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.
MANILA — After attending the canonization of Marie Eugenie Milleret, the French founder of the Religious of the Assumption, and…
The administrations Team Unity (TU) is pinning its hopes on less than two million votes from six provinces in Mindanao…
THE New Iloilo Airport would have its first commercial flight and its inauguration on June 13. Rafael Coscolluela, presidential adviser…
THE WORLD ORGANIZATION for Animal Health has recently reaffirmed the country to be free from the dreaded foot-and-mouth disease during…
MANILA , Philippinwa — Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran today slammed National Security Adviser (NSA) Norberto Gonzales for calling him and…
With Lanao del Sur communities plagued by poverty and short in social services, election season is considered paskuhan (Christmas season). Politicians money flows like rain, mainly to buy the votes of the residents. As if vote buying were not enough, the elections there, like elsewhere in the country, were chaotic. 
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