PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Convicted president Joseph Estrada is a free man. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo granted pardon to the 70-year-old deposed leader following a recommendation by the Department of Justice (DoJ), Press…
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Erap will go to prison if unpardoned by Nov. 7
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — CONVICTED former President Joseph Estrada needs to be pardoned by Malacañang by Nov. 7 or he may become the first president inmate of the New Bilibid Prisons in…
GMA Network income up 17% to P1.79b in 9 months
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Publicly listed GMA Network Inc. yesterday reported a consolidated net income after tax of P1.788 billion in the first nine months of 2007, up 17 percent from a…
Teachers ready for barangay polls
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Department of Education is ready for the synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 29, saying that half a million public schoolteachers throughout the country are…
Tito charge is media hype
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE presidential legal counsel has branded as mere “media hype” the graft charges former Vice President Teofisto Guingona filed against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo before the Office of…
Clan wars in Mindanao
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — DEADLY clan wars, which feed on unlicensed firearms and weak law enforcement, could disrupt peace talks aimed at settling a Muslim insurgency in the Philippines and should be…
Reyes says cash was for programs in provinces
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE –THE two governors who blew the whistle on cash gifts distributed to local officials in Malacañang were not aware that the League of Provinces of the Philippines had set…
Tipon eliminated
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Filipino Olympic hopeful Joan Tipon fought as cold as the Chicago weather and crashed out right on the first day of the World Amateur Boxing championships here. Tipon,…
Aliens ‘invade’ RP
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE –THEY’RE coming in droves. The Bureau of Immigration yesterday said tourist arrival is at an all-time high, with over four million aliens having entered the country for the first…
Methane caused blast
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE –METHANE gas is very likely the cause of the explosion at Glorietta 2, National Capital Region Police Office 2 chief Director Geary L. Barias said yesterday. “The effect of…
Glorietta Shut Down
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE –ALL four malls at the Glorietta have been shut down by the Makati City government as officials await the result of a thorough inspection conducted by a team of…
Cuban wants Manny
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Include Cuban defector Juan Casamayor to the list of fighters who want the head of our beloved Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. In an interview with Fightfan.com, Casamayor, the reigning…
Pagpupuhunan sa bulkan, posible pa rin?
by Carvelo L. Malubagwww.balikas.net LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS — PANGANGALAGA sa likas-yaman at kaligtasan sa isang banda, at posibleng oportunidad para sa turismo at kabuhayan. Lilitaw uli ang debateng ito patungkol sa posibleng…
HEARTS ang programa ni Ate Vi
by Marlon Alexander S. Luistrowww.balikas.net LUNGSOD NG BATANGAS- UMAGA’T gabing namamalimos ang 69-anyos na si Trinidad Perez sa Plaza Mabini rito upang makabili ng kaunting pamatid-gutom. “Minsan natutumba na ako sa gutom,”…
8 dead, 100 more wounded in Glorietta mall blast
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — AN explosion rocked the busy Makati Central Business District yesterday afternoon killing at least eight persons and injuring more than 100. Authorities fear the number of fatalities could…