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(Reuters) – Malaysia said on Monday that a missing jetliner had crashed into the Indian Ocean, an announcement that was greeted with hysteria by Chinese relatives of those on board and a demand by China that Kuala Lumpur share all the evidence it had on the incident. Citing groundbreaking satellite-data analysis by the British company Inmarsat, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished more than a fortnight ago while flying to […]
MANILA, March 24 (PNA) — President Benigno Aquino III on Monday (March 24) said the resumption of peace talks with communist rebels will only depend on their “willingness” to return to the negotiating table. In an interview with reporters following an event in Malacanang, President Aquino said that the arrest of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, top leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA), will have an effect on […]
(Reuters) – The Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared over two weeks ago crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday. New satellite analysis from Britain had shown that Flight MH370, with 239 people on board, was last seen in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia, he said in a statement. “This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites,” Najib said. “It is therefore […]
(Reuters) – The Obama administration will soon issue new Obamacare guidelines allowing people to enroll in after a March 31 deadline, but only under certain circumstances, according to sources close to the administration. The sources said the new federal guidelines for consumers in the 36 states served by the federal health insurance marketplace and its website, HealthCare.gov, would allow people to enroll after March 31 if they had tried earlier and were prevented by […]
Australia has widened its search for a missing Malaysian Airlines flight after more airpower joined the effort. The move comes after French satellites spotted potential “floating debris” in the southern Indian Ocean. Chinese and Japanese planes on Monday joined the renewed search effort for a Malaysian airliner that has been missing more than two weeks. Australian authorities have been scouring an area 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth after several satellite sightings of potential […]
MANILA, Philippines — Government warns transport groups against their planned 50-centavo fare hike today (March 24) saying that they would face sanctions if they would proceed with the fare hike implementation which was without the permission from the government. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, in a radio interview over the state-run DZRB Radyo ng Bayan, said the public transport group members who expressed their intent to increase their fare by 50 centavos should first seek the […]
(Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister said on Sunday there was “increasing hope” of a breakthrough in the hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner carrying 239 people, after Chinese satellite images showed what could be debris within a search area deep in the southern Indian Ocean. The latest possible lead came as the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 entered its third week, with still no confirmed trace of the Boeing 777. An international force resumed its search efforts on […]
Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Elmo Alameda says Janet Lim Napoles should be confined in a government hospital and not at the St. Luke’s Medical Center, after Napoles’ personal and emotional appeal that she be allowed to undergo hospitalization and surgery due to a suspected myoma.
The alleged mastermind of the pork barrel scam, Janet Lim Napoles, was rushed to a government hospital in Makati after complaining of severe pain in her stomach. She asked Judge Elmo Alameda to allow her to be confined at the St. Lukes Hospital for the removal of her myoma. Judge Alameda, however, ruled that it would be better if Napoles would be treated in a government hospital. Alameda then allowed Napoles to be taken […]
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process is preparing for the final signing between the government and the MILF of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that the Palace will leave to the media industry the investigation of the media practitioners allegedly involved in the controversial pork barrel scam.
Three weeks before the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Thomas Bradley, Coach Freddie Roach continues to make snide comments against Bradley.
