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PNS -- THE Supreme Court disbarred Pulupandan, Negros Occidental Mayor Magdaleno Pena, ex-husband of former movie actress Marie Roxanne "Plinky" Recto, for accusing two justices of manipulating a ruling against his favor.  [Read More]

updated on 05/08/2012 09:30 PM     



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PNS -- PROFESSOR Jose Maria Sison, founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has expressed support for Malacanang position of seeking a peaceful and diplomatic solution in resolving the country's territorial dispute with the People's Republic of China.  [Read More]

updated on 05/08/2012 09:28 PM     



News Stories

IT'S FINAL and definite. Richard Gomez, husband and chief of staff of Cong. Lucy Torres-Gomez, is running for Mayor of Ormoc City come 2013 and has announced it to a gathering of around 300 core leaders from Ormoc's 110 barangays this Sunday, April 13, at the Badminton City in Brgy. Linao.  [Read More]

updated on 05/08/2012 09:26 PM     



News Stories

PNS -- MALACANANG yesterday slammed claims that the Philippines would soon lose its sovereign rights over Scarborough Shoal, citing efforts of the Philippine Coast Guard to document violations in the region to assert Philippine sovereignty.  [Read More]

updated on 05/08/2012 09:25 PM     



News Stories

PNS -- THE wealth of the House prosecution team members has increased, according to their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) for 2011.  [Read More]

updated on 05/08/2012 09:24 PM     



News Stories

PNS -- THE House of Representatives appears wary of transparency when it comes to the members' Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.  [Read More]

updated on 05/08/2012 09:24 PM     



News Stories

PNS -- PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III admitted yesterday that his inheritance of the family's house on Times St. has made him richer in his net worth in 2011.  [Read More]

updated on 05/07/2012 10:29 AM     



News Stories

PNS -- A PROGRESSIVE party-list lawmaker yesterday warned that Filipinos may suffer the fate of scores of Vietnamese nationals who had been killed by China when it launched a limited shooting war in 1974 and 2005 over the disputed Paracels Islands.  [Read More]

updated on 05/07/2012 10:25 AM     



News Stories

PNS -- CHIEF Justice Renato Corona has filed his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth for 2011 but the document is not for public consumption as this cannot be disclosed in light of a Supreme Court policy.  [Read More]

updated on 05/07/2012 10:17 AM     




The Greenhouse Gas team of San Juan City, Metro Manila recently attended the USAID-Philippines Capacity Building seminar for Local Government Units on Greenhouse Gas Accounting, Management and Inventory - The Community Level at Paseo Premiere Hotel in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.   [Read More]

updated on 04/06/2012 02:51 PM     




The powerful wind of environmentalism is blowing in the City of San Juan and across the metropolis. San Juan city mayor Guia G. Gomez who is a staunch environmental advocate, rallied all barangay councils to joins hands and support the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) clean and green project called "Barangay Power 2012 Malinis Kanais-nais - Search for the Barangay with the Cleanest and Best in Solid Waste Management".   [Read More]

updated on 04/06/2012 02:47 PM     



Press Releases

Now on its 62nd year of encouraging excellence in literary writing, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) is currently accepting entries for this year's contest. Deadline for submission is at 12:00 m.n. of 30 April 2012.  [Read More]

updated on 03/09/2012 01:53 PM     



Press Releases

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) yesterday welcomed the introduction of e-jeepneys and its monthly salarization scheme to its drivers as a possible introduction of a paradigm shift to alleviate the plight of thousands of Filipino drivers and reduce emission of fossil-fuel pollution.  [Read More]

updated on 03/02/2012 02:09 PM     




The government of the Philippines decided to add 2 years to the educational development of Filipino children in the Philippines with the argument of poverty and high unemployment and we should follow along with the rest of the world having their declining economies needing more taxation of the working class to stay at number one or should I say, the Top 10.

To the Filipino Children capable of success, it will mean another two years before they can enter the workplace. Two years will be added to every high school graduate in the Philippines, on average. The Filipino children will not be earning full-time salaries and a livable wage for another two years after high school or it will be added to further higher education before getting their first full-time job.  [Read More]

updated on 01/24/2012 09:56 PM     



News Stories

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- For Tomas "Tatay Tom" Avendano, president and CEO of the Multicultural Helping House Society (MHHS) here, designating specific places for ethnic groups in Canada "is tantamount to creating an atmosphere of division."  [Read More]

updated on 01/23/2012 01:29 PM     



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ILOILO, PHILIPPINES - Iloilo Second District Representative Augusto Boboy Syjuco officially faced off with accusers on the P8.2 Billion corruption charge.  [Read More]

updated on 12/09/2011 07:24 PM     



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ILOILO CITY, PHILIPPINES - Totally embarrassed. Seriously affected. Sicker and in depression. While at it, a big victim of propaganda war.  [Read More]

updated on 12/09/2011 07:22 PM     



News Stories

ILOILO - Normal operations may have resumed for Philippine Airlines (PAL) Iloilo yet a renewed call to boycott its services has been made anew. And this time, with the inclusion of yet another airline that has since served as alternative for the Ilonggo riding public.  [Read More]

