Saudi ministers meet UK's defense secretary to strengthen bilateral ties    Saudi-French Ministerial Committee holds second meeting to advance AlUla development    Abo Noghta Castles in Tabab joins UNESCO's Best Tourism Villages list    RSAF and Saudi Falcons captivate audiences at Bahrain airshow    Mike Tyson slaps Jake Paul during final face-off    South Africa's Mia le Roux pulls out of Miss Universe pageant    US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions    Ten dead in fire at Spanish retirement home    UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts    Questions raised over Portugal's capacity to host Europe's largest annual tech event    Delhi shuts all primary schools as hazardous smog worsens    Riyadh lights up as Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez dazzle at Elie Saab's 45th-anniversary celebration    Mohammed Al-Habib Real Estate Co. sets Guinness World Record with largest continuous concrete pour    Australia and Saudi Arabia settle for goalless draw in AFC Asian Qualifiers    PIF completes largest-ever accelerated bookbuild offering in MENA region    Saudi Arabia's inflation rate hits 1.9% in October, the highest in 14 months    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    South Korean actor Song Jae Lim found dead at 39    Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn    Saudi Champion Saeed Al-Mouri scores notable feat in Radical World Championship in Abu Dhabi with support from Bin-Shihon Group    France to deploy 4,000 police officers for UEFA Nations League match against Israel    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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While in US, Aquino still in charge of government
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III will continue to exercise the functions of his office even if he is in the United States. In an interview with radio dzRB, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Aquino issued a memorandum “that he [will (...)

20 - 09 - 2010
Venus Raj dedicates Miss Universe bid to late tiltist
Venus Raj, the country's representative to this year's Miss Universe pageant, said she is more determined to win the crown after hearing about the passing of her fellow beauty titlist, Melody Gersbach. “I'm sure Melody would like me to pursue my (...)

23 - 08 - 2010
OFW group slams DFA for ‘double standard' over Singson case
A migrants' rights group has scored the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for its alleged double standards for offering assistance to Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson, detained over drug-related charges in Hong Kong, while other overseas Filipino (...)

30 - 07 - 2010
Heavy rains cause floods in Metro Manila
Heavy rains brought by an “inter-tropical convergence zone caused flooding in Metro Manila Sunday. Sunday noon's heavy downpour flooded many Metro Manila's streets and snarled traffic, said the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (...)

26 - 07 - 2010
15 congressmen for Villar
Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manuel "Manny" Villar Jr. has strengthened his base of support in northern Luzon. On Friday night, 15 of the 30 congressmen from Cordillera, La Union, Pangasinan, Ilocos region, Isabela and Cagayan publicly (...)

19 - 04 - 2010
No order from GMA, FG to back Villar: Garcia
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia denied Saturday that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered her and her family to support Manuel Villar instead her own party's standard bearer Gilberto Teodoro. In an interview with ABS-CBN NEWS, Garcia dismissed (...)

04 - 04 - 2010
New York Post crowns Charice as new pop princess
International Fillipino singer Charice Pempengco has been dubbed a “newly crowned pop princess” by the New York Post. Charice's song “Pyramid” was cited in New York Post's PopWrap's fave five article for March 17. It identified Charice as a “new (...)

19 - 03 - 2010
2 children die in Butuan fire
Two children and an old woman died in a fire in Butuan City, authorities said Wednesday. Inspector Patricio Vasquez, city fire marshal, identified the fatalities as Lourdes Naduma, 83; siblings Henry Sagado, 7 and Dianne, 5. Vasquez said Naduma (...)

18 - 03 - 2010
Supreme Court allows Arroyo to appoint next chief justice
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo can appoint the next chief justice, the Supreme Court said in a decision Wednesday, amid legal questions on whether the president can pick Justice Reynato Puno's successor within a period of two months before her (...)

18 - 03 - 2010
Sy, Tan join Forbes' list of world billionaires
Only two businessmen from the Philippines made it to Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires: Henry Sy and Lucio Tan, Jr. Published last March 10, Forbes' list of “The World's Billionaires” estimated Sy and family's networth at $4.2 (...)

