ROME (via PLDT)—- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gifted the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, with an image of the Santo Ni?o…
From Sun.Star Davao: AFTER years of explaining why he refuses to let Davao City host the joint military exercises between…
A nursing school in Mindanao has barred 300 of its students from taking this months board examinations in an alleged…
In his TV program on Sunday, Duterte said he is scheduled to undergo a “nerve conduction velocity” (NCV) test to check his spine. He said he has been feeling numbness in the left portion of his body, from the neck down to his chest. Often, he said, he had difficulty closing his fist or gripping his fingers. Depending on the results of the test, he might have to undergo surgery, he said.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Nene Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) is seeking a Senate inquiry into the burning of the Pinagbayanan…
By Rose Palacio Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes yesterday warned the public, particularly people in coastal areas, against an outbreak of…
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…
