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MANILA — Malacanang has called on the public to work together and observe the ‘bayanihan’ spirit in assuring an orderly school opening where some 26 million public and private school students are expected to troop back to their schools nationwide. Some 18,000 policemen will also be deployed nationwide as part of maintaining peace and order for the school opening today. “We are calling on to all citizens to execute the spirit of bayanihan in the […]
MANILA, June 1 (PNA) – Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire survived an accidental headbutt to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title against South African Simpiwe Vetyeka via a fifth-round technical decision at the Venetian Resort in Macau Saturday night. The two fighters accidentally butted heads toward the end of the first round, causing a nasty cut in the left eye of Donaire. In the second round, the South African fighter targeted the wound […]
May 31 (Reuters) – Two women, including a Chinese national, who were kidnapped on the Malaysian island of Borneo in early April have been freed with no ransom demanded by the abductors, local media reported. The two women, a Chinese tourist and a Philippine hotel worker, were released from an island in the southern Philippines by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group on Friday, The Star reported. Philippine police then took a speedboat to transfer the […]
President Aquino and the NEDA Board approved 9 projects worth P62.3 billion, mostly development projects on infrastructure, transportation, health and the country’s water supply.
Kabataan party-list Rep. Terry Ridon is asking Congress to take note of his proposed bill seeking to create a regulatory board that will look into the tuition fee increases in private schools. The private school fee regulation Act of 2013 was proposed in July last year, along with other members of the so-called Makabayan bloc, but it has yet to gain ground in Congress. “The legislative branch cannot sit idly as the cost of education […]
Rafael Nadal enters the third round of the French Open after beating his Austrian opponent.
The camp of Benhur Luy once again called for the incarceration of Janet Lim Napoles in an ordinary jail, saying that there are no more threats to Lim’s life now that she has already made and released to the public her affidavit.
After staying for two months at the Ospital ng Makati, alleged pork barrel queen Janet Lim Napoles is now back at Fort Sto. Domingo in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
Justin Timberlake’s concert in Tel Aviv, Israel was attended by thousand of fans.
The Philippine National Police is ready for the school opening on June 2, and they will respond not only to petty crimes but to acts of bullying as well. Some 18,000 policemen will be deployed nationwide for the school opening next week. At least 2,500 will be deployed in Metro Manila alone. The police also gave some safety tips for student and their parents, particularly to avoid robbers, kidnappers and other criminals.
An experimental program in Cambridge, involving junior high school students proves that 3D printers can be used to solve many problems.
The Interpol will aid in the search and rescue of the 200 girls abducted by a militant group, the Boko Haram militants, in Nigeria.
