Military pounds Moro rebs; toll hits 23
Government forces pounded the positions of Moro rebels holding hostages in a village in Zamboanga City, less than half an hour after President Benigno Aquino III on Friday warned the insurgents that...
View ArticleAquino to Zambo evacuees: ‘We have your back’
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III on Saturday assured thousands of evacuees from the ongoing firefight between government troops and Moro forces in Zamboanga City “not to worry”...
View ArticleNetizens slam Binay’s alleged politicking
MANILA, Philippines – Did 2016 come early?This is what netizens, closely watching developments in the continuing standoff in Zamboanga City, had to say after Vice President Jejomar Binay announced what...
View ArticleHow Chiz wooed Heart
MANILA -- Heart Evangelista had just gone through a break-up and wasn't ready to enter a new relationship when she met Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero, but the lawmaker somehow convinced her to become...
View ArticleAnne Curtis to face NBA's Derrick Rose at PH event
MANILA -- NBA superstar Derrick Rose can expect one of his fans, actress Anne Curtis, in full "D Rose" gear as she faces him on the basketball court on Sunday. The Chicago Bulls player and the...
View ArticleHawaiian woman wins 35-letter name battle
LOS ANGELES: A Hawaiian woman with a 35-letter surname has persuaded the Pacific island US state's authorities to change their official ID card format, because her king-sized name won't fit.Janice...
View ArticleScientists confirm Voyager 1 probe is in interstellar space
(Reuters) - Scientists have been debating for more than a year whether NASA's 36-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system and become the first human-made object to reach interstellar...
View ArticleMan using cluster balloons lands in Newfoundland
YORK HARBOUR, Newfoundland — A balloonist who tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons is heading home after landing in Newfoundland, far short of his goal.The...
View ArticleNo ceasefire with MNLF
What ceasefire?Fighting between government troops and Moro rebels holding hostages in coastal villages in Zamboanga City intensified on Saturday despite reports of a ceasefire taking effect at midnight...
View ArticleRevilla, Estrada, Enrile among those to be charged with plunder raps over...
MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is set file before the Office of the Ombudsman plunder complaints against those accused in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam....
View ArticleDe Lima: More cases to pursue after filing of first batch of plunder raps
MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Monday they still have a lot to do and more cases to pursue after the first batch of plunder complaints are filed. In a short speech after a...
View ArticleNapoles, 3 senators face plunder raps over pork barrel scam
MANILA, Philippines – Plunder charges were filed before the Ombudsman Monday against Janet Lim-Napoles, alleged mastermind of the P10-billion pork barrel scam, Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile,...
View ArticleEnrile rushed to hospital ahead of filing of raps
MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile was rushed to the hospital over the weekend before the Department of Justice filed a complaint against him and other lawmakers linked to the P10...
View ArticleEstrada accuses critics of “mind conditioning the public”
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday said he is not worried about the accusations hurled against him in connection with the pork barrel scam, dismissing them as “mind conditioning.”...
View ArticleNapoles, 3 senators face plunder raps over pork barrel scam
MANILA, Philippines – Plunder charges were filed before the Ombudsman Monday against Janet Lim-Napoles, alleged mastermind of the P10-billion pork barrel scam, Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile,...
View ArticlePlunder cases vs Napoles, 3 senators filed
MANILA, Philippines -The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed plunder charges against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles as well as senators Ramon Revilla Jr., Juan Ponce Enrile and Jinggoy...
View ArticleNapoles instructed me to set up fake NGOs, get officers' names from phone...
MANILA, Philippines – It was her boss who allegedly instructed her to set up fake non-government organizations, fabricate or lift the names of NGO officers and their addresses from the telephone...
View ArticleEnrile, Revilla, Jinggoy accused of plunder as DOJ takes Napoles case to...
Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., and Jinggoy Estrada have been accused of plunder, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima announced on Monday afternoon, joining controversial...
View ArticleEnrile hospitalized before plunder raps' filing; Jinggoy sees acquittal
MANILA, Philippines - Senate Minority floor leader Juan Ponce Enrile, one of the lawmakers tagged in the pork barrel scam, was hospitalized ahead of the filing of plunder charges against him on...
View Article'Sexy' Jinggoy: I will be acquitted
MANILA - Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Monday said he is confident that he will be acquitted in the plunder complaint to be filed by the Department of Justice against him and 2 other senators. Speaking to...
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