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MANILA, June 3 (PNA) — The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the petition questioning the legality of the creation of the office headed by Rehabilitation Czar Secretary Panfilo Lacson. During the en banc session, the SC dismissed the petition filed by taxpayer Louis Biraogo ruling that there was no grave abuse of discretion on the part of President Benigno S. Aquino III when he issued Memorandum Order No. 62 creating the Office of the […]
Malacañang said that the United States and Australia were not trying to shame China when officials of said countries spoke against Beijing’s aggressive claims in the West Philippine Sea.
Senate president Franklin Drilon has rejected the proposed creation of an independent commission to investigate the pork barrel anomaly, saying that the power to investigate anti-graft cases belong to the Ombudsman.
India’s rural affairs minister died in a car accident in New Delhi.
A party-list representative asked the House Committee on Education and Culture to look into the alleged computer and textbook scams during the Arroyo administration.
Citizens of Thailand expressed confidence in the military’s attempt to solve the country’s economic problems when the military came up with a list of emergency measures to tackle recession.
(Reuters) – Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone will be adapting the story of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the big screen, from a book written by Guardian journalist Luke Harding, the British newspaper said in a statement on Monday. Stone, 67, with his production partner Moritz Borman, bought the film rights to Harding’s “The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man,” that delved into the events surrounding Snowden leaking […]
Certain areas in Albay may expect a return to normalcy regarding their electric supply with the arrival of a new transformer.
A fire caused by the explosion of a LPG tank in Parola compound in Manila caused 42 injuries, including severe burns.
MANILA – A pre-dawn blaze at a residential-commercial building in Delpan, Tondo, Manila, killed five persons, including two sisters who had just arrived in Manila to pursue studies here. The fire started at the second floor of the building on Tahimik street at around 3 a.m. It reached the third alarm, and the fire was declared out at around 5 a.m., according to the initial report of the Bureau of Fire Protection. The two sisters […]
As part of their “Oplan Balik Eskwela”, the Land Transportation Office arrested more than 100 drivers of public transport vehicles along Batasan and Commonwealth Avenues in Quezon City for various violations from having fake driver’s license, not wearing the proper driving uniform or attire, to loading more than the required number of passengers in their vehicles.
Lawmakers were dismayed at a report released last April, listing Metro Manila as one of the cities in the world with a large number of informal settlers.
