UN envoy begins Asian tour as Myanmar rounds up activists

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military rulers are still rounding up activists, rights groups said Sunday, even as UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Bangkok for an Asian tour aimed at piling pressure on the generals.

Joint RP-US military exercises to start on Tuesday

MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine and US Marines will participate in two-week joint military exercises starting Tuesday.

RP med schools join fight vs ‘Desperate Housewives’

LOS ANGELES -- Philippine medical schools plan to join the legal battle against the big ABC television network here over a perceived slur against Filipino doctors aired on “Desperate Housewives.”

Fidel Castro calls into live Chavez TV show

SANTA CLARA, Cuba -- Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro telephoned into a television show with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday, in his first live media appearance in Cuba since his health crisis nearly 15 months ago.

Els wins record 7th World Match Play final

WENTWORTH, England -- Ernie Els rejuvenated his stalled career with an emphatic record seventh victory in the final of the World Match Play Championship on Wentworth's West Course here Sunday.

6 killed, 30 injured in India cinema blast

AMRITSAR, India -- At least six people were killed and 30 others injured Sunday in a suspected bomb attack in a packed cinema hall in northern India, police and witnesses said.

PDI No. 1 for families of OFWs, says survey

MANILA, Philippines -- Among families of overseas Filipino workers, the young, or the affluent in Metro Manila, the Philippine Daily Inquirer is the broadsheet of choice, according to results of three separate surveys conducted by Nielsen Media Research.

Harbour-RP quintet overpowers US Army squad

SEOUL -- The Harbour Centre-Philippine team again leaned on its torrid outside shooting to bomb a US Army squad, 102-88, in a friendly game Saturday at the US Army Base gym in Hanyang district here.

Makati, Cebu batters score

MANILA, Philippines -- Makati and Cebu relied on pitchers borrowed from the national team to down their respective rivals on Sunday and storm to the lead with two wins apiece in the Baseball Philippines Series 2 at the Rizal Memorial Ballpark.

Cops to brief media on crime scene ‘protocol’

MANILA, Philippines -- As the “No. 1 contaminants” of crime scenes, media men are being invited to a seminar this Thursday on the importance of preserving the evidence at the scene of a crime.

‘Character city’ advocates enforce plan to stop violence

BAGUIO CITY -- Cases of violence involving the youth have increased in the city, prompting evangelists working in the government to implement a three-year plan aimed at promoting “good moral character” in high schools.

Pacquiao’s reply to Diaz challenge: ‘If the price is right’

CEBU CITY -- Here’s Manny Pacquiao’s reply to lightweight king Juan Diaz’s challenge:

Crackdown fails to drive out Vizcaya small miners

BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA -- Government agencies launched a crackdown on illegal mining this week, but this has failed to drive out small miners from their tunnels in Kasibu town, reports reaching the Philippine Daily Inquirer said.

Fireworks, band greet La Naval procession

MANILA, Philippines -- A hush fell over a crowd of devotees gathered outside the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City when the image of the Virgen de La Naval finally emerged for the afternoon procession Sunday.

Tullahan Bridge open only to cars, jeeps

MANILA, Philippines -- The Tullahan Bridge in Valenzuela City would finally be reopened to motorists Monday after undergoing rehabilitation for over six months.

Landfill dispute not over money, says MMDA

MANILA, Philippines -- Rather than money matters, technical questions involving the treatment of the leachate from the 14-hectare Rodriguez landfill led to the dispute last week between the heads of Rizal province and Rodriguez town.

So nails GM norm despite loss

A day after securing the second of three grandmaster norms he needs to become a full-pledged GM, Wesley So lost his match against Indian International Master Abhijeet Gupta in the 10th round Saturday of the World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships at the T. Petrosian Chess House in Yerevan, Armenia.

Magnolia in sizzling start, scuttles Air21

MANILA, Philippines -- Loaded with talent on paper, Magnolia translated that fearsome reputation into a more concrete form Sunday night.

‘Honest Ed’ hailed for disclosing Palace cash

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio Sunday won praises for telling the truth when he said he had received a bag stuffed with P500,000 in cash from Malacañang, and for his announced intention to use the money for public good.

2 governors: ‘Yes, we received money’

Two more governors -- both from southern Luzon -- Sunday owned up to receiving P500,000 each from Malacañang last week at the height of a controversy over moves to impeach President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Ochoa wins seventh title of season by four shots

PALM DESERT, California - Mexico's Lorena Ochoa underlined her status as the game's leading player by cruising to a four-shot victory at the World Championship on Sunday, her seventh LPGA title of the year.

Harbour-RP 5 bombs US Army

SEOUL, South Korea - For the second straight game, Harbour Centre-Philippine team leaned on its torrid outside shooting to bomb US Army, 102-88, during a friendly game Saturday at the US Army Base gym in Hanyang here.

Magnolia freezes Air21 in opener

Preseason favorite Magnolia lived up to its stellar billing in the opener of the 2007-08 Smart PBA Philippine Cup Sunday night, blasting Air21, 121-112, before a near sellout crowd at the Araneta Coliseum.

BSP says no to forex inflow restrictions

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it would not impose restrictions on foreign inflows to reduce the adverse impact on domestic liquidity.

10 new BOT projects worth $2.7B seen to be in place by 2008

Ten new infrastructure projects under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme worth $2.7 billion are projected to be in place by December 2008, according to latest documents from the government's BOT center.

AFP/PNP to provide security for barangay polls

The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police will be stepping in and providing security for Commission on Elections personnel detailed in the identified hot spots during the Oct. 29 barangay/SK elections.

PBB welcomes new batch of 'celebrity housemates'

Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Celebrity Edition 2 officially began as 10 out of 14 new celebrity housemates were welcomed into the Pinoy Big Brother House Sunday night.

Daisy Romualdez' daughter Danita is missing

Former actress Daisy Romualdez alternately displayed frustration, anger and grief over the disappearance of her daughter, aspiring singer Danita Paner.

Govt eyes P5.891B from 'sin taxes'

The government is eyeing to raise P5.891 billion in additional revenues next year from sin taxes on alcohol and cigarettes.

Has Sheryl Cruz left her husband in the US?

Former child star and actress Sheryl Cruz denied speculations that she has split with her non-showbiz husband Norman who is based in the United States.

Despite Squabble, GMA, De Venecia Will Keep 'Marriage'

The ZTE controversy will fizzle out, without President Arroyo or Speaker De Venecia Jr. getting ousted. But expect their allies...

GMA Undermined Neda in Getting Broadband Deal Approval

Six former Neda chiefs say the agency is now a ‘rubber stamp’ institution.

Comelec Employees Cheer Abalos Resignation

Resigned Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos is leaving behind a damaged institution. Thus, it came as no...

(GMA7) Abalos resigns as Comelec chair, but vows to fight back

(Updated 1:31 p.m.) Elections Chair Benjamin Abalos on Monday announced that he is resigning as head of the Commission on...

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Leviste asks CA to reconsider ruling

Close this Former Batangas Gov. Jose Antonio Leviste has contested the Court of Appeals decision affirming the murder charge filed against him for the shooting of his longtime aide, Rafael de...

