‘Yolanda’ rehabilitation: Perfect opportunity to do things right!
The “apocalyptic” aftermath of super-typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas has also brought positive developments to our country and people. Last Saturday, I promised and started a series of ‘Good News’...
View ArticleGovt declares Christmas truce with communists
President Benigno Aquino 3rd declared a 26-day Christmas truce with communist rebels starting Saturday. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles said on Friday the President approved...
View ArticleMan plans, God laughs
The line is a Yiddish proverb. And I am quoting it today in reply to President B.S. Aquino’s recent series of attacks against his critics in the media, highlighted by his invocation of God’s support on...
View ArticleTown mayor, 3 others killed in NAIA attack
A town mayor in Zamboanga del Sur, his wife and two others were killed by gunmen inside Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Friday. Four other persons were wounded in the shooting...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of Jejomar Binay?
If the next presidential elections were held today, there is no question about who will win. The heavy favorite must be Vice President Jejomar Binay, and unless someone’s political star rises...
View ArticleChinese fish trader kidnapped in Sabah freed in Sulu
A Chinese businesswoman snatched by Islamic militants in Sabah, Malaysia, last month was freed by her captors late Friday afternoon in a village in Talipao, Sulu, police and military reports said...
View ArticleNo ‘Mandela moment’ as Khodorkovsky emerges in Berlin
MOSCOW – After Vladimir Putin’s surprise announcement that he would grant a pardon to Mikhail Khodorkovsky after a decade in jail, many were expecting a “Mandela moment” with the ex oil tycoon...
View ArticleDamages caused by ‘Yolanda’ now at P36.69B
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Monday announced that the damages caused by super typhoon “Yolanda” to properties and infrastructures has hit the P36.69 billion...
View ArticleRains expected over Visayas, Mindanao due to trough of LPA
Rains are expected in several parts of the country on Monday due to the trough or extension of a low-pressure area, according to Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
View ArticleLRT on normal operations during the holidays
Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) on Monday aanounced that its train operations remain normal during the holidays. LRTA spokesman Hernando Cabrera said trains for LRT Lines 1 and 2 leave the end...
View ArticleTroopers guarding West Philippine Sea get Christmas gifts from OFWs
Overseas Filipino workers have forwarded boxes of Christmas items to soldiers guarding the West Philippine Sea. Dubbed as the “Saludo Package”, the Christmas packages contain canned goods, news...
View ArticleBandit involved in kidnapping of American Jeffrey Schilling killed in Sulu
AN Abu Sayyaf (ASG) rebel, involved in the kidnapping of American Jeffrey Schilling more than a decade ago, was killed in an encounter with elite police commandos early dawn on Monday in a remote...
View ArticleObama raises tone on S. Sudan after attack
President Barack Obama Sunday firmly vowed to take more action in South Sudan if needed amid growing fighting after deploying extra US troops, as the United Nations promised to send more peacekeepers....
View ArticleEgypt court jails anti-Mubarak activists for 3 years
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three activists who spearheaded the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail for organising an unlicensed protest, judicial sources said. It was...
View ArticleMan, woman shot dead at Paris bar
A man and a woman were shot dead at a Paris bar on Sunday evening by a gunman who then fled on foot, police said, labelling the crime as “mysterious”. The two were shot at point-blank range with one...
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