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4 die in landslide in Davao mining area
5 injured, 1 missing in rain-induced mishap
GMA awards farmers, peace and order councils
President Arroyo feted the winners of this year’s Gawad Saka Outstanding Achievers in Agriculture and honored the country’s outstanding Peace and Order Councils (POCs) at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang yesterday morning.
Enrile confident gov’t can defeat insurgency
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile expressed confidence that the government could lick the 37-year-old insurgency in two years if it undertakes its operation seriously without any meddling from various sectors and that its announced funding of R1 billion should be exponentially increased.
Rough sailing for prosecution in Erap trial
Misfortunes continued to derail the prosecutors’ efforts to discredit the testimony of former President Joseph Estrada after the court yesterday barred them from cross-examining the deposed leader on matters not touched during his direct examination.
Cory speaks at Liberals’ int’l meet today
Former President Corazon Aquino will address over 100 top Liberal leaders from over 30 countries during the opening session of the joint Liberal International (LI), the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) at 9:30 a.m. today, Thursday.
Bishop extols Cardinal Sin’s courage and charity
"We must never allow courage to die in the Philippines, we must never allow courage to die out in the church."
Pimentel: Marine official's quitting shows sad state of AFP
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr. said yesterday the resignation of Lt. Col. Orlando de Leon, chief of staff of the Philippine Marine Corps, bespeaks of the sad state of the country’s Armed Forces which had been "politicized and misused for the attainment of the personal ends of the powerful."
Death toll from Indonesian floods, landslides exceeds 200
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Soldiers pulled bodies from villages razed by floods and landslides in central Indonesia on Thursday, bringing the death toll to over 200, with 135 others missing, many of them swept out to sea, officials said.
Trial postponed in bomb hoax against US embassy in Manila
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Trial has been postponed for a Nevada man charged with making a false bomb threat against a U.S. Embassy in the Philippines.
Pluto's newly discovered moons finally get names
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Meet the newest kids in the solar system: Nix and Hydra.
Southern San Andreas fault waiting to explode -- report
LONDON (Reuters) - The southern end of the San Andreas fault near Los Angeles, which has been still for more than two centuries, is under immense stress and could produce a massive earthquake at any moment, a scientist said on Wednesday.
Opposition to include Arroyo's condoning of killings, abuses in 2nd impeachment bid
MANILA (AP) -- Left-wing groups said Thursday they will accuse President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of condoning political killings and violating the constitution to muzzle legitimate dissent in a new impeachment case they plan to file next week.
Negotiations ongoing to free two Pinoy hostages in Nigeria
Manila (DPA) - Negotiations are ongoing for the release of two Filipino oil workers abducted by armed militants in southern Nigeria, the Philippine government said Thursday.
Taiwan boy to send 200,000 pieces of candies to African kids
Saddam on hunger strike to protest his lawyer's murder
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Saddam Hussein launched a hunger strike to protest at the murder of one of his lawyers, as the US military said Thursday that five more of its men had been killed in Iraq
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