Campaign time for local candidates officially kicked off last 26 March. By then, it left very limited space for tarpaulins or posters to be posted since the national candidates already occupied nearly…
Ballet Barbies!
Cosmo’s Paparazzi Spots Fashionable Ladies–AND BARBIES Cosmo’s Style Paparazzi Spots Fashionable Ladies–AND Barbies! Manila’s fashion ladies gathered for a night of magnificent talent and goodwill, in the name of ballet and the…
San Juan City to observe Earth Hour
San Juan City, Metro Manila (24 March) — The Sangguniang Panlungsod of San Juan City, Metro Manila recently adopted a Resolution expressing its support to the observance of Earth Hour 2010 last…
Roxas evasive on Rizal land issue – Legarda
“Mar Roxas tried to sidestep the agrarian reform issue against him and is seeking cover behind legal technicalities,” NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda said shortly after participating in the Harapan: The…
Poll bets vow spending more for OFWs
by RUBEN JEFFREY ASUNCION OFW Journalism Consortium MAKATI CITY—THREE candidates gunning for the presidency promised if elected, they will throw cash and strike deals with labor receiving countries in relation to overseas…
Study cites two regions ‘efficiently use’ OFW money for dev’t
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA–PHILIPPINE regions with higher growth rates used remittances for development efficiently, a paper by a University of Santo Tomas economist finds. College of Commerce Assistant…
OFW families spending less on food, more on health – ADB study
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—MORE families of overseas Filipino workers are spending less on food and more on health, a study by the Asian Development Bank revealed. Using econometric…
Growing Pinoy headcount warms life in Czech Republic
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium PRAGUE (PRAHA), Czech Republic –THEY stepped outside the moss-covered stone-church in cadence with the white flakes falling languorously from a mint blue sky. Most of…
Wife takes migration costs for peanuts
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO and ISAGANI DE LA PAZ OFW Journalism Consortium IBAAN, Batangas — A SCUFFED brown wooden bench in front of a school serves as a throne of the struggles…
(USAW) New Studies Show Huge Health Disparities Among Asian Americans
Critical Avenue to Prevent Cancer Overlooked WASHINGTON (U.S. ASIAN WIRE) — March 18, 2010 — Although Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a “model minority” with few major problems, data released…
Erap: Give Bangit a chance
PNS — FORMER President Joseph “Erap” Estrada, standard-bearer of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), doused speculations that the appointment of Philippine Army commanding general, Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit, as the new chief…
Villar, Noynoy tie again
PNS — SENATORS Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel Villar, Jr. found themselves neck and neck again in the race for the presidency, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The…
Kris to leave RP if Noynoy wins
PNS — IN all fairness to Ruffa Gutierrez at the TV 5 presscon, she thanked Kris Aquino and said she respects Kris so much for allowing her to join “The Buzz.” She…
Court orders PASG abolition
PNS — In her petition, Kwok claimed that EO 624 became “a source of excessive abuses and official lawlessness and that the creation of PASG grossly violates the constitutional doctrine of separation…
Estrada elated over improving survey rating
PNS — “THEY have not seen the best of me.” Thus said former President Joseph Estrada in a campaign sortie in Parañaque the other day as he continued to express his elation…