Jihadists claim to have kidnapped Red Cross team in Mali
BAMAKO: A leading Islamist militant group has kidnapped a team of Red Cross workers in northern Mali who had been reported missing, an official from the jihadist group said on Tuesday. The members of...
View ArticleBerlusconi back in court for bribery in new trial
NAPLES, Italy: Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi faces his latest trial starting on Tuesday in Naples for allegedly bribing a senator to join his party’s ranks, even as he attempts to...
View ArticleChild star icon turned diplomat Shirley Temple dead at 85
Shirley Temple, the child star icon who captured hearts in Depression-era America with her blond ringlets before becoming a US ambassador, has died at the age of 85, her family said Tuesday. Temple,...
View ArticleNorth, South Korea hold rare high-level talks
SEOUL: North and South Korean officials sat down for their highest level talks for years on Wednesday, marking a potential upswing in cooperation ahead of a reunion for families divided by the Korean...
View ArticlePolice seize P300 million worth of illegal drugs
JOINT government anti-narcotics operatives have recovered more than P300 million worth of illegal drugs early on Wednesday in a posh condominium unit in an upscale village in Paranaque City, police...
View ArticleOman-PH sign MOU to boost trade relations
After recognizing the need to boost economic cooperation between the Philippines and Oman, the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Bilateral Consultations that will formally...
View ArticleSpeaker won’t clear JDF probe yet
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. is yet to clear the Congressional probe on the Judiciary Development Fund, a House leader said Wednesday. Rep. Niel Tupas, Jr. of Iloilo, Chairman of House Committee on...
View ArticleTornado hits Zamboanga village
ZAMBOANGA CITY: A tornado hit a village in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, destroying a warehouse and a nearby house and injuring one man who was hit by debris, police said. Police said the...
View ArticleUK brings educ and training institutions in Manila
Six education and training institutions will arrive in Manila from the United Kingdom on Friday (February 14) for the Conference on UK Higher Education and Corporate Training organized by the UK Trade...
View ArticleSolon to NBI: include the mastermind
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) probe on the fake special allotment release order (Saro) scheme should also reveal details as to who really pocketed the funds supposedly allocated for...
View ArticleStudy merges worldwide data on sex assaults on women
PARIS: Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem, published on Wednesday. Its authors said that...
View ArticleLoose tobacco more dangerous than factory-made cigarettes
WELLINGTON: Special measures might be needed to curb a rising tendency in Western nations for smokers to roll their own cigarettes—either to cut the cost of smoking or from a belief that loose tobacco...
View ArticleUNESCO chief calls on broadcasters to promote empowerment of women
TEHRAN: UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova in her message on World Radio Day, February 13, 2014, called on all broadcasters to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and men in and...
View ArticleWhite House confirmed Obama will visit Manila in April
President Barack Obama will visit the Philippines in late April this year to highlight the countries’ economic and security cooperation, as well as the modernization of their defense alliance. In a...
View ArticlePH welcomed 4.7M foreign tourists in 2013
The Philippines welcomed a total of 4,681,307 foreign visitors in 2013, surpassing the 4,272,811 arrivals recorded in 2012 by 9.56 percent. This performance marked a new milestone for the tourism...
View ArticlePROCOR, PDEA destroy P3M marijuana plants in Benguet
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet: Operatives of the Police Regional Office Cordillera (PROCOR) and the Philippines Drugs Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed P3 million worth of marijuana completed a three-day...
View ArticlePalawan police on alert vs possible NPA retaliation after arrest of top leader
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY: The Palawan Provincial Police Office (PPO) has placed on heightened alert all its municipal police stations (MPS) in 23 towns against the remaining armed members of the Communist...
View ArticleAmerican Chamber of Commerce: Cha-Cha can bring down prices
Amending the 1987 Philippine Constitution to allow more foreign ownership in investments will bring down the prices of commodities, an official from the American Chamber (AmCham) of Commerce in the...
View ArticlePH peace pact crucial to Asean growth
PALEMBANG: The peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a welcome development in view of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)...
View ArticleHouse mulls reducing holidays
The House of Representatives is mulling on reducing the number of holidays in the country considering its effect on the competitiveness of the country’s workforce, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. said....
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