Basa-Guidote, Coronas feuding since ’89
A family dispute for control of a 50-year-old corporation has inserted itself into the national debate as a titillating sideshow to the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
A family dispute for control of a 50-year-old corporation has inserted itself into the national debate as a titillating sideshow to the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
It was a “one of a kind” experience for the more than 100 students from Ubihan Elementary School—who had to cross the Marilao River on small boats from their school in Barangay Ubihan, Meycauayan—to attend Friday morning’s special Inquirer Read-Along session at SM Marilao—the first session for this year.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer is the undisputed No. 1 broadsheet in the country, according to the latest readership survey by The Nielsen Co.
One can never tell just by looking at 8-year-old Mak Lucky Joe Refuerzo that the chubby, slit-eyed kid has been battling the Big C since age three. It is a battle mostly waged in muted cries and constant pain.
To prevent mix-ups among combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, criminal syndicates and kidnap-for-ransom groups, an area is identified for MILF fighters to stay in while military or police operations are being conducted in MILF-influenced communities.
There’s nothing like peer example to get children hooked on reading. This was the focus of last Friday’s special Inquirer Read-Along session at the Division of Pasig Library Hub which gathered one of the biggest crowds yet in the four-year-old Read-Along.
Not only is there no urgency or no necessity to divide Camarines Sur, it might also prove to be “too costly”, the province’s governor, Luis Raymond “LRay” Villafuerte Jr., said. Citing a study by the University of the Philippines, Villafuerte said that around P1.4 billion will be needed to be able to cover the expenses [...]
A paraplegic reading and acting in his wheelchair and a blind girl leading a choir—these were some of the performances during a special Inquirer Read-Along session at Rizal Park in Manila. Edgar Sison, a paraplegic, led the reading of Apolinario Mabini’s “Decalogue”—a list of “commandments” urging Filipinos to love God, country, environment and their fellowmen. [...]
Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymond “LRay” Villafuerte on Thursday revealed what he said was an attempt to extort money from him by a former provincial board member who has filed a string of graft cases against him at the Ombudsman. Villafuerte, who went to the Inquirer yesterday, said Carlo Batalla, former board member and complainant [...]
For many Overseas Filipino Workers, the article of INQUIRER contributor Stella Ruth Gonzales, “Exit clearance: An OFW’s nightmare,” accurately put into words what they have long been itching to expose to a broader audience: the hellish experience of transacting with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. In her article published on July 7, Gonzales recounts the [...]
Fewer Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger in the last three months, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Results of the SWS survey conducted on June 3 to 6 and released Friday showed that only 15.1 percent of Filipino families went hungry in the second quarter compared to 20.5 percent in the previous [...]
Fewer Filipino families have experienced involuntary hunger in the past quarter, a recent Social Weather Stations survey whose results were released on Friday showed.
MANILA, Philippines—Half of Filipinos want former President Ferdinand Marcos buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the national heroes’ cemetery, a survey by the Social Weather Stations released Wednesday found. The First Quarter 2011 Social Weather Survey, conducted on March 4 to 7, asked 1,200 adult respondents nationwide, “In your opinion, is the body of [...]
