) are expected to concur with the draft ponencia of Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin that declares the Disbursement...
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