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  • AirAsia Crystal Cup On Today
    03/08/2013 - 21:13
    Sports
    The much-awaited Romero Polo Festival starts today with the staging of the first-ever AirAsia’s Crystal Cup where the country’s young guns slug it out against each other for prestige and bragging rights at the Alabang Country Club field.
  • PH Pugs In High Spirit
    03/08/2013 - 21:12
    Sports
    The Fab Five of the PLDT-ABAP national youth team are raring to rumble with the best of Asia two days before hostilities break out in the 2013 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships at the Subic gym in this coastal municipality of Zambales.
  • ‘Treat Pinoys Humanely’
    MADEL SABATER NAMIT and ALI G. MACABALANG
    03/08/2013 - 19:43
    Main News
    The Philippine government has appealed to Malaysia to treat Filipino detainees humanely as possible in the wake of the Sabah standoff.
  • Rajah Muda Kiram: A Teacher, Not A Fighter
    Edd K. Usman
    03/08/2013 - 19:42
    Main News
    Rajah Muda Agbimuddin Kiram, 72, the leader of the 235-strong self-styled Royal Security Force (RSF) of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo, is a teacher, not a fighter.
  • The Evolution Of A Scientist
    Alexei F. Villaraza
    03/08/2013 - 19:40
    Main News
    Who would have thought that someone who only had $200 in his pocket, a one-way ticket, and no permanent address when he first arrived in New York in 1985 would later become a leader in the field of evolutionary and ecological genomics and be appointed as the dean for Science at New York University?
  • Tagle Among Most Promising Papal Candidates
    03/08/2013 - 19:38
    Main News
    An independent network of survivors of religious sexual abuse has named Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, and two others as the most promising papal candidates.
  • Syrian Rebels To Release 21 Filipinos To Red Cross
    AP and ROY C. MABASA
    03/08/2013 - 19:37
    Main News
    Syrian rebels who seized 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights want the Red Cross to escort them out of the area because of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Philippine military said yesterday.
  • Manila Bulletin, Balita Win Best Newspaper Awards
    LEO ORTEGA LAPARAN II
    03/08/2013 - 19:36
    Main News
    The Manila Bulletin won its third consecutive Best Newspaper in English award at the 11th Gawad Tanglaw Awards rites held Thursday evening at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran – Calamba, Laguna.
  • PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP
    03/08/2013 - 19:33
    Regional
    The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) recently conducted a seminar-workshop on the operation of Automated Weather Station (AWS) in Bayog municipality this province.
  • Bridge Project
    03/08/2013 - 19:32
    Regional
    A P1.48-million bridge project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Mindanao has benefited about 290 families in a remote village in Saranggani province.
  • Game Fishing Competition In Siargao
    Mike U. Crismundo
    03/08/2013 - 19:31
    Regional
    Officials in the “Paradise Island” of Siargao are preparing sideline program of activities to entertain not only the participants but also other guests and tourists coming from the different parts of the globe for the weeklong famous world game fishing competition slated next month in Pilar town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte.
  • Cash Transfer
    03/08/2013 - 19:30
    Regional
    The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allocated an additional P2.6 billion for the implementation this year of the national government’s conditional cash transfer program in Region 12 and parts of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
  • Kidney Treatment
    03/08/2013 - 19:30
    Regional
    The local government is looking at expanding the access of treatment for kidney patients from the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) by decentralizing the services of the Lingap Para sa mga Mahihirap or free medical care to other hospitals in the city.
  • Philex Resumes Operations At Padcal
    James A. Loyola
    03/08/2013 - 18:52
    Main Business
    Philex Mining Corporation has resumed operations at its Padcal Mines, in Benguet, after the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) lifted its temporary suspension.
  • Sacrifice For Earth, Youth Urged
    Leslie Ann G. Aquino
    03/08/2013 - 18:31
    Main News
    An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday asked young people to observe Earth Hour not only by shutting off electricity but also by turning off their gadgets such as cellphones.
  • Two Solons Back Women’s Rights
    Ben R. Rosario
    03/08/2013 - 18:30
    Main News
    Despite international and local awareness and support, laws protecting women’s rights in the country have yet to be fully implemented, partly because many of its beneficiaries are still unaware of them.
  • ‘Jailbreaking’ Not A Crime — Palace
    Madel Sabater-Namit
    03/08/2013 - 18:11
    Main News
    President Benigno S. Aquino III has signed Republic Act (RA) No. 10372 which amends provision of the Intellectual Property (IP) Code.
  • Warming Relations
    Genalyn D. Kabiling
    03/08/2013 - 18:10
    Main News
    After the public disagreement on the Reproductive Health law, the icy relations between President Aquino and the Catholic bishops are starting to thaw.
  • Behave, Blue Ridge Crew Told
    Elena L. Aben
    03/08/2013 - 18:10
    Main News
    “Behave.” This was the instruction given by Capt. Will Pennington, the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) commanding officer, to crew members of the United States 7th Fleet command ship while they are in Manila for a four-day routine port visit.
  • P203M Allocated For Upgrading Airports
    Kris Bayos
    03/08/2013 - 18:09
    Main News
    The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is set to spend P203.8 million to upgrade airports in Mindoro Occidental, Leyte, Zamboanga del Norte and Aklan amid expectations of increased tourist arrivals after the country received good reviews from international travel publications and ratings institutions.