Aquino to face media on hostage fiasco
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III will face the media today, Thursday, to answer queries on the August 23 hostage-taking incident, a Palace official said Wednesday. “He will be discussing on his partici…
Manila crisis, a chance to showcase Mindanao Confab organizer
CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Sept. 8, 2010 The current crisis gripping the capital brought by the bloody hostage-taking incident presents a very big opportunity to showcase Mindanao, especially Northern Mindanao and this regional center to the rest of the Philippines and the world, the organizer-group of the upcoming 19th Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) said. read more
Philippine massacre trial begins
A powerful Muslim politician went on trial in the Philippines Wednesday, accused of murdering 57 people in the country’s worst massacre.
Thieves Caught on Candid Camera
Manila, Philippines – Close circuit television cameras (CCTVs) are becoming an effective tool in catching criminals at work. In Marikina, CCTVs helped security at the Riverside Mall arrest a su…
Makapuno RP’s First Biotech Crop
Manila, Philippines – Opponents of biotech crops should not partake of makapuno. Unknown to them, it was the country’s first modern biotech product, and without it, the country would not …
Palace appointment signals weak leadership
A LAWMAKER believed that subjecting some Cabinet men to evaluation before getting full appointments in their posts signals the weak leadership of President Benigno Aquino III. Representative Mitos Ma…
Hostage-taker not part of team that arrested Lim's son – PDEA
Former Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza, the hostage-taker in the August 23 hostage-taking incident in Manila, was not among the police operatives who arrested the son of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim over…
Not sure that Mendoza gun killed hostages
It is still premature to say that it was hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza's rifle that killed all eight Hong Kong tourists, who were among the busload of hostages caught in the middle of the Quirino …
Govt must work doubly hard to reach devt goals
President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III said the Philippine government must work doubly hard to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of eradicating poverty, upgrading education, and improv…
GSIS Eyes $400-M New Investments Overseas on Top of $600-M Placement
The cash-rich Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said Wednesday that it is planning to invest more $400 million overseas. Lorenzo Sixto Lichauco, GSIS senior vice-president for asset manageme…
