It’s ridiculous, says Palace
The Human Rights Watch's description of President Duterte's second year in office as a human rights calamity was simply ridiculous, Malacañang said yesterday.
Jolo confirms break-up with Jodi
After much hee-hawing, actor-turned-politician Jolo Revilla has finally confirmed what many already knew all along, that he and actress Jodi Sta. Maria are already kaput.
No weekend homework?
In 2010, the Department of Education under Secretary Armin Luistro issued DepEd Memorandum No. 392 providing guidelines on the giving of homeworks or assignments to all public elementary school pupils.
Food budget for QC inmates
The Quezon City Council has authorized Mayor Herbert Bautista to earmark R29.9 million for the provision of food for detainees at the Quezon City Jail.
Business group airs concern on recount
THE Makati Business Club (MBC) issued a statement last week urging the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to apply the same rules in its ongoing recount of vice-presidential votes as those…
MMDA: Expect heavier traffic this month
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced that vehicular traffic in the metropolis will get heavier because of road works starting this month. “These projects will cause heavy traffic…
Woman arrested at police station for drug possession
A woman was put behind bars after she tried to sneak a sachet of shabu to her detained live-in partner in Quezon City, police reported Sunday.
Wimbledon vs World Cup
LONDON (AFP) – Roger Federer and Serena Williams bring the curtain up on Wimbledon Monday with the All England Club confident their tournament can comfortably capture the imagination of a…
Where’s God?
By Julie Y. Daza THROUGH the theological and eschatological debate going on – with political cartoonists and opinion columnists, nominal Catholics and born-again Christians, sinners and saints, pro- and con-Duterteists…
10 found hanged from Delhi house ceiling
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Eleven members of a family were found dead in India’s capital on Sunday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their home, blindfolded, gagged and…
Outrage as man, 41, weds 11-year-old girl
Malaysian authorities are investigating the marriage between an 11-year-old Thai girl and a 41-year-old Malaysian Muslim that has sparked public outrage and calls for child brides to be banned.
3 women caught with R3.4-M shabu
By JEAN FERNANDO Three women, two of them former Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW’s), were arrested after members of Las Piñas City police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated…
Vanessa Paradis marries French director: report
Actress and singer Vanessa Paradis has married French director Samuel Benchetrit, according to a report by magazine Le Parisien. Wearing a cream-coloured ruffle dress with flowers in her blonde hair,…
Kidnapped trader rescued
By AARON RECUENCO Police have rescued a Chinese manager of a Philippine-based steel trading company following the arrest of eight of his abductors in a follow-up operation in Canlubang, Laguna.
Patricia Javier robbed by car thieves in Antipolo
Count former actress Patricia Javier among most recent victims of the notorious Basag-Kotse Gang. In a report on “Umagang Kay Ganda” Monday, the former sexy star related how her car…
Legarda fire leaves 200 families homeless
Over 200 families were rendered homeless after a huge fire struck a residential area in Legarda, Sampaloc, Manila, Sunday night.
