Category: News Stories

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo makes history as the Palace branded as “baloney” criticisms that she only wants to be protected by immunity, hence her congressional bid in her home…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — LIKE the rest of the world, Freddie Roach is aching to see Manny Pacquiao take on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhilirating super-fight many has began to draw…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FIVE of the female victims of the Maguindanao massacre tested positive for seminal fluid indicating they could have been sexually abused by their killers before they were shot…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — HEADS will roll when the military finds out the source of government weapons and ammunition unearthed near the mansion of the Ampatuans, the military vowed. Armed Forces public…

Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, has reduced its international voice and text rates to major foreign destinations by as much as 87% percent to give local residents a…

Last 25 November 2009, I had occasion to attend a program held at the Ambion Room of the UP College of Law that invited Nicanor Perlas and Bayani Fernando as their distinguished…

PGMA ought to play instant legal magician. She can issue Proclamation Order No. 1946 right after a cabinet meeting arguing as she did of an ‘urgent need to prevent and suppress the…

PNS — Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday hailed the recognition of a Cavite schoolteacher as “CNN Hero of the Year” as “also a recognition of the Filipinos’s ability and determination to help their…

By Alex P. Vidal / PNS VANCOUVER, British Columbia –A former volunteer in the coastal fisheries resource management in the Bureau of Fisheries and Acquatic Resources (BFAR) in Iloilo and the “Bantay…

BY Alex P. Vidal / PNS SURREY, British Columbia – He can’t turn his back from the sport that gave him free college education and berth in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Reynaldo…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — IT’S President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s turf. Thus said Malacañang as it tossed to the President calls for extending the tour of duty of Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — VETERAN promoter Bob Arum calls him the best boxer of all time, Hall of Fame trainer Emmanuel Steward declares he’s one of the all-time greatest, and his chief…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — EARLY signs indicated the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto bout will surpass the 1 million mark in Pay-Per-View buys, readily making it boxing’s biggest hit for 2009. Top Rank Promotions…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — US President Barack Obama has named Harry K. Thomas, Jr. as new Ambassador to the Philippines. Obama announced his intent to nominate Thomas, Jr. as US envoy to…

By Alex P. Vidal / PNS VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The special measures initiated by the Canadian Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (CCIM) giving priority to applications for Canadian immigration of Philippine residents…