MANILA, Jan. 25 (PNA) – The Palace on Sunday condemned the act of violence that killed two people and injuried more than 50 others in…
Binay to seek court’s help to block Senate arrest order against son
Vice President Jejomar Binay will wait and see if the Senate Blue Ribbon committee will carry out its threat to have his son, Makati Mayor…
Drug lords, terrorists should be jailed away from other convicts, guv demands
CONVICTED drug lords and terrorists had better be held in separate detention facilities if the planned transfer of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) from Muntinlupa…
Perpetual disqualification pushed even for pardoned plunderers
EVEN pardoned convicts of plunder–former president Joseph Estrada, for instance–should be barred from ever seeking public office again, according to a bill filed by Senator…
Lock of Lincoln’s hair sold for $25,000 (P1.125M) in Dallas auction
DALLAS (AP) — A collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia that includes a lock of the slain president’s hair has been sold for more than $800,000…
Evardone: MRT, LRT fares still cheap despite hike
Despite a 100 percent increase in the fares of Light Rail Transit and Metro Rail Transit, Filipinos still pay considerably less than their Asian counterparts…
Bill green lights modular gen set purchase during power crisis
NEGROS Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez is batting for the creation of an Energy Security Asset program that would allow the purchase of modular generator sets, which…
CBCP prexy notes media’s hit and misses in papal coverage
CATHOLIC Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president, Archbishop Socrates Villegas had both good and not-so-good things to say about the local media coverage during…
Binay tells embattled son: Fight on
CONTINUE with the fight. That was Vice President Jejomar Binay’s message to his son, Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay amid Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman…
Sending unspent donations from the papal visit to Vatican is too much — Tulfo
Hard-hitting columnist Ramon Tulfo is lambasting the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) for its plan to send unspent donations in Pope Francis recent visit to the Vatican.…
CJ Sereno is shocked Sandiganbayan justices want out of pork scam cases
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno was stunned by the request of Sandiganbayan Justices in December 2014 to inhibit from the plunder case of detained Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, according to former…
Abe ‘speechless’ after video claims IS hostage dead
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless” after an online video purported to show one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic…
Heart-Chiz wedding invite bursting with politikos, billionaires, showbiz stars
AS expected, top politkos, businessmen and showbiz well-wishers will grace the February 15 wedding of Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero and his long-time celebrity girlfriend Heart Evangelista at the exclusive Balesin Island in…
Fake US schools are student visa and diploma mills
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From her hometown in India in 2010, Bhanu Challa said she had no reason to doubt that Tri-Valley University was a…
California judges barred from joining Boy Scouts due to group’s anti-gay stance
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s Supreme Court has voted to prohibit state judges from belonging to the Boy Scouts of America on grounds that the…
Brothel-style rules: Nevada to force porn stars to use condoms
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Adult film production migrated from California to Nevada after voters in Los Angeles County approved a law requiring condom use on…
Robredo plays the piano
Some people can sing and dance while others play musical instruments. Count Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo as one of those who took piano lessons…
Japan, US condemn unverified video claiming IS hostage dead
TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angrily demanded Sunday that the extremist Islamic State group release a Japanese journalist it is holding hostage after a new…
Pope:Junking stereotypes key to Christian-Muslim relations
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says the most effective antidote to violence among Christians and Muslims is learning about each other and then accepting…
World leaders and royalty head to Saudi Arabia after King Abdullah’s death
RIYADH Saudi Arabia (AP) — World leaders and top dignitaries began arriving in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to give their condolences following the death of…
First since 2014 coup: Obama sends top envoy to Thailand
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is sending its highest-level diplomatic visitor to Thailand since last year’s military coup, although a return to democracy there…
Obama to cut short India trip to visit Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will cut short his three-day trip to India to travel to Saudi Arabia to pay respects following the death…
Government to offer assistance to kin of volunteer killed in Tacloban
The government will be offering several forms of assistance to the family of 27-year-old volunteer Kristel Pasadas who was killed in an accident during the…
Pinoys love their garlic as sales triple in 2014
MANILA, Jan. 24 (PNA) — Garlic registered the highest value of production growth among crops in the country last year, soaring 203.43 percent from its…
