Drug use reason for Nora’s snub, Aquino admits
Catherine S. Valente ReporterCLARK AIR BASE, Pampanga: President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Tuesday admitted that the drug case of award-winning actress Nora Aunor was the reason why he did not accept her...
View ArticleSuspect in Servando hazing death surrenders
Jaime Pilapil and Catherine Valente ReportersVice President Jejomar Binay views the body of hazing victim Guillo Cesar Servando at the National Shrine of the Divine Child in Dela Salle Green Hills...
View ArticleSandigan suspends Arroyo
Llanesca T. Panti ReporterFORMER President and now Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of Pampanga was slapped a 90-day suspension over the graft charges she is facing in connection with the botched...
View ArticleGroups ready criminal raps vs Aquino, Abad
Llanesca T. Panti and Neil A. Alcober ReportersA militant youth group said on Tuesday President Benigno Aquino 3rd and Budget Secretary Florencio Abad would be held accountable for inventing and...
View ArticleGrace Padaca being eased out of Comelec
Joel M. Sy Egco Senior ReporterPRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd is no longer inclined to reappoint former Isabela governor Grace Padaca to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after her confirmation,...
View ArticleDAP unconstitutional – SC
Jomar Canlas Senior ReporterThe Manila Times hit the nail right on the head when the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday declared the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional, with 13...
View ArticlePAF show
Philippine Air Force planes dive during a demonstration in Clark Air Base, Pampanga on Tuesday as one of the events to mark PAF’s 67th anniversary. MALACAÑANG PHOTO
View ArticlePOLO-SG suspends recruiter for selling maids in malls
ROBERTZON F. RAMIREZThe Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Singapore has suspended the accreditation of Homekeeper Agency, the recruitment firm responsible for the “discounts on maids”...
View ArticleA glorious victory for constitutional government
Yen MakabentaExecutive authority is forever hungry; It is its nature to expand and usurp.–Barbara Tuchman, Practicing History It was to check executive excess that America’s founding fathers...
View ArticleGovernment upgrades status of CCT employees
MAYVELIN U. CARABALLOThe government has approved the employment status upgrade of 4,885 employees working under the conditional cash transfer program (CCT) or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program...
View ArticleComelec to VP Binay: No high-tech cheating in 2016
ROBERTZON F. RAMIREZCommission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. has assured Vice President Jejomar Binay that no high-tech cheating was possible in the 2016 presidential elections....
View ArticleInsincerity about promises
OUR news story yesterday under the head “Aquino: Promises can’t be achieved” reveals the extent to which we in The Times have tried to understand the mentality of the President. The story, written by...
View ArticleNHA eyes govt land for Yolanda resettlement
RITCHIE A. HORARIO and BERNICE CAMILLE V. BAUZONALMOST 70 hectares of land that may be developed into settlement sites for Yolanda survivors have been identified by the National Housing Authority...
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