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  • Syrian Rebels Kidnap 21 Filipino Peacekeepers
    Roy C. Mabasa
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Main News
    Twenty-one Filipino peacekeepers assigned to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights were abducted by Syrian rebels, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed yesterday.
  • Lacson Disagrees With NBI’s ‘Rubout’ Findings
    Mario B. Casayuran
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Main News
    Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson, chairman of the Senate National Defense and Security Committee, yesterday said he does not buy the idea that the January 6 violent incident in Atimonan, Quezon, was a rubout.
  • Be Humble, Tagle Urges Church Leaders
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Main News
    Asia’s best hope for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines, is a young, electric orator who has been outspoken about the need for Catholic Church leaders to be more open and humble.
  • End Sabah Violence – UN
    Roy C. Mabasa
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Main News
    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) sought an end to violence and encouraged dialogue among all parties to peacefully resolve the situation in Sabah, Malaysia. 
  • La Laguna Festival Kicks Off
    Ferdinand F. Castro
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    The “La Laguna Festival,” dubbed as the best festival by tourism authorities for two consecutive years, is being celebrated with 72 activities lined up.
  • Tobacco Firm Exec’s Arraignment Delayed
    Chito A. Chavez
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Main News
    The arraignment of a tobacco firm executive caught on video assaulting a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic enforcer in Quezon City (QC) on August 11, 2012 was postponed yesterday pending the resolution of the motion seeking the quashal of the case against him.
  • Malaysian 'Scheme'
    Erik Espina
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Main News
    Many seasons ago, I set a meeting with Jamalul Kiram III, then a Senate candidate. Present were his niece and gracious wife. On the liberation of Sabah, I queried him why he did not aspirate this as “battle cry” for his bid or how come the Arroyo Administration failed to espouse said platform in the campaign? The curt reply was, “The Palace worried Malaysia may finance the opposition.” 
  • Koreans See Zambales’ Agriculture Potential
    Jonas Reyes
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    A delegation from South Korea has seen the vast agricultural potential of this mining town as they vow to further improve crop production.
  • Justice For Cavite Newsman’s Shooting
    Anthony Giron
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    Media groups are seeking justice for the shooting of  Domingo M. Valdecantos Jr., a Cavite-based correspondent, near his home in DSM Subdivision, Mambog I, Bacoor City, on Wednesday morning.
  • Debt Plunges Pantabangan In Darkness
    Franco G. Regala
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    Residents of this energy-producing town bewailed yesterday massive brownouts that stem from the debt of Pantabangan Municipal Electric Services (PAMES) First Gen Hydro Power Corporation (FGHPC).
  • Jealousy Kills
    Liezle Basa Iñigo
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    Jealousy, warranted or not, allegedly drove a married man to end his life with a bullet in his head in this town, police reported yesterday.
  • Geothermal Production
    Restituto A. Cayubit
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    Fourteen construction workers have been confirmed dead in the Leyte landslide that occurred last March 1, after the body of the last missing victim was found early yesterday, a military report said.
  • Firm To Pilot-Test Prepaid Electricity
    Malou M. Mozo
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    The Aboitiz-led Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) is expected to pilot-test within the first half of this year a system of prepaid electricity consumption.
  • Health Program
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
     At least three countries are now replicating the Bohol Rabies Prevention and Eradication Program (BRPEP), and using it in addressing rising rabies cases in their respective homelands.
  • Women’s Celebration
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
    The Borongan City Women Council joins the nation in observance of Women’s Month Celebration this March. 
  • Iloilo Advocated As Rice Granary
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    Regional
     The Aquino administration’s flagship project in Iloilo spearheaded by Senator Franklin M. Drilon will definitely push the province as the top rice producing area, and possibly become a rice granary of the Philippines.  
  • Lucas Proposes Visual Storytelling Museum
    03/08/2013 - 00:55
    World
    “Star Wars’’ creator George Lucas wants to build a museum dedicated to visual storytelling in San Francisco’s Presidio that would house an art collection he amassed over more than four decades.
  • Crosswind Drive To The Old World
    Aris R. Ilagan
    03/07/2013 - 15:31
    Drive
    Walking on the cobbled stone path, climbing an old Narra staircase, looking through Capiz windows -- I felt like I had stepped back in time to the Spanish colonial period in the 1800s.  
  • Toyota’s Free Vehicle Safety Inspection
    03/07/2013 - 15:29
    Drive
    Summer is just around the corner and that means preparing your cars for the long road trips ahead. Have your Toyota vehicles checked by Toyota-certified technicians for free at any of Toyota’s dealerships.
  • FUN Is Spelled CR-V
    Eric Tipan
    03/07/2013 - 15:28
    Drive
    Ivividly remember the late 90’s like it was just yesterday.  OPM was bigger than ever, gas prices hovered at a decent 24 pesos/ liter; we still had a thicker ozone layer and it seemed like three out of five motorists owned the ubiquitous Honda CR-V.