The Liberal Party’s endeavor to become the ruling party for the 2016 presidential elections is going to be a much longer and harder journey, as far as Central and Northern Luzon are concerned.
Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes cited this common sense principle on Wednesday to explain why the distribution to farmers of Hacienda Luisita, the 6,443-hectare sugar estate owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino, must undergo a process that could stand legal scrutiny.
Ace Luna and his son, Ener, watered a hectare of sugarcane Wednesday, siphoning the dark brown and stinking water drained from the Central Azucarera de Tarlac, a sugar mill owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino III.
Vice President Jejomar Binay is taking a “wait-and-see” attitude on a possible coalition between the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which he leads, and the ruling Liberal Party of President Benigno Aquino III.
There is no shoot-to-kill order against fugitive retired Major General Jovito Palparan as the government wants him alive, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said here Thursday.
Kapampangan pride received either a boost or a beating depending on who you ask among the cabalen of Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid concerning his first-ever “performance” at the Senate impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The fugitive Jovito Palparan may be under the protection of Armed Forces personnel and business owners, and President Benigno Aquino III should order the military to help arrest him, an international human rights group said Wednesday.
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Thursday said that his wife, Marissa, who has been arrested in the United States for violating American travel restrictions, had the means to carry $50,000 for her travels abroad.
One million pesos in cold cash awaits anyone who can furnish the authorities with information that will lead to the capture of retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr.
The year 2011 saw central and northern Luzon suffer from nature’s wrath when strong typhoons triggered widespread flooding that destroyed crops, public infrastructure and private property, and disrupted the lives of the regions’ 19 million residents.
Media attention has been focused on firecracker injuries again, so underground manufacturers of powerful and unlicensed firecrackers have rebranded and are selling a new product, called “Pacquiao,” to drum up sales less than three days before the New Year celebrations.
Lalaine Nieves, 46, a Grade II teacher at Dacap Sur Elementary School in the coastal town of Bani in Pangasinan, is often moved to tears whenever she recounts how she trekked through mountains each day just to attend classes as a child.
The government is considering offering a reward for information that may lead to the arrest of retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr., Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Thursday.
