Category: News Stories

Overpopulation is and should be everyone’s concern. It’s not something that we should blame only on the poor or the government or especially only on those who have seemingly taken God’s directive…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE fire that gutted the old Commission on Elections building in Intramuros, Manila, on Sunday destroyed original records of election protests going back 13 years, but most of…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Jianghuai Automobile Co. of China is introducing a line of commercial vehicles into the local market with the possibility of eventually putting up an assembly plant in the…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — While the opening of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal-3 is still uncertain, eight airports outside Metro Manila worth P15.51 billion are due for completion this year. Presidential…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The ability of the government to pay more due to its strong fiscal position and the strengthening of the peso against the US dollar enabled the Philippines to…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The World 8-Ball tournament has yet to play its race-to-11 final, but already, a Filipino is certain to bring home the championship trophy and the $25,000 prize money…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday called for the expansion of the government’s micro-finance program to include women working in the public sector. The President issued a directive to…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday signed into law a landmark anti-terrorism bill that brings the country into line with its Southeast Asian neighbors battling Islamic militants. The United…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A member of the Magdalo Group pleaded guilty yesterday in conspiring to topple the government in July 2003 even as an accused senior plotter failed to convince the…

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Inflation eased to 2.6 percent year-on-year in February from 3.9 percent in January, as the combination of strong peso, stable food supply and oil price cuts helped reduce…

PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — THE Court of Appeals (CA) ignored the plea of Gov. Jose Anto­nio Leviste of Batangas for an oral argument questioning the murder case filed by the Department of…

PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — TASK Force Usig head Chief Supt. Geary Barias yesterday said a committee would be formed to study “the possible areas of cooperation and assistance where the offer of…

PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — THE military yesterday lashed out against a United Nations human rights monitor, saying it was he and not the Armed Forces that was in denial for refusing to…

PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — FORMER President Fidel Ramos yesterday blamed last year’s coup attempt on the government’s failure to come up with a meaningful celebration of the 1986 People Power Revolution, saying…

PHILIPPINES NEWS SERVICE — The Monetary Board has approved changes in foreign exchange regulations, allowing banks and individuals to purchase more dollars in response to the expanding needs of the economy. Bangko…