Fire prevention month opening salvo: Thousands left homeless in QC, Pasig
FRANCIS EARL A. CUETO CORRESPONDENTFIRE PREVENTION MONTH Thousands of people gather on a street in Pasig city where more than 500 houses were gutted by fire on saturday. a similar incident broke out on...
View ArticlePalace rejects tax break for Pacquiao
JOEL M. SY EGCO SENIOR REPORTERMalacañang on Saturday said granting special tax privileges to world boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao at this time will only raise more...
View ArticleBinay backs GMA, Enrile house arrest
JOEL M. SY EGCO SENIOR REPORTER AND LLANESCA T. PANTI REPORTERVICE President Jejomar Binay on Saturday railed at the prosecution panel’s rejection of the proposed house arrest instead of regular...
View Article‘Desperate’ OFWs languish in shelters in Saudi Arabia
JOEL M. SY EGCO A party-list lawmaker has revealed that thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in Saudi Arabia are living “desperately” in temporary shelters because the companies that hired them...
View ArticleAquino messed up Mamasapano
FERNAN MARASIGAN HAD President Benigno Aquino 3rd not compartmentalized and excluded the military from a police operation to get two terrorists in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, casualties in that tragic...
View ArticleAquino has lost most Pinoys’ trust – Osmeña
JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd has clearly lost the trust of majority of Filipinos because of the Mamasapano incident that claimed the lives of 44 police commandos and, unless the...
View ArticleVP’s case ‘too hot to handle’
JOMAR CANLAS A petition filed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) with the Court of Appeals to inspect the bank accounts of Vice President Jejomar Binay and his family has been found by CA...
View ArticleBE FIRE SAFE
Fire volunteers from the United Firemen Association of the Philippines join a fire prevention caravan on Sunday, the first day of Fire Prevention Month. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
View Article“HOLI” HOLIDAY
Filipinos join the joyous celebration of India’s Holi festival on Sunday at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City. They and their Indian friends throw colored powder in the air while dancing and shouting...
View ArticlePURE IMAGINATION
A magical world is what The Baguio Country Club wants spectators to discover in its float for this year’s Panagbenga Flower Festival in Baguio City. The float is one of 16 that paraded along Session...
View ArticlePalace denies hand in Binay wealth probe
JOEL M. SY EGCOMalacañang has denied any knowledge of the supposed investigation being conducted by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of the alleged ill-gotten wealth of Vice President Jejomar...
View ArticleHouse panel shelves Bangsamoro debates
LLANESCA PANTI AND JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA REPORTERSThe House of Representatives will not resume deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) until the Justice department finishes its probe on...
View ArticleLeonen, Bar passers in list of ‘pork’ beneficiaries
REINA TOLENTINO REPORTERNames of the successful Bar examinees in 2007 or 2008 were included in the list of supposed beneficiaries of projects funded by the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF),...
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