More than half of congressmen recorded perfect attendance

AT LEAST 131 out of 240 members of the House of Representatives have recorded perfect attendance in the first 28 session days of Congress while the husband of sexy-actress Assunta de Rossi, returning ...

Metro mayors ask to set up 24-hour youth homes

THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Sunday urged local chief executives in Metro Manila to establish a 24-hour youth homes for children-in-conflict-with-the-law (CICL) to spe...

Fund lack hampers release of P150 combat pay

ARMED Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said the government cannot, for the meantime, afford to give all military personnel, who are fighting various internal security threats, a P150 ...

Palace looks to add judiciary in Ledac

The Palace wants to expand the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) by including the judiciary, a document obtained by The Manila Times shows.

'The Times' reporter wins top award

A reporter of The Manila Times won the top award at the 16th Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines-Globe Business Journalism Awards held in Makati on Friday.

Jonas Burgos gives a face to desaparecidos

Even as Edita Burgos is continuing her search for her son, Jonas Burgos, she believes something good has resulted from his disappearance.

Govt eyes peace talks

"The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the government peace negotiating panel will look at the proposal of the NDF to resume the talks," Cabinet Secretary Ricardo Saludo said. "The government ...

Business sector makes wish list for 2008 budget

If the national budget were up to the private sector, business leaders would prefer allocating the biggest chunks to education, infrastructure development, social services, tourism promotion and...

Civil society sees victory in proposed budget

"Regardless of what you can say against Congressman Lagman in the impeachment moves against the President, he has been very consistent in championing civil-society positions against the debt," s...

SC upholds transfer of PNCC shares to GFIs

MANILA, Philippines--The Supreme Court has dismissed questions raised by Marcos crony Rodolfo Cuenca against the issuance of shares in the Philippine National Construction Corp. to government-owned fi...

TESDA questioned on P31.5-M info campaign

MANILA, Philippines--The Commission on Audit has asked the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to justify the P31.57 million it spent on an apparently "unnecessary" informatio...

Reds willing to work with Senate in pushing peace talks

LUCENA CITY, Philippines--With the objections raised by Malaca ang to the resumption of the stalled peace negotiations, self-exiled rebel leader Luis Jalandoni proposed that the National Democratic Fr...

Philippines says rebels must agree to a ceasefire to resume talks

MANILA: Communist rebels waging a bloody campaign in the Philippines must agree to a ceasefire if they want to resume negotiations with the government, the country's national security chief said on Su...

Law enforcers hesitant to use anti-terror law--security exec

MANILA, Philippines--Law enforcement officers have hesitated to use new anti-terrorism measures because of the threat of prosecution against them and the law should be amended, a top security official...

Philippines attempts to sell deadly volcanoes to tourists

SANTA JULIANA, Philippines--Rickety old jeeps barrel through a dry northern Philippines riverbed, setting off a dust storm that coats the visitors bouncing around on the back seat. The landscape arou...

Pacquiao to visit troops in Mindanao

WHEN Filipino boxing champ Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao heads for Mindanao to boost the morale of troops there, Malaca ang will not be surprised if rebels and terrorists decide to return to the fold of t...

Palace exec admits 'differences' between Arroyo, de Venecia

A MALACA ANG executive admitted Saturday that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. had their differences, but insisted they have decided to maintain their coalition....

15,000 soldiers to assist MMDA in relief operations

THE MILITARY WILL SOON BE HELPING out the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority in its disaster relief and sidewalk clearing operations. MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando said the Armed Forces of the Ph...

Budget spells out government's priorities

Editor's note: The House of Representatives on Friday passed on second reading the General Appropriations Act of 2008, more simply called the national budget. The House added some P30 billion to...

Hopes pinned on '08 budget

For next year, the government has proposed a P1.227-trillion budget, 8.9 percent higher than this year's P1.126 trillion. In 2005, the country's budget was P1.04 trillion.

How a bill becomes a law

The bill is filed with the Bills and Index Service. On first reading, the secretary-general reads the title and number of the bill. The Speaker refers the bill to the appropriate committee.

Civil society helps craft 2008 budget, eyes debt servicing

With documented deepening of poverty and widespread perception of deteriorating quality of life, the Arroyo administration has been besieged to give more resources to social services, an eternal...

Palace, not Congress, holds power of the purse

Congress prides itself in wielding the so-called power of the purse-or the power to appropriate. This congressional power is now a myth.

Arroyo saddened by death of Myanmar PM

As SHE expressed sadness over the death of Myanmar's prime minister, Soe Win, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she hopes Myanmar would continue pursuing the path to democracy. "The Philippines ...

President safe but not Speaker, says Bagatsing

MANILA, Philippines -- A member of the so-called Reform Bloc of the administration coalition downplayed on Saturday Jose De Venecia's claim that his ouster from the House leadership would lead to the ...

Arroyo-De Venecia Palace meet did not take place, says Puno

MANILA, Philippines -- Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's political affairs adviser, strongly denied on Saturday Speaker Jose De Venecia's claim that he and Ms Arroyo...

Farmers set out on 60-day march to Manila from Mindanao

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Blisters and sprains failed to stop 50 Higaonon farmers from pushing through with their 60-day protest-march from their hometown of Sumilao in Bukidnon to Manila to dramatize th...

Review of Manila jail inmates' cases underway

MANILA, Philippines -- A more spacious detention facility and a new beginning for inmates. With these in mind, officials of the Manila city government and the People's Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) re...

Among Ed given P.5M by Palace functionary

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- For a Catholic priest who won as governor on account of his campaign pitch to provide good and moral leadership in Pampanga, Eddie Panlilio has confronted what he called a "fir...

Medical examiner in hazing case summoned to NBI

MANILA, Philippines -- The National Bureau of Investigation has summoned the medico-legal officer who conducted an autopsy on the body of suspected hazing victim Cris Anthony Mendez. Lawyer Romulo As...

National security adviser wants anti-terror law amended

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo -- National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales already wants the anti-terrorism law amended barely four months after it went into effect. In a press conference here Thursday, Gonz...

Cooking gas prices go up again

MANILA, Philippines -- The price of liquefied petroleum gas went up Saturday by P1.12 per kilogram, inclusive of the 12-percent value-added tax, as oil firms passed on to consumers the surge in the pr...

Four people killed in road accident in Philippines

Manila - Four people were killed when a cargo truck rammed into a tricycle along a highway in an eastern Philippine province, a police report said Saturday. The report said a man was also injured in t...

Philippines on alert for bombings

manila The Philippines' southern provinces were on maximum alert yesterday after police warned that Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants plan to resume a bombing and terror campaign after the Muslim...

New Rodriguez landfill opens

MANILA, Philippines - A garbage crisis in Metro Manila has been averted. Rizal Gov. Casimiro Ynares III and Rodriguez Mayor Pedro Cuerpo have settled their differences and allowed the opening of the ...

Police exempt food products from checkpoints

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Avelino Razon Jr. on Friday assured dealers, traders, and viajeros of basic market commodities of unhampered transport of their goods from the p...

