MANILA Consul General Cecilia Rebong of the Philippine Consulate General in New York, USA reported to the Department of…
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On 3 June, Amnesty International members from all over Europe will participate in Riga Pride march in solidarity with Latvian…
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Nene Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) is seeking a Senate inquiry into the burning of the Pinagbayanan…
Two farmer-beneficiaries were killed and six others were wounded when security guards of former landowner Roberto Cuenca fired on some…
MANILA — Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda granted Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran’s motion for temporary release…
By Rose Palacio Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes yesterday warned the public, particularly people in coastal areas, against an outbreak of…
By Rose Palacio The Australian oil and gas exploration firm Tap Oil Ltd. will spend about $10 million (P480 million)…
Apparently upset that he was defeated in his congressional bid and that his ‘principals” in Manila has so far failed to reimburse him the 140 million pesos he supposedly spent in the elections, boxing hero Manny Pacquiao reportedly instigated what amounted to a mini bank run after he withdrew all his remaining money from three banks.
According to BusinessMirror, “Informed sources said Pacquiao withdrew all his money from a bank in General Santos City as he conducted a personal audit and found he spent more than P140 million in election-related expenses but was still trounced by his diminutive political opponent.”
Below is the travel advisory issued over the weekend by the US embassy in Manila for US citizens: WARDEN MESSAGE…
Without the intervention by the AHJAG — which investigates incidents of violence or disturbance that, on many occasions in the past, complicated the negotiations — elements from the military and the MILF could easily engage in confrontation, given the often unknown or unclear origins of violent conflicts, particularly in the MILF areas in Central Mindanao. Criminal syndicates operate in that area and their activities have often been blamed on the MILF, thus complicating the peace process and the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
