Senate urged to pass more laws pro-women laws
Can senators continue to craft laws that protect women from abuses?It can and it should, Senator Loren Legarda said, as she highlighted the election...
PHL’s cockatoo’s last refuge in peril
A short boat ride from Narra, a quaint town some 90 kilometers south of Puerto Princesa City, will take you to Rasa Island, the...
Bishops not in favor of priests owning guns
Catholic prelates said priests must be non-violent therefore they don’t need guns.According to Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes they don’t get protection from weapons but...
Cebu couple nabbed for using own kid in cybersex operations
With the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Inter-Agency Council Against Human Trafficking rescued three minors and arrested a couple engaged in cybersex operations...
Schools welcome 20.8M students as classes open
Public schools nationwide welcomed an estimated 20.8 million students as classes for school year 2013-2014 -- the second year of the implementation of the...
Diving gear malfunction leads to Army commander’s death
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (PNA) -- Brig. Gen. Daniel Lucero, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division, died on Sunday after his...
UN officials urge ban on tobacco advertising
Top UN officials have urged governments across the world to ban all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, so as to help curb...
Ombudsman, WB to install electronic SALN system
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales and World Bank country director Motoo Konishi signed over the weekend a US$ 230,000 Grant Agreement on “Enhancing the Income...
SouthCot Rep. favors postponing barangay polls
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Saying the country is stillreeling from “fatigue” brought by the May 13 elections, South Cotabato(2nd District) Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes expressed...
PNoy: Address job mismatch
President Benigno S. Aquino III had already tapped the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Technical Education and...