'Bribe' story nothing new

The banner headline story in the Inquirer yesterday saying that 190 congressmen were each handed envelopes amounting to between P200,000 and P500,000 in Malaca ang after a breakfast meeting with Presi...

PNP prohibits use of cellphones in jails

THE police leadership has directed all regional, provincial, and city police directors to strictly prohibit electronic messaging devices especially mobile phones inside their detention cells.Chief Sup...

Plunder prosecutor open to Estrada's pardon

THE chief prosecutor responsible for the plunder conviction of former President Joseph Estrada is now open to the idea of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in granting pardon to the deposed leader. Sp...

QC cops link 'asset' to death of police officer

MANILA, Philippines - Dead men do tell tales. Citing new evidence, investigators of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) declared yesterday the death of Station 8 commander Supt. Jose Garcia a clos...

JPEPA bad deal for Filipino caregivers, says migrant group

MANILA, Philippines -- A migrants' advocacy group has joined calls on the to junk the Japanese-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), calling the pact a "bad deal" because it is discrimina...

Teachers question Chinese firm's role in Cyber-Ed deal

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- What does a Chinese company that WHAT manufactures X-ray machines and other state-of-the-art airport security equipment got to do with the government's Cyber...

Malaca ang official accused of attempted homicide

MANILA, Philippines - A complaint for attempted homicide was filed yesterday against an undersecretary of the office of the presidential chief of staff. Warrick Evidente of Barangay Mariana, New Mani...

Rodriguez landfill reopened to address metro garbage crisis

THE looming garbage crisis in Metro Manila was averted after feuding Rodriguez Mayor Pedro Cuerpo and Rizal Governor Casimiro Ynares reached an agreement allowing the opening of the town's sanitary la...

Gonzales warns village candidates backed by rebels

ILOILO CITY, Philippines -- National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales on Thursday warned that the government would take action against candidates in the October elections that are backed by communis...

Rights body stops inquiry into Burgos abduction

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- The Commission on Human Rights has "temporarily" stopped its public inquiry into the disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos for "lack of cooperation" from hi...

Wage hike possible, says labor exec

MANILA, Philippines -- A labor official has disclosed that regional wage boards all over the country may review their newly-issued wage orders in light of the impending fare increase. Ciriaco Lagunza...

No jewellery for Philippines cops

MANILA: The Philippines is starting to give its 110,000 policemen a makeover, trying to make them more like friendly neighbours than their current hard man image, the new national police chief said...

Pacquiao promoted, to see troops in South

BOXING sensation Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao plans to visit his fellow soldiers who are in the frontlines of Basilan and Sulu battling feared Abu Sayyaf bandits, which is a very rare act among warri...

House adds P30B to social services

The House of Representatives added P30 billion to social services, when it passed on second reading the proposed P1.227-trillion national budget for 2008.

Estrada wants hospital arrest to be with mom

Deposed former President Joseph Estrada said Friday that he will ask the Sandiganbayan to place him under hospital arrest or house arrest at his Greenhills home so he can stay longer with his ai...

Human-rights victims file $414M new claim

Martial law human-rights victims have asked the United Nations Committee on Human Rights to compel the Philippine government to pay them $413.5 million, according to a press release issued by Ro...

Al Gore, UN climate change panel win Nobel Peace Prize

Gore, a vice-president to Bill Clinton and failed candidate for the White House in 2000, has rein vented himself in recent years as a champion of climate change with his 2006 Oscar-winning docum...

GMA to ignore subpoena-Apostol

"It's nonsense," Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol said, referring to the subpoena. "She's the President, and the court should not issue subpoena to the President. President Arroyo...

Thousands gather in Manila to celebrate end of Ramadan

MANILA, Philippines -- Thousands of Filipino Muslims on Friday gathered in Manila to join the rest of the Islamic community in celebrating Eid'l Fitr, a festival marking the end of Ramadan. According...

WHO lauds SC ruling on infant milk ads

MANILA, Philippines -- Despite the Supreme Court's recent lifting of the ban on infant milk formula advertisements, the World Health Organization (WHO) has lauded the high court's support of the Depar...

Cuenco admits getting P200,000 'Christmas gift' from Palace

CEBU CITY, Philippines -- A veteran congressman from Cebu City admitted on Friday that envelopes containing "different amounts of cash" were indeed distributed during the breakfast meeting called by P...

Airline pushes 'open skies' sans Manila

CLARK ZONE--Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAIR) is pushing for a variant of the open skies policy that will include all Philippine gateways except Manila and does away with airline designation. CEO and ...

Murder suspect, 2 soldiers hurt in Manila shootout

MANILA, Philippines -- Two Army soldiers and a murder suspect they were trying to arrest were wounded in a shootout in Manila's Tondo district Friday, an Army offical said. At around 3:30 p.m., Corpo...

Estrada to ask court for 3-day pass to visit mom

MANILA, Philippines -- Convicted president Joseph Estrada will ask the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court next week for a three-day pass to be with his sick mother and to give him time to talk to his lawy...

Filipino Nurses in San Francisco Join Strike

Philippine News , Posted: Oct 12, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO -- Filipino nurses were part of the biggest nurses' strike in California in nearly a decade, reports Philippine News. More than 5,000 registered...

Manila open to deals to recover Marcos wealth

manila The Philippine government is open to deals with the family and business partners of former president Ferdinand Marcos to end court cases involving about 180 billion pesos ($4 billion), an off...

Cash gift 'standard'--House leader

MANILA, Philippines -- Legislators at the House of Representatives sometimes receive allowances or incentives whenever they have accomplished something, a leader at the House of Representatives admitt...

Bolante case difficult to resolve--Ombudsman

MANILA, Philippines -- Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez admitted Friday that resolving the case against former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Bolante would be difficult. "Collecting the ev...

Solon mulls SC intervention over Arroyo impeach rap referral

MANILA, Philippines -- An opposition lawmaker is considering questioning the House of Representatives' "infirmed" referral of an impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo before ...

Dole spares export firms from giving wage hike

COMPANIES engaged in the export industry in Central Luzon and the Calabarzon area has been exempted from giving the mandated wage hike," the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) said.Ciriaco Lagu...

Arroyo met administration lawmakers in Malacanang

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo held an "emergency meeting" Thursday with 189 congressmen from the ruling coalition composed of members of Lakas-Chistian Muslim Democrats, Kabalikat ng Malayang Pili...

Catholic Church Opposes Philippine Congress Proposal To Provide Funding For Contraceptives To Stem Increasing Birth Rate

>> rate this article The Roman Catholic Church on Sunday expressed opposition to a proposal in the Philippine Congress to provide one billion pesos, or about $22.5 million, for contraceptives for wom...

Times' language institute, Hopkins sign agreement

The Manila Times Language Institute and the Hopkins International Partners Inc. signed an agreement on Thursday that would make English-language proficiency testing more accessible in Central Lu...

Japanese woman pays man online to kill her

TOKYO: A Japanese man who ran a website offering help with suicide has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman who paid him to arrange her death, an official said Thursday.

