Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception
DO you know who or what the Immaculate Conception is? Those who have forgotten their catechism, or never learned it, will say the Immaculate Conception is Jesus Christ, that the Immaculate Conception...
View ArticleWe needed then, and need now a Mandela
Read the editorials and obituaries of major newspapers around the globe, and you’ll be astounded by the outpouring of praise upon South African leader Nelson Mandela, who passed away December 5. It is...
View ArticleSettlers
“SO many people working hard to save to buy a house on prime land while paying their taxes. Why do we have to baby these informal settlers?” Thus asked celebrity babe Bianca Gonzalez in a tweet....
View ArticleDevisee or legatee entitled to receive willed estate
Dear PAO, My mother passed away some 13 years ago. When she was still a baby, she was already under the care of my grandparents. They are not her biological parents and there was no legal adoption that...
View ArticleJordanian to write about kidnap ordeal
A Jordanian TV reporter who was held for 18 months by the Abu Sayyaf on Friday said that his ordeal would be added to his book on global ‘hotspots’. Baker Atyani, who walked free from the hands of the...
View ArticleAteneo de Zamboanga executive gunned down
Motorcycle gunmen shot and wounded an employee of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University, police said Friday. Maria Victoria C. Montaño, assistant to Ateneo president Fr Karel San Juan, was heading home in...
View ArticleK-to-12 education reform hailed
AN education expert hailed the Philippine government for its flagship Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-to-12) reform, and stressed that the country’s upgrade to a twelve-year basic education will make it at...
View ArticleSuper typhoon blows away PH tourism targets
The country is unlikely to hit its target of five million tourists this year due to damage caused by twin disasters, a tourism official said Saturday. Domingo Enerio, chief of the Tourism Promotions...
View ArticleYemen attackers mostly Saudis
Militants who carried out a brazen daylight assault on the Yemeni defense ministry that killed 56 people were mostly Saudis, investigators said on Saturday. The Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula...
View ArticleHigh Court won’t touch DAP case until February
The Supreme Court (SC) is inclined to postpone for next year a ruling on the President’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), part of which is alleged to have been used to bribe senators to convict...
View ArticleVenezuela wins Miss Earth 2013
MISS Venezuela Alyz Henrich was crowned Miss Earth 2013 in ceremonies on Saturday night capping the month-long environment-themed pageant. Austria’s Katia Wagner was named Miss Earth Air; Thailand’s...
View ArticleNew scandal rocks PDEA
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is again rocked by yet another damning scandal, this time involving the arrest of a close relative of the agency chief and a high-profile drug inmate who...
View Article2 teenagers killed in Pagadian City
ZAMBOANGA CITY –Gunmen killed two teenagers in an attack in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. Police said the bodies of Manilyn Besirel, 14, and Mar-Mar, 18, were found riddled with bullets in the...
View ArticleJohnson stuns Woods in golf World Challenge playoff
Zach Johnson salvaged a stunning par at the 72nd hole then edged world number one Tiger Woods at the first playoff hole to win the $3.5 million World Challenge. Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion, on...
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