PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A CONSULTANT to House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has been accused of offering congressmen P1 million to P2 million to endorse an impeachment complaint against President Gloria…
Pacquiao comes home
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MANNY Pacquiao returns to the warm embrace of the Filipino people as the boxing sensation arrives in the country before daybreak today, less than a week following his…
MJ learns to forgive, forget
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — BUSINESSMAN philanthropist Mark “MJ” Jimenez wants to make a fresh start in life by continuing his cause of helping the poor. After withdrawing the charges he filed against…
NPA wants to regain control of ‘freed’ barangays
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Philippine National Police yesterday bared a reported attempt by the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, to regain control in…
Ibaraki Christian Church Building Inaugurated
The Ibaraki Christian Church (ICC) held the inauguration of its newly renovated church building located at Ushiku-shi, Ibaraki-ken last October 7, 2007. To mark the occasion, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held after…
Sto. Tomas: Pinakamayamang bayan ng Batangas
by Jeremiah M. Opinianowww.balikas.net LUNGSOD NG LIPA—NAGPAKITANG gilas ang bayan ng Sto. Tomas bilang isa sa mga pinakamayamang munisipalidad ng Pilipinas, ayon sa ulat (taong 2006) ng Commission on Audit kamakailan. Ang…
Puwede kayang ibalik ang mga baklad sa pansipit?
by Carvelo L. Malubagwww.balikas.net/ SAN NICOLAS—KUNG si Mayor Epifanio Sandoval ang tatanungin, nais niyang ibalik ang baklad at palaisdaan sa Ilog Pansipit. Ito ay kahit na alam niyang may mga tatanggi sa…
Greenpeace launches ‘Project: Clean Water’
Manila, 8 October 2007—Citing the urgent need to safeguard the country’s precious fresh water resources from contamination, Greenpeace today launched ‘Project: Clean Water,’ an initiative that aims to catalyze action to protect…
Pacquiao-Barrera II
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ROUND one of the highly anticipated rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera, the main event of the Will to Win card, got underway at the Mandalay…
Solons move to oust JdV
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MOVES to unseat Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. gained momentum Tuesday night as 30 congressmen from different parties met to call for reforms in the House of Representatives….
This Heart Of Mine
A poem by Mario Ascueta Aguado This heart of mine drifts like suds on river banks with folks soiled clothes on both hands soaping, thumping and squeezing to wash away that poison…
Education chief wants CyberEd project
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus is leaving the future of his department’s P26.4-billion cyber-education project up to the President even as he insisted the program will benefit millions of…
Vilma defends her movie-TV shows
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos Recto has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by party-list group Social Justice Society questioning her television appearances. In her memorandum,…
Pacquiao coach jabs verbally at Barrera
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Pacquiao, Barrera come face to face for the first time in four years during a press conference on Wednesday in Las Vegas. For the nth time, Freddie Roach…
Solons not contended with Housewives’ apology
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Lawmakers were not assuaged by the apology issued by the producers of the American television series, Desperate Housewives over the show’s episode last September 30 questioning the quality…