Finance implicates 2 officials in smuggling

The Department of Finance has filed charges before the Office of Ombudsman against two Customs officials in Subic for facilitating the release and registration of 14 smuggled luxury cars.

Starbucks recalls China-made cups

Coffee shop chain Starbucks is recalling 250,000 made-in-China plastic children's cups that can break easily and endanger children, the company and the US Consumer

Arroyo sticks to 'zone of comfort,' gives politics to allies

MANILA, Philippines -- Assured by members of the majority at the House of Representatives that the third impeachment complaint against her would not prosper, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has reit...

'Rumor-mongering,' says Palace of solons' gifts, 'pork'

MANILA, Philippines -- Malaca ang has belied insinuations that it gave cash gifts and pledged pork barrel to lawmakers at the House of Representatives to kill the impeachment move against President Gl...

Tell truth in court

MANILA, Philippines -- Armed Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has turned the tables on 28 Army Scout Ranger and Marine officers who have been detained on mutiny charges, daring them to "tell the tr...

Ex-Ched chairman welcomes probe on P550M project

FORMER Commission on Higher Education (Ched) chairman Carlito Puno maintained Thursday that the controversial P550 million call center project of the higher education body is "above-board." Acting cha...

Pacquiao gets warm welcome

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wished People's Champ Manny Pacquiao continued success in his future boxing matches, urging him to continue to be patriotic, God-fearing, and an inspiration to the Fi...

Esperon downplays terror threat after Ramadan

terrorist attacks with the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the military in contrast said it saw no imminent threat. On Thursday, Philippine National Police Chief Avelino Razon said he order...

House OKs on 2nd reading the proposed P1.2-trillion budget

MANILA, Philippines - (UPDATE) Before adjourning its regular session, the House of Representatives early Friday approved on second reading the Malaca ang-proposed P1.227-trillion budget for 2008. Hou...

Neri to face contempt if he invokes executive privilege

Neri said he reported the bribe offer to President Arroyo, who told him not to accept it. But when senators pressed him for details, Neri invoked executive privilege, saying the public is not pr...

New impeachment complaint against Philippine President Arroyo

MANILA : A Manila lawyer made an impeachment complaint on Thursday against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo - the third in three years. The complaint was made this time over allegations of corruptio...

Mother, three sons killed in fire in central Philippines

Manila - A mother and her three young sons were killed Friday in a pre-dawn fire that struck their house in the central Philippines, police said. Mercedita Flores, 36, had gone back into the burning h...

Airbus super jumbo visits Philippines to show it is ready for Asia

Airbus' extra-large A380 jetliner flew into the Philippines on a test flight Thursday to show it can be flown to existing runways in Asia, company officials said. The A380 flew from Melbourne to the ...

Leviev shortlisted to buy Philippine energy firm

In a show of superlative timing, Africa Israel released an earnings warning for the third quarter of 2007, a day after tapping about a billion shekels from investors. Some outraged institutional inves...

'It's huge!' It's bigger than Pacman, it's Superplane

MANILA, Philippines -- Just when Manila thought boxing hero Manny Pacquiao was the biggest hit at the airport Thursday, a giant superstar arrived some nine hours later. The world's largest commercial...

Cops open landfill gates to garbage trucks

MANILA, Philippines -- The new landfill in Rodriguez town in Rizal was opened for trucks loaded with garbage after the provincial police unlocked its gates yesterday, Rizal Gov. Casimiro Ynares III sa...

Pandacan oil depot case out of our hands, says Lim

MANILA, Philippines -- The Manila City government is leaving it to the Supreme Court to decide whether or not to relocate the existing oil depot in Pandacan, site of the country's three largest oil fi...

Tullahan Bridge reopens to motorists on Monday

MANILA, Philippines -- The Tullahan Bridge in Valenzuela City will finally be open to motorists beginning Monday. Angelito Twano, National Capital Region assistant director of the Department of Publi...

3 ex-Manila cops found guilty of kidnap for ransom

MANILA, Philippines -- Three former police officers were found guilty of abducting a Chinese-Filipino businesswoman in 2003 by a Quezon City court yesterday. PO1 Papeniano P. Razos, PO1 Casem R. Ote,...

Released Filipino worker in Nigeria back on Saturday

MANILA, Philippines -- Alberto Bacani Sr., the Filipino worker held captive for 12 days by militants in Nigeria will be reunited with his family in Manila Saturday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (...

Color-coding scheme suspended in Metro Manila Friday

MANILA, Philippines --The color-coding traffic scheme will be suspended in Metro Manila, including in Makati City, this Friday, a holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month Ramadan, officials s...

Largest passenger jet touches down in Manila

MANILA, Philippines -- Airbus' extra-large A380 jetliner flew into the Philippines on a test flight Thursday to show it can be flown to existing runways in Asia, company officials said. The A380 flew...

Building burns in Manila

MANILA, Philippines-Fire has hit the Yutivo Investment Corp. (YIC) building on the corner of United Nations Avenue and San Marcelino Street in this city, on Thursday evening, authorities said. As of ...

Esperon apprehensive about Oct 24 implementation of new writ

MANILA, Philippines -- Military Chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said he was "apprehensive" about the October 24 implementation of the Writ of Amparo, a new legal remedy for victims of extra-judic...

PNP braces for new terror attacks

MANILA, Philippines -- As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ends Friday, Philippine National Police Director General Avelino Razon orders the 120,000-strong police force to take steps to foil new terr...

Prosecution slams Estrada petition vs verdict

QUEZON City, Philippines --The motion for reconsideration filed by former president Joseph Estrada on his guilty verdict by the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court is weak, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-...

Government plan to pursue CyberEd slammed

DAVAO CITY, Philippines -- Gabriela Representative Luz Ilagan on Thursday assailed the government's plan to pursue the Cyber Education Project, which was earlier suspended over allegations of overpric...

RP-US war games to resume in Central Luzon

CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines -- Scaled down last year as a custody issue hounded a US Marine convicted of raping a Filipina, military exercises between the Philippine and US armed forces are resuming f...

Manila airport's controversial new terminal going nowhere

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- A small hole in the wall of lawyer Jose Bernas's chambers marks the spot where an assassin's bullet lodged in a botched attempt to kill him. The hole, just ...

Mobile phone frenzy bubbles in booming Vietnam telco mart

Between now and 2012,
Vietnamese authorities expect
the penetration rate for fixed
lines and mobile phones to
rise from 35% to 60%.

BEA Systems rejects $6.68-B bid from Oracle

SAN FRANCISCO -- Number two global software maker Oracle
said Friday it had bid $6.68 billion for BEA Systems, an offer that was
swiftly rejected by the rival business software group as too low.

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Japan lures software experts

FILIPINO SOFTWARE engineers are expected to benefit from
Japan's growing demand for offshore information and communication
technology services, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said in
a statement yesterday.

Contact center net income up

EXPANSION of business volume and sound overhead management
pushed call center ePerformax International, Inc.'s first semester net
income by 9.04% to P111.95 million from P102.67 million in the same
period last year, the company said.

ePerformax targets P4 billion from planned IPO

FILIPINO call center ePerformax International, Inc. will
raise P4 billion through a planned initial public offering (IPO).

Google tops Internet search world - study

SAN FRANCISCO - Google is king of Internet search
worldwide but rivals in China and South Korea have become powerhouses in
their respective countries, a comScore study revealed yesterday.

Apple accused of unlawful iPhone monopoly

SAN FRANCISCO - A civil lawsuit filed in California
accuses Apple of creating an unlawful iPhone monopoly and vindictively
releasing a software update that turns hacked devices into "iBricks."

Davao Internet operators reeling from competition

DAVAO CITY - Internet cafe operators are reeling from the
effects of cutthroat competition as rates have continually gone down.

Unwanted e-mail, spam zombies rife in RP

ALMOST NINE OUT OF TEN electronic mail messages in the Philippines
are spam or unwanted, while its capital city ranked third in Asia in
having the most number of spam zombies - computers infected with
malicious code that allows e-mail messages to be relayed.

Google taps small businesses

SEARCH ENGINE Google, Inc. wants to tap small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines to maximize the potential of
online advertising.

Adobe eyes 30% growth in revenues

ADOBE SYSTEMS, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed software company is
expecting a 30% increase in this year's revenues following the
introduction of two new products to the Philippine market.

Palace group to push CyberEd

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is bent on pursuing the
shelved $450-million Cyber Education (CyberEd) project as she ordered
the recently formed China Projects Oversight Panel to ensure that this
would not be hounded by issues unlike the canceled National Broadband
Network (NBN) deal.

Technology costs BIR

AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM established by the Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BIR) to make it easy for taxpayers to file returns and pay taxes has
ironically resulted in revenue losses instead of gains.

Greying Japan looks to robots

TOKYO - As Japan greys, who will look after the elderly? Maybe one day their aging children - in robot suits - if technology under development comes out of the laboratory and into the home.

Networking for primary school set begins in an 'online sandbox'

LONDON - Cool jazz piano playing in the background, a
pink penguin named JellyJuju orders a cheese pizza and a lemonade.
Another penguin, wearing a chef's hat, waddles to the table, tossing the
pie in the air and catching it.

Solid Group launches Dual Active SIM phone

THE ANNOUNCEMENT came a few weeks ago in the form of
splashy print ads in several dailies. The arrival of the country’s first
Dual Active SIM (DAS) phone was met with much interest but mostly from
certain mobile phone users.

Headline: Shortfall to stay

THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR) is projecting a P38.6-billion yearend shortfall, admitting that revenue-raising efforts will only allow it to hit its second semester target and not recover from a disastrous first half.

Corporate News: Empire East earmarks P700 million for 3 new developments

EMPIRE EAST Land Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Andrew Tan's Megaworld Corp., will spend P700 million for three new residential projects that will be launched in the fourth quarter this year.

Banking & Finance: Appellate court reinstates estafa case vs executives of UrbanBank

THE COURT OF APPEALS has ordered a Makati regional trial court to revive a P4.5-billion estafa case against the officers of the closed Urban Bank.

Stock Market: Share prices may hit new peak this week

SHARE PRICES will likely touch a fresh record this week on the back of positive economic data and strong corporate earnings.

The Economy: Philippine airports not yet ready for A380

IT WILL TAKE about two years for Philippine airports to be able to fully accommodate and process commercial flights of the Airbus 380, local authorities said in separate interviews late last week.

The Nation: Rebels told to agree to ceasefire

COMMUNIST rebels waging a bloody campaign in the countryside must agree to a ceasefire if they want to resume negotiations with the government, the country's national security chief said yesterday.

IT Matters: Mobile phone frenzy bubbles in booming Vietnam telco mart

Between now and 2012, Vietnamese authorities expect the penetration rate for fixed lines and mobile phones to rise from 35% to 60%.

Pacquiao knows the real Roach

MANILA, Philippines -- You're sure you know this man the boxing world fondly calls Freddie Roach? Of course, you don't. You think Manny Pacquiao knows enough about the trainer who has repackaged him...

Harbour-RP quintet overpowers US Army squad

SEOUL -- The Harbour Centre-Philippine team again leaned on its torrid outside shooting to bomb a US Army squad, 102-88, in a friendly game Saturday at the US Army Base gym in Hanyang district here. ...

UST Tigresses post big V-League start

MANILA, Philippines -- University of Santo Tomas began its back-to-back title bid like a house on fire, scorching De La Salle University, 25-16, 25-22, 25-11, Sunday at the start of the Shakey's V-Lea...

Feud over SCTEx interchanges in Pampanga towns worsens

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio said he was seeking an audience with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to stop what business groups perceived as efforts by Malaca ang officials to...

Bukidnon farmers start 60-day march to Manila to regain land

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Blisters and sprains failed to stop Higaonon farmers from pushing on with their 60-day protest march from their hometown of Sumilao in Bukidnon province to Manila to dramatize t...

PhilHealth probes claims for cataract surgery

ILOILO CITY -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has ordered a stop to payment of claims for cataract surgery during medical missions and through recruitment schemes amid reports of i...

Makati, Cebu batters score

MANILA, Philippines -- Makati and Cebu relied on pitchers borrowed from the national team to down their respective rivals on Sunday and storm to the lead with two wins apiece in the Baseball Philippin...

Reds must agree to ceasefire to resume peace talks

MANILA, Philippines -- Communist rebels must agree to a ceasefire if they want to resume negotiations with the government, the country's national security chief said Sunday. The Communist Party of th...

'Honest Ed' hailed for disclosing Palace cash

Close this CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio Sunday won praises for telling the truth when he said he had received a bag stuffed with P500,000 in cash from Malaca ang, and ...

'Yes, we received money'

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- And now there are three. Two more governors -- both from southern Luzon -- Sunday owned up to receiving P500,000 each from Malaca ang last week at the heigh...

CA resuscitates P4.5-B estafa case vs Urban Bank execs

The Court of Appeals has resurrected the P4.5-billion estafa case against the officers of the defunct Urban Bank led by its president, the late Teodoro Borlongan. In a 16-page decision penned by As...

Pampanga gov set to talk about 'cash gift' issue Monday

Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio is set to hold a press conference Monday to talk about the P500,000 "cash gift" he received from a Malacañang aide last Thursday. GMA's Flash Report said, in an...

Sayyaf receives new funds; NICA fears attack imminent

(Update) Abu Sayyaf militants received funds from an unidentified donor after posting an Internet video of the group's founders appealing for money, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency s...

Law enforcers hesitant to use anti-terror law

Law enforcement officers have hesitated to use new anti-terrorism measures because of the threat of prosecution against them and the law should be amended, a top security official said Sunday. Nati...

US, Filipino marines to hold war exercises

More than 3,500 US and Philippine marines will launch a two-week war exercise in the northern Philippines this week, with maneuvers including mock beach and artillery assaults, officials said Sunday. ...

Palace seeks help in cushioning impact of oil price hike

Malacañang on Sunday asked all sectors to work with the government in limiting the adverse impact of the oil price hike on consumers. The Palace issued the call following the demand of the t...

DENR to curb abuses of small miners

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has cracked the whip on erring small scale mining firms that have been used as fronts by wealthy investors. The DENR warned Sunday that pe...

Vendors to challenge MMDA-AFP "alliance" before CHR

Vendors' groups in Metro Manila will question before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a plan to tap 15,000 soldiers to clear Metro Manila of vendors and squatters. Radio DZBB reported Sunday th...

SC upholds transfer of PNCC shares to GFIs

MANILA, Philippines--The Supreme Court has dismissed questions raised by Marcos crony Rodolfo Cuenca against the issuance of shares in the Philippine National Construction Corp. to government-owned fi...

TESDA questioned on P31.5-M info campaign

MANILA, Philippines--The Commission on Audit has asked the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to justify the P31.57 million it spent on an apparently "unnecessary" informatio...

Labor calls for probe into PhilHealth spurious claims

Organized labor groups on Sunday called for an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Alex Aguilar, spokesman for Trade Union Congress ...

No garbage crisis as Metro may dump wastes elsewhere - MMDA

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando on Sunday said Metro Manila is not on a brink of a garbage crisis even if the sanitary landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, is shut d...

Makati honors Oracion-led Philippine Everest Team

Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay will confer "honorary citizenship" to the members of the Philippine Everest Team led by Leo Oracion for bringing honor to the country when they successfully climbe...

Local pols deny receiving Arroyo cash 'gift' - report

An official of the League of Provinces has denied that local government officials received cash "gifts" during Thursday's early morning meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañ...

Workers drum up call for P125 wage hike

Now facing a double whammy in higher prices of bread and liquefied petroleum gas, workers started over the weekend new efforts for a P125 daily wage hike. Efforts started as early as last Thursday,...

Reds willing to work with Senate in pushing peace talks

LUCENA CITY, Philippines--With the objections raised by Malaca ang to the resumption of the stalled peace negotiations, self-exiled rebel leader Luis Jalandoni proposed that the National Democratic Fr...

Nothing wrong with Panlilio"s receipt of 'donation'

Malacañang on Sunday said there was nothing questionable about the P500,000 "gift" received by Pampanga Governor Eddie Panlilio from a Palace staff last Thursday. "There is nothing wrong wit...

Pampanga won't return Arroyo's P.5-M 'gift' - gov

Pampanga's priest-governor Eddie Panlilio on Sunday said he was not inclined to return the P500,000 that he received from Malacañang at the close of President Arroyo's meeting with loca...

Gabriela files bill barring gov"t appointments of military men

A militant women's party-list group filed last weekend a bill barring men from the police and the military from being appointed to government positions. Gabriela party-list representatives Liza Lar...

Miss ZaNorte-Illinois 2007 Pageant Organizers Meet

Board members and production committee met Saturday, October 13 to discuss plans for the Miss ZaNorte-Illinois 2007 pageant to be held in December at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare. Among the i...

Lacson wants to probe Arroyo cash "gift" to solons, local pols

The executive branch could be embroiled in another highly politicized Senate inquiry, after Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio disclosed that he received a P500-million 'gift' from Malacañang...

Philippines attempts to sell deadly volcanoes to tourists

SANTA JULIANA, Philippines--Rickety old jeeps barrel through a dry northern Philippines riverbed, setting off a dust storm that coats the visitors bouncing around on the back seat. The landscape arou...

Pampanga will keep P500K "gift" from Arroyo - priest-gov

Pampanga's priest-governor Eddie Panlilio on Sunday said he was not inclined to return the P500,000 that he received from Malacañang at the close of President Arroyo's meeting with loca...

Abortions declining, but probably not in RP

MANILA, Philippines -- Abortions worldwide are on the decline, according to two international studies released yesterday. But the good news may not apply to countries like the Philippines where aborti...

UN cites Infanta social action center

LUCENA CITY -- The Social Action Center of the Prelature of Infanta in northern Quezon has been cited by the United Nations for its commitment to disaster risk reduction. Deacon Mario Van Loon, SAC-PI...

War vets discover but are wary of ATMs

MANILA, Philippines -- "How can you spend an ATM?" wonders an 84-year-old war veteran as the Philippines Veterans Affairs Office encourages the remaining 70,000 of its 260,000 old age pensioners and w...

Freedom of press is alive, says prof

MANILA, Philippines -- The harassment and killing of journalists has neither cowed the press nor affected the number of students who want to pursue careers in media, journalism professor Luis Teodoro ...

Shell, Petron hike LPG prices

MANILA, Philippines -- The price of liquefied petroleum gas went up yesterday by P1.12 per kilogram, inclusive of the 12-percent value-added tax, as oil firms reflected the surge in the product's inte...

Suu Kyi is her father's daughter

Aung San's daughter In 1988, the people of Burma took to the streets once again. Once again, they were led by students. And once again, it was a struggle for freedom, a rebellion against 27 years of ...

Stock market pays for experts, amateurs

MANILA, Philippines -- The profits they make in the stock market on a weekly or even daily basis can easily equal, if not rival, most monthly salaries of fairly high-level corporate executives. But D...

Lights, sounds, haircuts usher in PBA, PBL seasons

TODAY THE 33rd season of the PBA opens amid the usual pomp and pageantry. Produced by Solar Entertainment, the two-hour extravaganza will be hosted by Wally and Jose of Eat Bulaga and will feature th...

Bagful of bills is 1st big test of Among Ed's values

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Catholic priest who won the governorship of Pampanga on a platform of good and moral leadership has been confronted with what he calls the "first test" of his religious val...

So bounces back, brings down Israeli

FILIPINO WESLEY SO BEAT FELLOW International Master Sasha Kaplan of Israel late Friday to bounce back in contention in the 2007 World Juniors and Girls Chess Championships at the T. Petrosian Chess Ho...

Jaca-Miyagi bout spices up WBC convention

A FIGHT WHOSE PROMOTER CALLS a "fan's dream" will be scheduled right smack in the middle of the WBC's 45th annual convention, which the country will host in November at the Manila Hotel. Filipino Jimr...

Guba destroys foe; Lazaro buries Malaysian

LEANDER LAZARO AND MARTINA Jonicka Guba trounced their respective foes to capture the singles titles Saturday in the Agra Cup-Asian 14/U Series at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center. Lazaro, the 14-yea...

Powerhouse squads open V-League 2nd conference

GAMES TODAY (The Arena) 3 p.m.-Adamson vs FEU 5 p.m.-UST vs La Salle UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS and De La Salle University, the only teams to have won all five championships so far in the Shakey's V-L...

RP-Harbour rips Yonsei U cagers

SEOUL -- AFTER ADJUSTING TO THE cool weather here, the Harbour Centre-Philippine team unraveled its true form Friday, crushing Yonsei University, 91-76, in a friendly game at the Yonsei University gym...

