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  • The UNESCO education support strategy
    Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Main Business
    UNESS is a country-based education support strategy of UNESCO which is aimed at helping local efforts to make basic, higher education, technical and vocational education, as well as non-formal learning more "dynamic, efficient and effective." This has been a long-time concern among some sectors which continue to push for a drastic overhaul of the educational system.
  • President takes on the drug menace
    Fred M. Lobo
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Opinion
    PRESIDENT GMA has approved the launching of a revitalized nationwide anti-illegal drug campaign with no less than herself acting as the "anti-drug czar."
  • Analysis
    RANDOLPH E. SCHMID <br> Associated Press Writer
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Opinion
    WASHINGTON – "I knew it would be a cold day when I was made president," William Howard Taft joked just a century ago, taking office in 1909 in what has been described as the worst inaugural weather ever.
  • Analysis
    WILL DUNHAM <br> Reuters
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Opinion
    WASHINGTON — US leaders failed to take meaningful steps to reduce smoking over the past year, with a tobacco regulation bill stalling in Congress and a global treaty gathering dust, a major health group said on Tuesday.
  • Analysis
    BEN BLANCHARD and BEIJING NEWSROOM <br> Reuters
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Opinion
    BEIJING — Millions of Chinese migrant workers have begun jamming train stations to buy tickets home for the Lunar New Year break, but millions of others will be relying on scalpers to get away for the year’s most important holiday.
  • Red vs White
    Elinando B. Cinco
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Opinion
    THE battle to win public goodwill in the "Alabang Boys controversy" has assumed a colorful, if amusing, scenario. The two protagonists – both government agencies – have adopted a thematic color scheme, which they are convinced is a strategy to persuade the public, and Malacañang, to their side of the dispute.
  • Shoulder pain
    Dr. Gary S. Sy
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Opinion
    SHOULDER pain is an extremely common complaint, and there are many common causes of this problem. It is important to make an accurate diagnosis of your symptoms so that appropriate treatment can be directed at the cause. If you have shoulder pain, some common causes include:
  • The cure of Simon’s mother-in-law
    01/14/2009 - 00:14
    Opinion
    ON leaving the synagogue [Jesus] entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told Him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
  • Contrabands seized in QC jail check
    ELENA L. ABEN
    01/12/2009 - 10:09
    Main News
    Following allegations on the existence of an illegal drugs trade right inside the Quezon City Jail, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) conducted an operation inside the facility, resulting in the confiscation of improvised weapons, contraband materials, mobile phones and cash.
  • Expropriation of Valenzuela lands for gov’t use OK’d
    Willie L. Catapat
    01/12/2009 - 10:08
    Main News
    The Sangguniang Panglunsod of Valenzuela City has approved an ordinance authorizing the mayor to initiate expropriation proceedings on private lands which will be affected by government projects.
  • Police gun down 3 rob suspects
    J.C. CAHINHINAN
    01/12/2009 - 10:07
    Main News
    Three suspected members of a notorious robbery-holdup syndicate were killed while a fourth suspect escaped during an encounter with the police in Quezon City last Saturday night.
  • MMDA looking for more impounding sites
    ROY C. MABASA
    01/12/2009 - 10:05
    Main News
    The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is looking for additional sites where it will establish satellite impounding areas as it vowed an intensified crackdown against erring motorists.
  • AFP needs 3,600 soldiers, militiamen to boost nat’l security
    RIO ROSE RIBAYA
    01/12/2009 - 10:03
    Main News
    The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) needs at least 3,600 soldiers and militiamen to enable it to sustain the gains against threats to national security, Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said yesterday.
  • GMA orders DoJ officials in bribe case to take leave
    GENALYN KABILING
    01/12/2009 - 10:02
    Main News
    President Arroyo ordered yesterday justice officials and state prosecutors implicated in the bribery-tainted release of three drug suspects to go on leave as she pledged to bolster the campaign to eliminate the illegal drugs trade in the country, which she called the "cancer and menace" of society.
  • GMA to name justices, based on competence and integrity – Dureza
    GENALYN KABILING
    01/12/2009 - 10:00
    Main News
    President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will appoint new Supreme Court magistrates based on their competence and integrity and will not exploit them to pursue her own political interests, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza saod yesterday.
  • Lawmakers, other sectors one in rejecting move to impeach Puno
    BEN R. ROSARIO, HANNAH L. TORREGOZA, and LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO
    01/12/2009 - 09:57
    Main News
    Administration congressmen were joined yesterday by Arroyo impeachment backers in rejecting a reported move to impeach Supreme Court Justice Reynato Puno.
  • Move to impeach Puno assailed
    REY G. PANALIGAN
    01/12/2009 - 09:55
    Main News
    Shield SC from political maneuvering, spokesman appeals
  • ‘Warn first, shoot later,’ PNP chief tells officers
    ARIS R. ILAGAN
    01/10/2009 - 10:26
    Main News
    Police officers will now have to resort to "warning shouts" or to blow their whistles first instead of firing warning shots in the air when confronting lawless elements to avoid civilian casualties during anti-crime operations.
  • Nograles to bat for better services from utilities firms
    BEN ROSARIO
    01/10/2009 - 10:25
    Main News
    Inept and abusive utility companies will be the target of the House of Representatives which is pushing for the enactment of a bill that would ensure "optimum and just service" by granting rebates to consumers for delays in reconnection and repair of utility services.
  • Palace submits P11.9-B outlay for poll automation
    GENALYN KABILING
    01/10/2009 - 10:25
    Main News
    Malacañang yesterday submitted to Congress its proposed P11.9 billion supplemental budget for the automation of the 2010 national and local elections.