Iza Calzado weds BF in Palawan
IZA Calzado is now Mrs. Wintle. The 36-year-old actress exchanged “I Do’s” with boyfriend Filipino-British businessman Ben Wintle Wednesday at Club Paradise in Coron, Palawan. Present at the…
No special treatment for 4 Chinese drug convicts
Malacañang assured the public Wednesday that no special treatment will be given to the four Chinese nationals who were sentenced to life in jail for drug charges. Presidential spokesperson Salvador…
P5-B road user’s tax sought to fund projects
Over P5 billion in road user’s tax collected by the embattled Road Board have been sought to fund road maintenance and safety projects proposed by government engineers and at least…
Ayungin Reef patrols continue
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday that government troops will continue to patrol Ayungin Reef as part of efforts to guard the atoll from incursions. Lorenzana said that Filipino troops…
AFP probing abduction of 14 gov’t troops
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr. has ordered an investigation on the abduction of two soldiers and 12 militiamen by an estimated 50…
Argentina puts 65-million-year-old dinosaur replica on display
Argentine paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the replica of a 65-million-year-old skeleton of a plesiosaur marine reptile found in a Patagonian lake in 2009. "We've been working since 2009 until now…
8 things to avoid in investing
IF you have mastered the skill of saving, tap yourself on the back and begin to challenge yourself to take saving on another level higher; this time from…
The bells are home
IT was a moment of triumph for Filipinos when the three bells taken from the church in Balangiga, Eastern Samar by vengeful US troops as combat trophies during…
Weaker final statement ends climate conference
FOR a while, it was feared that the world climate change conference in Katowice, Poland, would end in total disagreement as four nations – the United States, Russia,…
Man in drug watchlist, 8 others nabbed in Mandaluyong
A MAN included in the drug watchlist was arrested together with his eight alleged customers who were caught in the middle of a shabu session in Mandaluyong City,…
NWPC: Resigned employees still entitled to 13th month pay
Resigned employees are still entitled to 13th month pay, said the National Wages and Productivity Commission Thursday. The NWPC said the 13th-month pay is equivalent to one-twelfth of the basic…
General Santos bomb plot foiled
Police foiled an alleged bombing plot in General Santos City when they arrested a suspected member of an Islamic State-inspired local terrorist cell Wednesday night. A report reaching Camp Crame…
Seized gov’t troops to be used as leverage?
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday did not discount the possibility that the two soldiers and 12 militiamen abducted by New People’s Army rebels in Agusan del Sur on Wednesday…
Classes in public schools formally suspended Jan. 2
Education Secretary Leonor Briones has formally announced the suspension of classes in all public schools and work in the Department of Education following the recent announcement of Malacañang. Briones, in…
Rainy weekend before Christmas expected
Expect a rainy weekend before Christmas over the Bicol region, Visayas, and Mindanao due to the prevalence of a low pressure area and tail-end of cold front. According to the…
Announcement of the birth of Jesus
Gospel Reading: Lk 1:26-38 IN the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to…