Abu Sayyaf gets fresh foreign funding

MANILA, Philippines -- The Islamist extremist Abu Sayyaf Group has received fresh funding from foreign donors, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Nica) said, citing a video posted on the I...

NCAA bets trip UAAP standouts

The NCAA ACES ROSE FROM a 16-point deficit to topple the UAAP standouts, 83-78, in the Samsung Bantay Bata All-Star Game yesterday at The Arena in San Juan. All-Star Most Valuable Player RJ Jazul of ...

Arroyo safe, but not De Venecia

MANILA, Philippines -- A member of the so-called Reform Bloc of the administration coalition Saturday downplayed Speaker Jose de Venecia's claim that his ouster from the House leadership will lead to ...

Children learn about Christian, Muslim friends

MANILA, Philippines -- Six special children joined Saturday's Inquirer Read-Along session which featured stories about a Christian-Muslim friendship, two men who conquered an earthquake and a princess...

PBA gets its show on the road today

GAME TODAY (Araneta Coliseum) 4:30 p.m.-Opening ceremony 6:30 p.m.-Air21 vs. Magnolia THERE MAY BE ONE BIG NAME missing, but the moment the curtains are drawn on the 33rd season of the Philippine Bas...

Cebu, Marikina face off; Makati battles Manila IX

GAMES TODAY (Rizal Baseball Complex) 7 a.m.-Taguig vs Dumaguete 10:30 a.m.-Manila vs Makati 2 p.m.-Cebu vs Marikina CEBU AND MARIKINA SLUG IT OUT today in a clash of opening day winners while defe...

Fraud surfaces again in coming polls

PIKIT, NORTH COTABATO -- AN 11-YEAR-OLD child said she was made to register last Aug. 27, along with several other minors and older individuals, as voters for the coming Sangguniang Kabataan elections...

Ebdane suspends DPWH exec in Halsema foul-up

BAGUIO CITY -- PUBLIC WORKS Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. has suspended the government engineers he blamed for the sloppy concreting work at Halsema Highway, the main road used to transport vegetabl...

Alternative learning for Ata-Manobo kids

THE BROWNISH-GREEN cogon grasses covering the hills of Sitio Dulyan in Barangay Palma Gil, Talaingod, Davao del Norte, swayed into a frenzy. From afar, the faint whir of a chainsaw became obvious whe...

Comelec advises SK bets to cut down on campaign materials

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) "advised" candidates in the October 29 youth council elections Saturday to take a cue from this weekend's garbage crisis in Rizal and "think green." ...

Arroyo sends RP condolences to Myanmar PM"s family

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Saturday gave her and the Philippines's condolences to the family of Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win who died in a military hospital after battling a long illn...

Arroyo saddened by death of Myanmar PM

As SHE expressed sadness over the death of Myanmar's prime minister, Soe Win, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she hopes Myanmar would continue pursuing the path to democracy. "The Philippines ...

President safe but not Speaker, says Bagatsing

MANILA, Philippines -- A member of the so-called Reform Bloc of the administration coalition downplayed on Saturday Jose De Venecia's claim that his ouster from the House leadership would lead to the ...

Arroyo-De Venecia Palace meet did not take place, says Puno

MANILA, Philippines -- Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's political affairs adviser, strongly denied on Saturday Speaker Jose De Venecia's claim that he and Ms Arroyo...

US help sought in $3-trillion 'Fed notes' found in Cebu

CEBU CITY, Cebu -- The police on Friday recovered a chest containing what appeared to be US Federal Reserve notes and other certificates with a face value of at least $3 trillion on the national highw...

Among Ed given P.5M by Palace functionary

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- For a Catholic priest who won as governor on account of his campaign pitch to provide good and moral leadership in Pampanga, Eddie Panlilio has confronted what he called a "fir...

Medical examiner in hazing case summoned to NBI

MANILA, Philippines -- The National Bureau of Investigation has summoned the medico-legal officer who conducted an autopsy on the body of suspected hazing victim Cris Anthony Mendez. Lawyer Romulo As...

Arroyo, JDV have differences, but decided to unite - Palace exec

A Malacañang executive on Saturday admitted that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr had their differences, but insisted the two have decided to work together under...

LPG price up by P1/kg; bread prices to go up, too

The first of a double whammy hit consumers on Saturday as Shell and Petron hiked prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by P1 per kilogram, or P11 per 11-kilo cylinder. QTV reported the price hike...

PPCRV gets Comelec accreditation for village, SK polls

, Comelec said PPCRV's participation in the past balloting and its commitment toward honest, clean, credible and peaceful elections are commendable. "Considering that petitioner has proven that it ...

Jamby meets with NDF leaders, pushes resumption of talks

Opposition Senator Maria Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal met with National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) leaders in The Netherlands over the weekend in a bid to resume stalled peace ta...

Davao Del Norte quintuplets die shortly after birth

DAVAO CITY -- Quintuplets born to a 23-year-old woman in Davao del Norte on Wednesday have all died due to complications of premature birth. Carlito Pillerin, administrator of the Davao Regional Hosp...

Four people killed in road accident in Philippines

Manila - Four people were killed when a cargo truck rammed into a tricycle along a highway in an eastern Philippine province, a police report said Saturday. The report said a man was also injured in t...

DPWH rushes work on Tullahan Bridge for Monday opening

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Saturday rushed work on the Tullahan Bridge in northern Metro Manila in a effort to meet the scheduled reopening of the structure on Monday. Bu...

JPEPA mocks Constitution"s economic provisions - Ibon

The Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) violates provisions of the 1987 Constitution that promote the "preferential use of Filipino labor, domestic materials and locally-produced ...

Money may have changed hands but Arroyo not involved

Money might have changed hands during a breakfast meeting in Malacañang between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her allies in Congress last Thursday, but the money did not come from the c...

Manila has no savings, just P1.4-B deficit

No thanks to a massive shortfall in tax collections, the City of Manila is in the red by P1.4 billion, and will have to be in belt-tightening mode for the moment. Mayor Alfredo Lim disclosed this a...

PNP links up with intelligence agencies vs terror threat

The Philippine National Police is coordinating with local and foreign intelligence counterparts on alleged plans by terrorist groups to stage attacks in the Philippines. PNP chief Dir. Gen. Avelino...

House minority prays for whistleblower on impeach bribe claims

The House of Representatives is in no position to look into allegations that lawmakers were bribed to kill an impeachment bid against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, unless supposed beneficiaries o...

Philippines on alert for bombings

manila The Philippines' southern provinces were on maximum alert yesterday after police warned that Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants plan to resume a bombing and terror campaign after the Muslim...

Why, who is going after the Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines -- When Secretary Neri pleaded at the close of the September 26th 2007 joint committee hearing on the NBN deal that he would like to consult his superiors before he could agree or ...

Solon seeks House probe

Ethics probe "I endorsed an impeachment complaint based on my conscience so the truth may come out and I found myself the subject of an ethics investigation," San Luis said in an interview. "Look at ...

Opposition plans to take impeach referral to SC

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- The opposition in the House of Representatives is seriously considering taking to the Supreme Court Deputy Speaker Raul del Mar's referral of the purportedly...

