It’s now the turn of Philippine investigators to go to Taiwan to gather evidence for their probe on the fatal shooting of a suspected Taiwanese poacher last May 9, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said yesterday.
Senators are providing more detailed asset declarations, with the latest filings for 2012 disclosing various investments and massive business interests in real estate, food and power.
About 40 percent of global assets belong to the richest one percent of the world’s population, with the bottom half clinging to just one percent, according to a study commissioned by the United Nations.
The Philippines joined other nations yesterday in expressing sympathy and grief for the residents of Oklahoma City in the United States who were severely affected by the tornado that struck on Monday.
Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that...
Ignoring warnings and the six-kilometer permanent danger zone imposed around the crater of the volcano, a Russian tourist attempted to climb Mayon by himself last Sunday but had to be rescued after he broke his leg.
The amount of money allegedly extorted by communist rebels during the election period has exceeded that of last year, according to data released by the military.
Nine days after the elections, there are still 18,499 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that have yet to transmit results, the poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) reported yesterday.
NBI off to Taiwan for shooting probe
Senators bare detailed business interests
UN: 40% of global assets belong to 1% of population
US tornado: Phl extends sympathies
Pope Francis helped liberate demon-possessed man, says exorcist
BIT BY BIT: Another Philippine area has been taken over by the Chinese. After occupying our Panatag (Scarborough) shoal off Zambales, China has also added Ayungin reef near Palawan to its growing control list of Philippine isles and fishing grounds.
It is nearly two weeks since the diplomatic crisis with Taiwan began. Through that whole period, President Aquino has not publicly addressed the matter.
Women Deliver 2013, the largest global event of the decade to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 28-30, will focus on the health and empowerment of girls and women.
A former US Governor-General of the Philippines, Leonard Wood is famous — perhaps infamous — for saying that “the Filipino woman is the best ‘man’ in the Philippines”. The 1921 statement, in which he described women as “the great creative force” could have been a rallying cry for women.
Last Monday’s editorial in the Philippine STAR was quite telling when it pointed out correctly and we quote, “The glitches involved thousands of PCOS machines, and the number is not something to sneeze at.
Now that the PBA Commissioner’s Cup playoffs are done, the Shakey’s V-League will take over the local sports spotlight and is expected to bring in record crowds as defending back-to-back first conference champion Ateneo battles National University in the best-of-three Finals starting today at...
As we end our 19-day cruise with 42 family members (including parents, siblings, in-laws, and grandchildren), we shared our time with 300 Filipino crewmembers.
And so the people have spoken. The results of the mid-term elections tells us that an anti-dynasty law, in particular one that bans relatives of incumbents to run for the position they will vacate, is not currying favor from the voting public.
During his campaign in 2010, Noynoy Aquino promised to take ten steps to upgrade Philippine education. The new K to 12 curriculum fulfils six of the ten points in his education agenda, namely:
