By Juan Escandor Jr., Michael Lim Ubac Interior Secretary Jesse M. Robredo never really left home. “I will not say goodbye because I know that you will never leave us and will…
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The Philippines at the Paralympics: I can!
By Stephen Lillie Many people have called this year’s London Olympics the Greatest Show on Earth. Well, part two begins this week with the opening of the Paralympic Games on 29 August….
It’s back to dignified silence in Sereno supreme court
By Christine O. Avendaño, TJ Burgonio The “Midas touch” may be gone, but it’s back to the Golden Days—of dignified silence, that is—in the Supreme Court. That’s the edict handed down by…
Congress sees CJ as key to Cha-cha
By Christine F. Herrera Congressional leaders on Sunday again pressed for constitutional amendments after they were rebuffed by President Benigno Aquino III last month. Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. used the recent appointment…
Sereno vows independence from NOY admin
By Edu Punay Newly appointed Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has vowed independence from the present administration. “Everyone can be assured of independence of the Chief Justice,” she told reporters covering the…
PAL swings to P489-M profit
By Lailany P. Gomez Philippine Airlines, the country’s first flag carrier, is back in the black after posting increased revenues in the first quarter of its fiscal year ending June. PAL Holdings…
Cecilia Conaco: The business of molecular biology
By Aurora Diaz-Wilson SINGLES AT WORK – Molecular biologists study the things that happen inside the cell. Armed with a PhD in molecular and cellular biology from Stony Brook University and a…
CJ Sereno profile: First female Chief Justice of the Philippines
By Ina Reformina Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Aranal Sereno, the 169th Justice of the high court, is the 24th Chief Justice. In a transmittal letter addressed to Senior Associate…
SSS members told to register online, monitor accounts
Mayin de los Santos/ PNS In compliance with the Aquino Administration’s transparency and accountability thrust, the Social Security System (SSS) urged all members to avail of its electronic services and monitor their…
Ombudsman hierarchy takes over anew records on P87.3M city housing fiasco
By Florence F. Hibionada/PNS Cannibalized, abandoned and total wastage of over P87.3 Million in public funds, it is now up to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to make final its “appropriate action” on…
Political clans cling to power through own party-list groups
By Christine F. Herrera MANILA – More than 20 rich politicians and scions of powerful clans will try to cling to power by forming their own party-list groups after losing in the…
Death toll up, more flash floods loom ‘Helen’ signal no 1 up 7 areas
By Jeannette I. Andrade MANILA – Brace yourselves for more rains and flash floods. The low pressure area spotted east of northern Luzon has developed into a tropical depression, and it is…
Chiz urges DENR-DILG team-up vs eco disasters
Senator Chiz Escudero called on the Departments of Environment and Natural Resources and the Interior and Local Government to work more closely together in ensuring that the country’s environmental laws are strictly…
2 U.S. experts see PH under Aquino, Asia’s next tiger economy
By Michael Lim Ubac MANILA – The Philippines is now out of the doldrums and on the verge of an economic takeoff, according to two visiting foreign economists. The Philippines under President…
At the Olympics: Philippines’ Mark Barriga lost by slimmest margin
By Joe Antonio MANILA – Lightflyweight Mark Barriga of the Philippines lost by the slimmest of margin, 17-16, to Birzhan Zhakypov of Kazakhstan in their Round-of-16 fight at the ExCel Arena in…