106 years of fervor, and still burning

BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar - With fervor and pride, they again paid tribute to their forebears who left behind a legacy of love for freedom. People of the century-old coastal town of Balangiga in Easte...

A380 finds 'a lot of room' in Clark

CLARK FREEPORT-"There's a lot of room to land at Clark." So said Capt. Peter Chandler, pilot of the world's largest commercial passenger plane, after he parked the Airbus A380 at the Diosdado Macapag...

Gonzales says NPA rebs play key role in polls

ILOILO CITY-National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales on Thursday warned that the government would take action against candidates in the barangay elections who are backed by communist rebels. Gonza...

After 30 days of fasting, RP Muslims feast

COTABATO CITY, Philippines--Few Muslims fired firecrackers and weapons in the air as they marked the end of the monthlong fasting at dawn Friday. Filipino Muslims, describing the significance of Eid'...

3 more solons confirm 'Christmas gift'

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- Despite Malacañang's denials, three veteran administration congressmen on Friday admitted envelopes containing cash were distributed during Thursday's...

Ruling coalition will remain intact--De Venecia

MANILA, Philippines -- They have decided to keep the ruling coalition intact, if only to avert what one of their political allies earlier warned of--the possibility of "mutually assured destruction." ...

Debt service cut in P1.23-T '08 nat'l budget

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- The House of Representatives has reduced by P17.3 billion automatic foreign debt payments that would have eaten up more than half of the proposed P1.227-tril...

Barrios, Chua out to draw up road map

MANILA, Philippines--BEFORE his short-term vocation comes to an end, Philippine Basketball Association officer-in-charge Renauld "Sonny" Barrios hopes to put in place something that will last a little...

Guba vs Siso for Asian 14-U tennis crown

MANILA, Philippines--THE GIRL who carries the name of two tennis greats proved she can also be a champion. Martina Jonicka Guba bucked peso coin-sized blisters on both toes to finish off many time ag...

UST takes on La Salle in V-League opener

MANILA, Philippines--ONE SQUAD boasts of the previous conference's Most Valuable Player while the other trained in Thailand. University of Santo Tomas, however, is sticking to its homegrown talents i...

UAAP stars eye repeat over NCAA aces Saturday

Close this MANILA, Philippines--UAAP STALWARTS aim to reign anew as they battle the NCAA standouts in the Bantay Bata All-Star Game at 4 p.m. Saturday at The Arena in San Juan. But La Salle ...

4 Warrior stars boost Bacchus

MANILA, Philippines--BACCHUS Energy Drink gets a boost from four University of the East players out to redeem themselves in the PBL First Conference which comes off the wraps on Oct. 20. Sweet-shooti...

Wang hands So 2nd straight defeat

Standings after Round 8 7.0 points--GM Ahmed Adly (Egypt); 6.0--GM Wang Hao (China), GM Georg Meier (Germany), GM Ivan Popov (Russia), IM Grigoryan Avetik (Armenia); 5.5--GM Victor Laznicka (Czech Rep...

Arroyo, AFP brass meet amid impeach tension

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday night met with senior and middle-ranking officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Malacañang for an emergency dialogue that lasted for more...

JPEPA bad deal for Filipino caregivers, says migrant group

MANILA, Philippines -- A migrants' advocacy group has joined calls on the to junk the Japanese-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), calling the pact a "bad deal" because it is discrimina...

Teachers question Chinese firm's role in Cyber-Ed deal

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- What does a Chinese company that WHAT manufactures X-ray machines and other state-of-the-art airport security equipment got to do with the government's Cyber...

Gonzales warns village candidates backed by rebels

ILOILO CITY, Philippines -- National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales on Thursday warned that the government would take action against candidates in the October elections that are backed by communis...

Rights body stops inquiry into Burgos abduction

Close this MANILA, Philippines -- The Commission on Human Rights has "temporarily" stopped its public inquiry into the disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos for "lack of cooperation" from hi...

No jewellery for Philippines cops

MANILA: The Philippines is starting to give its 110,000 policemen a makeover, trying to make them more like friendly neighbours than their current hard man image, the new national police chief said...

Pumaren turns focus on forming RP Youth 5

MANILA, Philippines--THIS TIME, La Salle coach Franz Pumaren hopes to bring his winning touch to a raw set of talents. Pumaren turns his attention to the Philippine Youth team just days after steerin...

Manila’s Army and Navy Club to be restored

MANILA, Philippines – The Army and Navy Club is having a tough time slipping graciously into old age. The landmark American colonial structure dating from the early 20th century has fallen into hard times.

The ‘Crux’ of the matter

MANILA, Philippines - Image and word compose a universe both familiar and strange in “Crux,” described by its organizer, the Canvas art promotion group, as an “exposition of paintings and poems,” at the Ayala Museum starting Oct. 18.

Heavy, uneven ‘Mulan’

MANILA, Philippines - A stark white stage with three scarlet arches greets audiences in Tanghalang Pilipino’s production of “Mulan,” a new Tagalog musical version of the story popularized by the Disney animated movie a few years back.

My fantastic cameo in the concert of the year

MANILA, Philippines - When sensational hip-hop artist Billy Crawford staged his first grand concert in the Philippines, “It's Time,” the multitalented young musician performed with a powerhouse cast of internationally acclaimed costars that brought the packed Araneta Coliseum crowd on its feet.

La Naval grand procession today

MANILA, Philippines - The annual grand procession of Our Lady of the Rosary, La Naval de Manila, whose feast day is observed every second Sunday of October, takes place today at 4 p.m.

21-year-old bookworm notices men for first time

MANILA, Philippines - Dear Emily, After 21 years of existence, this girl whose nose was always buried in thick books and was busy reviewing for various academic competitions while her peers were having crushes, finally found a guy!

Marian art exhibit opens

MANILA, Philippines - The imposing old Spanish convent of the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral was turned into a museum a year ago. Valuable images, altars, vases, furnishings and other artifacts are kept there alongside important documents pertaining to the archdiocese on the upper floor.

Throat relief

MANILA, Philippines—I attended the Sore Throat-Free Caravan with product endorser Paolo Bediones, St. Luke’s Dr. Natividad Almazan-Aguilar and Astring-O-Sol specialist’s manager Mark Manalastas.

Learning from bees

MANILA, Philippines—If bees can watch over their colonies to assure survival, man should do better. Let’s learn from them.

Dr. Dayrit: academician, clinician, researcher, friend

MANILA, Philippines—Dr. Conrado Dayrit, one of the pillars of Philippine cardiology, breathed life into the research and clinical undertakings of many of his students with his valuable insights and fatherly concern.

To hear and awake

MANILA, Philippines—It’s the perfect setup for an emotional scene in any TV, movie or feature film. One morning a parent will walk into the nursery to find his sleeping newborn isn’t going to wake up again.

Poor body image

MANILA, Philippines—I used to think that only wealthy women were dissatisfied with their weight. After all, my students who were most conscious about their size tend to come from exclusive schools where looks and figures were prized.