Apple unveils two new iPhones, starting at $99
CUPERTINO, California—Apple unveiled two new iPhones on Tuesday in its bid to expand its share of the smartphone market, including one as low as $99 with a US carrier contract. “The business has become...
View ArticleWho’s this ‘sexy senator’? Luy’s lips still tightly sealed on mystery legislator
MANILA, Philippines – Benhur Luy, principal whistle-blower in the P10-billion “pork barrel” scam, on Thursday said he went to the Senate in 2011 to follow up documents at the office of a...
View ArticleBenhur Luy attends Senate 'pork' probe
MANILA, Philippines - Whistleblower Benhur Luy attended the third hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the alleged pork barrel scam on Thursday.Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, who was also...
View ArticleNapoles sole mastermind of pork scam – Luy
MANILA, Philippines – There is no other mastermind behind the P10-billion pork barrel scam but Janet Lim Napoles. Whistle-blower Benhur Luy told the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing the controversy...
View ArticleHOW TO CUT PORK | The 5-step Napoles process for skimming PDAF
MANILA, Philippines – Whistleblower Benhur Luy on Thursday narrated to the Senate Blue Ribbon committee the steps taken by detained Janet Lim Napoles and certain legislators in manipulating the...
View ArticleNAPOLES KICKBACKS | Whistleblower Luy confirms dispensing millions to lawmakers
MANILA, Philippines - The alleged brains of the pork barrel scam, Janet Lim Napoles, gave millions of pesos in kickbacks to lawmakers two ways: by depositing money in designated bank accounts of...
View ArticlePalace releases PNoy photo with Janet Napoles
MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday released photographs of President Aquino with Janet Napoles, her husband Jimmy and daughter Jeanne, along with several others taken in a function in Cebu in November...
View ArticlePNoy doesn't know Napoleses, Palace insists
MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang on Thursday released several photos of President Benigno Aquino III with Janet Lim-Napoles and some members of her family taken in a public event in Cebu last year.The...
View ArticleLuy: Senators got 50% of 'pork' given to Napoles NGOs
MANILA, Philippines - Some senators pocketed 50-percent of the pork barrel that went to ghost projects and bogus non-government organizations (NGOs) set up by businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, key...
View ArticleNo more 'Be Careful With My Heart' in MMFF
MANILA -- The highly anticipated film version of the "kilig-serye" starring Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap is no longer competing in this year's Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), organizers announced...
View Article‘Solons sold their PDAF’
“Maybe God used me to dismantle the work of my cousin.”Benhur Luy, testifying before the Senate blue ribbon committee on Thursday, recounted how legislators trooped to his second cousin Janet...
View ArticleCulinary icon Nora Daza dies at 84
MANILA – Philippine culinary icon Nora Daza passed away on Friday, according to her granddaughter. She was 84. In a post on the image-sharing website Instagram, model Isabelle Daza said: “To my Lola...
View ArticleCash in bathtub: How Napoles scam works
MANILA - Whistle-blower Benhur Luy revealed Thursday how businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles allegedly got lawmakers to course their pork barrel funds to fake non-governmental organizations that she set...
View ArticleKris on love life: Hindi pa, text-text lang
MANILA - Is Kris Aquino ready to love again?During an episode of her show, "Kris TV," the host-actress hinted that she has been entertaining a suitor, whose name was not disclosed. "Hindi pa, text-text...
View ArticlePNoy warns Muslim rebels as battles rage
ZAMBOANGA (1st UPDATE) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino visited a southern city infiltrated by Muslim rebels Friday, vowing to end the crisis and warning the gunmen against harming civilian...
View ArticleWhat's next for Marian Rivera on ABS-CBN
MANILA -- ABS-CBN viewers will see more of GMA-7 star Marian Rivera in the coming weeks, as the actress gears up for the premiere of her Star Cinema-produced film, "Kung Fu Divas." At the sidelines of...
View Article30,000 villagers evacuated; scores hurt in mortar attack
MANILA, Philippines – The total number of evacuees in the ongoing clash between government troops and Moro National Liberation Front ballooned to nearly 30,000 on Friday. The Office of Civil Defense in...
View ArticleAir21 stuns Talk N’ Text in Taulava’s return to the PBA
MANILA, Philippines — Air21′s fortified roster forged a 106-102 victory over sputtering Talk N’ Text Friday in the PBA Governors’ Cup in Asi Taulava’s return to the league and Joseph Yeo’s debut with...
View Article5 Red Cross personnel, 6 others hurt in Zambo grenade attack
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Eleven were hurt after the Nur Misuari-led faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fired a rifle grenade in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Zamboanga City.Among those...
View ArticleAquino: Military operation in Zamboanga to continue
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Government forces assaulted positions held by Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas in Zamboanga’s Santa Catalina district here on Friday, barely 30 minutes after President Aquino...
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