Wealth-sharing deal gives Bangsamoro more development opportunities: NEDA
Mindanao, especially in the proposed Bangsamoro region, can now engage in public-private partnerships (PPP) programs and official development assistance (ODA) following the signing of the wealth...
View ArticleRecord 42,000 runners join Milo Marathon’s Metro Manila leg
A record 42,214 runners answered the starting gun in the Metro Manila Qualifying Leg of the Milo National Marathon Sunday at the SM Mall of Asia grounds in Pasay City. The number of participants...
View ArticleBelmonte to Pacquiao: Don’t run for president
FILIPINO world boxing champion Emmanuel Pacquiao, who represents the lone district of Sarangani in Congress, should train his guns on lower elective post first before aspiring for the presidency,...
View ArticleStop soliciting funds from politicians – CBCP head
The incoming president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Monday urged churches to stop asking for donations from politicians because it gives them reason to use jueteng...
View ArticleMaguindanao floods displace 45,594 families
COTABATO CITY: Floods caused by intermittent heavy rains displaced 45,594 families in Maguindanao on Monday, prompting disaster officials to deploy relief teams to the inundated villages.The Regional...
View ArticleCorruption, transition big challenges to media
Corruption in media and transitioning from print to cyberspace are among the problems facing Philippine media today, according to renowned journalist Marites Vitug.Vitug, who has worked with media...
View ArticleStradcom withholds P317-M tax payment, irks BIR
Officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) are at a loss as to why the P317 million tax payment of Stradcom Corp., did not reach the...
View ArticleNAIA port collector defies Biazon, refuses to resign
SAVE for the collector at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), all of the district collectors of the Bureau of Customs have tendered their courtesy resignation as demanded by their chief,...
View ArticleNBI PROBES $30-M MRT EXTORT TRY
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is currently investigating the alleged extortion attempt of several officials of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on a Czech company...
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Blast suspects
PNP’s Public Information Office chief Reuben Theodore C. Sindac shows sketches of three supects in the blast that rocked Cagayan De Oro City on Sunday, leaving six persons dead and more than 30 others...
View ArticleMNLF creates own ‘Bangsamoro Republik’
The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has started circulating statements and informing its various camps about the creation of the group’s own “Bangsamoro Republik, a revolutionary government which...
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FIGHTING HEPATITIS
Soldiers queue for the free screening and vaccination as the police and military launched on Monday the Hepatitis Outbreak Prevention program, the country’s largest immunization project in partnership...
View ArticleJinggoy pushes council to accredit journalists
AMIDST the recent killings and harassment of media personalities, Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada is pushing for the creation of a council to be in charge of accrediting journalists. Senate bill 380, or...
View Article8 Malaysian troops killed in clash with Kiram men
MALAYSIAN forces and followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram on Friday clashed as the rest of the Muslim community celebrated Eid ul Fitr or the end of Ramadan. Kiram’s spokesman Abraham Idjirani on Sunday...
View ArticleKorea takes last ticket to FIBA World
South Korea joins Iran and the Philippines as Asia’s representatives to the FIBA World Championships in Madrid, Spain, next year. The Koreans earned the last Asian slot by cruising past Chinese-Taipei,...
View ArticleGilas Pilipinas bows to Iran in FIBA Asia final
Iran pulled away in the final quarter from what had been a tight game to overcome a gritty Filipino five, 85-71, and win the FIBA Asia Championship Sunday. Boosted by a huge and wildly cheering home...
View Article‘I am HIV-positive’
DOH says public should not be concerned, but victims don’t agree (First of Four Parts) There has been a seismic shift in the type of person who acquires HIV among Filipinos. There are more male victims...
View Article4 dead in botched mall supermarket robbery
AT least four persons were killed in a botched attempt to rob a Robinsons supermarket in Rosario, Pasig City on Saturday night. Eastern Police Director Miguel Laurel said one of the robbers was killed,...
View ArticleLuzon braces for ‘Labuyo’
AUTHORITIES are bracing for floods and landslides as Labuyo, the most powerful typhoon to hit the country this year, slams into Luzon on Monday. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
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