Initial findings in the investigation into the fatal shooting of a suspected Taiwanese poacher off Batanes last May 9 indicate criminal negligence on the part of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel involved, a source privy to...
The provincial government of Albay wants to host the 2015 summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum at the world-class luxury island hideaway of Misibis Bay.
The Department of Education yesterday reminded school officials of DepEd’s “no collection” policy in all public schools during the opening of classes on June 3.
He may be accused of being part of a political dynasty, but President Aquino seems to have made a distinction between good and bad members of a dynasty.
Former President and reelected Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is detained in a government hospital on a plunder charge, has become poorer by P11 million.
Fourteen party-list groups were initially proclaimed yesterday by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) sitting as National Board of Canvassers (NBOC).
The opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) of Vice President Jejomar Binay is eyeing a coalition with the Lakas party of detained former president and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
About 600 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in the “tent city” in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia are coming home soon for free, Vice President Jejomar Binay said yesterday.
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) have set training for K to 12 teachers to better prepare students inclined to pursue careers in the arts after high school.
Few have actually read Dan Brown’s new novel, Inferno, when MMDA chair Francis Tolentino began ranting about a description there of Manila as the “gates of hell.” Tolentino was soon joined in that rant by Palace mouthpieces who have a propensity for commenting on everything, including th
As each day passes, unless something more drastic takes place the anger and disappointment with the fraudulent May 13 elections will fade. Normalcy will creep in.
Arrays of white flowers mounted in varied arrangements, each with a message of condolence, lined up the entrance and both sides of the corridor leading to the main chapel of the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park.
It seems that the recent elections have provided us with a mother lode of incredible and fantastical stories about the local contests that are better suited to Mr. Ripley’s world. Let me share a few of the peculiar events that occurred.
Last April 30, we wrote an article entitled, “Putting the Brakes on our Tourism Growth” which was about that open letter from the Philippine Hotel Federation, Inc. represented by its president Arthur Lopez who had it published in The Philippine STAR.
We spent four days in beautiful sun-kissed Greece, toured the Acropolis and Delphi ruins and visited the Delphi Museum with our second tour guide Electra Toya from the Greek Ministry of Culture who guided us through Delphi so knowledgeably and patiently.