updated on 12/09/2011 07:18 PM     



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ILOILO CITY - Children as victims and children as suspects are both on the rise with highest in statistics in Bacolod City and the Province of Iloilo.  [Read More]

updated on 12/09/2011 07:16 PM     




I was able to visit Metro Manila. There are no automobile dealerships in the small town of Gubat, Sorsogon Province so we had to go to Metro Manila and it was pretty costly getting the Toyota Revo serviced by the dealership supposedly to be serviced once a year with a local mechanic beforehand and we needed a place to stay for the two days with a two day drive there and back; but my mother decided to live a little so we stayed at a nice hotel instead of roughing it. ... There is no doubt in my mind; the Republic of the Philippines has ended its poverty.  [Read More]

updated on 12/09/2011 09:37 AM     



News Stories

A 42-year old "Emerging Asian" awardee honoured as "Outstanding Entrepreneur" of the Asian Business Association of Orange County is back in the news. From the pages of Filipino newspapers, this time his entrepreneurship made it really big with news landing in the pages of major newspaper throughout United States.  [Read More]

updated on 11/26/2011 01:53 PM     



News Stories

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- "Tonight, boxing was rewarded. Two great fighters gave boxing something to be proud of. That's why I don't want to hear any bulls---t about the result (of the Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez trilogy)," Top Rank CEO Bob Arum declared during a post-fight press conference at the Media Center in the MGM Grand.  [Read More]

updated on 11/26/2011 01:32 PM     



Press Releases

From the time he wrote comic books and sold them at five pesos per page to his fellow grade school classmates, Allan Alberto Derain has already shown a distinct talent in writing.  [Read More]

updated on 11/23/2011 03:54 PM     



Press Releases

Manila, 11 November 2011 - Greenpeace today called on the Philippine government to join neighbouring Pacific Island coastal states in efforts to create healthy oceans for future generations, which would also ensure economic prosperity and boost food security in the region.  [Read More]

updated on 11/12/2011 01:45 PM     



Community News

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Your health needs change from year to year. And, your health plan may change the benefits and costs each year too. That's why it’s important to evaluate your Medicare choices every year. Open Enrollmen ...  [Read More]

updated on 11/10/2011 01:19 PM     



Science and Technology

As the demand for tablet PCs continues to grow on a global scale, it isn't a surprise that the Philippines would play catch-up with the rest of the world when it comes to the latest gadgets.  [Read More]

updated on 11/10/2011 01:17 PM     



Press Releases

The drive to save Taal Lake from water pollution is being done in partnership with PUSOD, Inc., an environmental non-government organization whose mission is to protect and enhance the ecosystems of the Philippines and to show their significance to the world. PUSOD is one of the prime movers behind the Taal Volcano Protected Landscape (TVPL) Management Plan alongside Tanggol Kalikasan, the Provincial Government of Batangas and the rest of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB).  [Read More]

updated on 10/28/2011 04:13 PM     



Press Releases

Despite the global economic crunch in 2008, the local software development industry was able to post a 27.60% growth rate in both export revenue and employment by the end of 2010, as reported by services and investment advisory group Tholons.  [Read More]

updated on 10/27/2011 03:20 PM     



Press Releases

Governance in the information age is changing more quickly than we realize. In Batangas, a maelstorm over a proposed sign on Taal Volcano has not only shown what many people think, it has done so in hilarious ways. Government should hope it can have this kind of massive feedback as it does no real harm and it will be hard to make a mistake if most steps taken is forged on the fire of public opinion.  [Read More]

updated on 10/27/2011 03:20 PM     




The MMDA, the San Juan city government, Philippine Army and the Department of Health recently simultaneously conducted a massive clean-up of the Ermitanyo Creek and the enforcement of the 100% Smoke-Free Environment policy in Metropolitan Manila.  [Read More]

updated on 10/27/2011 03:19 PM     



News Stories

ILOILO CITY, PHILIPPINES - The Parish of Immaculate Conception in Tanza, Molo, Iloilo City has been chosen as host and venue of the country's first-ever "Vatican Exhibit of World's Eucharistic Miracles."  [Read More]

updated on 10/25/2011 11:27 AM     



News Stories

Such summed up the latest sentiments of Philippine Airlines (PAL) ground personnel who were offered a hefty separation package by the management.  [Read More]

updated on 10/24/2011 04:47 PM     



Press Releases

On November 26, 2009, the Protected Area Management Board of the Taal Volcano Protected Landscape unanimously approved a Management Plan for the Taal Lake Basin. A simple, easily understandable and widely consulted plan, this is intended to solve the most major problems plaguing the lake through strong government implementation enforcement and citizen participation and compliance.  [Read More]

updated on 10/18/2011 12:32 PM     



Press Releases

The iSchools Project -- the country's most comprehensive government funded ICT-in-education program - affirms its ever growing support and advocacy for open source software despite external pressures to use proprietary programs such as Microsoft Windows and MS Office.  [Read More]

updated on 10/16/2011 03:24 AM     



OFW Corner

MANILA -- ON the second decade of a landmark Philippine law granting local autonomy to cities, provinces and municipalities, constituents who became overseas Filipinos are watching over how their places of birth are governed.  [Read More]

updated on 10/12/2011 12:36 PM     





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