12 - 03 - 2010
Magnitude 6.1 quake disrupts Arroyo's speech in Tuguegarao
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake disrupted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's speech in Tuguegarao City Tuesday morning. Radio dzMM reports saidArroyo was delivering a speech about the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle, which is part of her “super (...)

03 - 03 - 2010
Filipino wins Google map maker contest
A 23-year-old “citizen cartographer” from the University of the Philippines bested 700 other contestants to become the winner of the first Google Map Maker Global Competition. Wayne Dell Manuel won a $50,000 donation from UNICEF for the Philippines (...)

03 - 03 - 2010
5 Arroyos in Congress may set a world record
If President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo wins as representative of the 2nd district of Pampanga in the May 2010 elections and four of her relatives also get elected to the House of Representatives, the Philippines may yet set a new world record on (...)

21 - 02 - 2010
Steven Seagal wants movie with Pacquiao
Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao had dinner with action star Steven Seagal in Hollywood early this week, Balitang America reported. Pacquiao and Seagal talked about the possibility of doing a movie or concert together. “We had a great (...)

07 - 02 - 2010
Smartmatic vows to fix glitches before May polls
Smartmatic has acquired satellite antennas for areas that have no stable telecommunication capacity to solve the glitches in machines to be used during the May polls, a company official said. “We already acquired 5,000 satellite antennas,” said (...)

01 - 02 - 2010
Air force inquiry team returns to crash site to interview folks
The Philippine Air Force's (PAF) investigating team returned to the Nomad plane's crash site in Cotabato City Saturday to interview residents who might be able to describe how the aircraft crashed. Col. Cris Tumanda, commander of the PAF's Tactical (...)

31 - 01 - 2010
OFW rots in Dubai jail to face new cases
An overseas Filipino worker who served time in a Dubai jail on a forgery charge stays in detention after her former employer filed two more cases against her. The 38-year-old OFW, named only as Mirasol, has been in jail since Feb.10, 2008, (...)

29 - 01 - 2010
‘ARMM governor aware of massacre plan'
A government witness Wednesday said Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan knew and approved of a plan to ambush supporters of the Mangudadatu clan last November. Mohamad Sangki, a member of the Sangguniang Bayan of Datu (...)

28 - 01 - 2010
De La Salle student stabbed in Lipa City campus: Police
year old female sophomore student was rushed to the hospital after she was stabbed thrice by a former boyfriend while inside the De La Salle campus in Lipa City Monday afternoon. Senior Superintendent Alberto Supapo, Batangas police director, said (...)

27 - 01 - 2010
Filipinos advised to stay away from illegal Macau guesthouses
Filipinos traveling to Macau are warned not to stay in guesthouses that have been outlawed by local authorities there. The Macau Legislative Assembly has passed a law outlawing guesthouses to prevent criminal activities and for health reasons, the (...)

25 - 01 - 2010
Sharon Cuneta in lucky streak
After winning the best actress trophy in last month's Metro Manila Film Festival, megastar Sharon Cuneta continued her winning ways by bagging the P2 million grand prize of TV5's popular game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” t was sweet (...)

11 - 01 - 2010
Crew partying before ferry sank: Survivor
The skipper and crew of the MV Baleno 9 were in the middle of a party with fast-food and beverages when the roll-on, roll-off vessel began to sink off Batangas province a day after Christmas, one of the survivors told a Senate hearing on (...)

09 - 01 - 2010
Bodies of baby,3 others recovered
Four bodies, including that of a baby, were recovered by Coast Guard (CG) divers during Wednesday's retrieval operations for missing passengers of the ill-fated ferry Catalyn B off the waters of Limbones Island in Cavite province. The Coast Guard (...)

07 - 01 - 2010
Two OFWs victimized by hackers
Two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Rome warned other migrant workers using the internet to be warry of swindlers after they were victimized by hackers who had used their personal e-mail accounts to con their friends. Annaliza Bueno Magsino and (...)

07 - 01 - 2010
Govt to relocate Mayon evacuees
The local government of Albay will no longer allow around 2,700 residents back in the 6-kilometer danger zone around Mayon Volcano. In an interview Monday on ANC's Dateline Philippines, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda said evacuees who have had to stay in (...)

06 - 01 - 2010
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