Bishop wants Kris Aquino to confirm or deny she is eyeing vice presidency
By Philip Tubeza
After Cory and Noynoy as president, are Filipinos ready for Kris as vice president in 2016?
After Cory and Noynoy as president, are Filipinos ready for Kris as vice president in 2016?
Round 1 of the tarp war goes to the Church. The Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from enforcing an order for the diocese of Bacolod to take down from the San Sebastian Cathedral an oversized tarpaulin for and against certain senatorial candidates on the basis of their stand on the reproductive health measure that became law.
The fate of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile will be decided in the next two weeks, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV said Tuesday.
Faith combined with planning produced a “miracle” of sorts: The procession went faster, the andas didn’t break down, the street sweepers went quickly into action, and the 200-year-old tradition showed no signs of fading.
In much of the country, the trend was toward a significant reduction of firecracker-related injuries during the raucous New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to health officials.
A Catholic bishop on Tuesday practically accused President Aquino of “bribing” members of the House of Representatives to vote in favor of the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Government officials and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels began a fresh round of talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday, aiming to seal a peace agreement to end the decades-old Muslim insurgency in Mindanao.
The death of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo is a loss to the peace process in Mindanao, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front said Wednesday.
Storm signals have gone down, except in Batanes province, but don’t leave home without an umbrella or raincoat just yet.
As Metro Manila sizzled in the summer heat Thursday, the Department of Health (DoH) warned city residents against swimming in the Pasig River.
With the volatile divisions on the issue of mining coming to the fore at the industry stakeholders’ forum last Friday, the Aquino administration has seized on another reason for delaying a decision on a comprehensive mining policy for the country.
Last year, former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan offered to testify against his own father and brother in the Maguindanao massacre.
Environmentalists and human rights activists renewed their call for justice for slain Palawan broadcaster Gerry Ortega as they marked his first death anniversary Tuesday with simultaneous protest actions in Manila and Puerto Princesa.
