Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday called for unity in tackling a raft of economic challenges, as the summit began here amid deep divisions over worsening territorial disputes and other rows. Russian President Vladimir…
Year: 2012
Is Puno in or out of DILG under Roxas?
By Marlon Ramos, Michael Lim Ubac President Benigno Aquino’s shooting range buddy, Rico Puno, is casting a shadow over Malacañang pronouncements that Manuel Roxas has full control as the newly appointed secretary…
Mar Roxas: Only true believers will be in Liberal Party slate
By TJ Burgonio Politicians aspiring for inclusion in the Liberal Party’s senatorial lineup have had to go through a tough screening process because President Benigno Aquino is looking for true believers in…
7.6 quake equals to 32 Hiroshima atomic bombs: It’s a blessing PH spared, sa
By DJ Yap The earthquake that struck off the east coast of the Philippines on Friday night packed energy “equivalent to 32 Hiroshima atomic bombs,” but a combination of factors spared the…
Tourism Chief cool to Imelda Marcos gems exhibit
By Cathy C. Yamsuan Would the notorious background of Imelda Marcos’ jewelry be enough come-on for tourists to travel all the way to Manila to view them? Newly confirmed Tourism Secretary Ramon…
Why did Sarah cry at her U.S. concert?
By Ricardo F. Lo Those who watched Sarah Geronimo’s concert last week in Cache Creek Casino Resort, two hours drive from San Francisco, were puzzled why Sarah cried while singing Forever’s Not…
Kris clarifies earlier statement about dating Jun Jun Binay
By NR RAMOS Kris Aquino has once again landed in a bit of a mess for her apparent loquaciousness. Just recently, the actress-TV host had to retract a statement she made on…
Regine & Aga: Love team for all season
Winter, spring, summer or fall. Correction, please! For Of All The Things, their third movie together (after Dahil May Isang Ikaw, 1999, and Pangako…Ikaw Lang, 2001), Aga Muhlach and Regine Velasquez survived…
Thousands return home after magnitude 7.7 quake triggered tsunami
Thousands of people on the country’s eastern coast returned to their homes on Saturday after fleeing inland when a magnitude 7.7 earthquake off Samar triggered a tsunami warning. Most of the residents…
196 aftershocks recorded, 1 killed
By Evelyn Macairan At least 196 aftershocks were felt yesterday in many parts of the Visayas and Mindanao after Friday’s magnitude 7.6 earthquake which forced hundreds in coastal communities to flee to…
A Filipina paralympic legend
By Cong B. Corrales The metal plates clanked as the trainer slid two additional 25-pound weights on both ends of the Olympic bar, adding to the four 45-pound rubber weights already on…
Robredo never left home; Wife not saying goodbye
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…
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…
‘Rep Aga’ vows Fil-Am media
By Ricardo F. Lo Mas marami ang walang alam kaysa sa akin sa Kongreso at mas marami akong alam kaysa sa kanila sa totoo lang. Laughing at himself for feeling as if he…