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 (...)
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has launched a campaign against litterbugs who dump their trash that usually clog Metro Manila's waterways and cause massive flooding during the rainy season.
As the MMDA kicked off its massive (...)
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 (...)
Veteran character actor Charlie Davao, father of Ricky Davao, passed away Sunday morning after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 76.
Davao died at around 11:30 A.M. at the Philippine General Hospital, his family said.
Actress Jackie Lou (...)
A bus operators group leader believes that former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando benefited from the “payola system” in the transport sector.
Homer Mercado, president of the South Luzon Bus Operators (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Media are having a field day working with the new occupant in Malaca?ang.President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the 15th president of the republic, rarely declines ambush interviews since he assumed office.Members of the Malaca?ang Press Corps (MPC) (...)
Chief Justice Renato Corona and his wife, Maria Cristina, are accused of spending government funds for personal use after allegedly charging rest and recreation expenses to the government.
The offenses were allegedly committed when Corona's wife (...)
The forensic examination of the 60 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines that went “missing” in Rizal province after the May 10 elections continued on Saturday, and still IT experts, failed to find proof that the machines were used in (...)
Several Filipinos are among thousands of people stranded at the Heathrow in London after flights have been cancelled due to volcanic ash clouds.
An estimated 3,000 flights were grounded in the UK airports and hundreds of thousands of people were (...)
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 (...)
Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gilbert Teodoro arrived here Friday morning just as House Speaker Prospero Nograles left for Cebu in a commercial flight.
Both have the reasons to avoid each other. Thursdayi, Nograles said Teodoro's defeat has now become (...)
An elderly woman was beheaded by her deranged husband – who claimed he mistook her for a vampire – in Iloilo province Tuesday, police said Thursday.
The body of 70-year-old Adela Rojo was found without her head past 6 A.M. Tuesday in her residence (...)
Manny Pacquiao will likely fight in September if he loses in the elections on May 10, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.
Arum said in an interview with BoxingTalks.com's G. Leon that Pacquiao is expected to resume training for a fight (...)
Leaders from 47 countries, including the Philippines, will start arriving here Sunday (Monday in Manila) for a two-day summit to talk about the threat of nuclear terrorism.
It is the biggest gathering of world leaders in the American capital under (...)
Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson confirmed Sunday that he was no longer supporting the candidacy of his political party-mate Gilbert Teodoro Jr., and is supporting Nacionalista bet Manny Villar Jr. instead.
Singson, who is running (...)
The ruling party standard bearer Gilberto Teodoro said Sunday he is not quitting in his bid for the presidency despite defection by his party mates.
In a statement, Teodoro of the Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats coalition dismissed rumors (...)
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 (...)
Two persons were killed while 27 others were injured when a Manila-bound passenger bus collided with a cargo truck along the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) in Ibaan town Wednesday morning, police said.
Senior Inspector Pablo Aguda, Ibaan (...)
Senator Benigno ‘Noynoy' Aquino III Tuesday said he does not believe Senator Manuel Villar's claim that he came from poor origins.
Aquino raised his doubts after the Philippine Daily Star newspaper reported that Villar's family lived in an (...)
A campaign motorcade led by Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino presidential bet Joseph “Erap” Estrada in Caloocan City was disrupted by an alleged “road spike attack” Saturday afternoon, reports said.
Estrada's motorcade was making the rounds in the city (...)
A Filipino-American skater dreams of reresenting the Philippines in the international skating competitions. However, her dreams were suddenly put on hold.
Mericien Venzon is a strong jumper and a master of spins. Born and raised in the San (...)
Thomas Oliver Kellenberger was an ordinary policeman here. But not to children scavenging in the garbage dumps in Cagayan de Oro.
Kellenberger, 27, quit his job to relocate to the Philippines this month, where he will work fulltime in the love of (...)
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 (...)