“I was part of the entourage when the body of the former President Ferdinand Marcos was flown from Hawaii to Ilocos Norte. He has long been buried beside his beloved mother, Doña Josefa Edralin Marcos. What many people are seeing in Ilocos is the refrigerated wax replica of Marcos patterned after Lenin’s open museum at […]
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Once-A-Week Diabetes Treatment Now On PBS
Treatment for people with type 2 diabetes just got cheaper and less intrusive with a once-a-week injection now on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Attention — All Filipino Citizens: Notice of Registration and Election
Under Republic Act No. 9189 as amended by Republic Act No. 10590, all overseas Filipino citizens, who are not disqualified by law, at least eighteen (18) years of age on 13 May 2019, and who are registered overseas voters, may vote for Senators and Party-Lists Representatives.
Filipino war veterans to receive US Congressional Gold Medal
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill authored by Sen. Mazie Hirono to make it possible for more than 260,000 Filipinos and Filipino-Americans, to receive the highest civilian award that Congress can bestow — the Congressional Gold Medal.
American morgue employee had sex with women’s corpses
The Huffington Post reported that Kenneth Douglas, the 60-year old self-confessed necrophilic, has admitted to have had intercourse with over 100 women’s corpses, most of which were being stored for autopsy, from 1979 to 1999.
Metro Manila Traffic is destroying the Philippines
It is estimated that three billion pesos (USD64 million) is lost every day because of traffic. Left unchecked, Metro Manila may become uninhabitable well within a decade. So who’s to blame? Here’s a short list:
China warns Australia on SCS issue
China has issued a blunt warning to Australia — “Stay out of the South China Sea or risk damage to bilateral relations.”
Philippines wins arbitration case vs. defiant China
It has finally been decided that the Philippines has exclusive sovereign right to the West Philippine Sea and that China’s “nine-dash line” is invalid, according to the United Nations (UN) Arbitral Tribunal.
Supreme Court junks plunder case vs Arroyo; sets her free
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo waves to a crowd of supporters as she leaves the Veterans Memorial Hospital where she was confined for the past 5 years.
Ateneo HS teacher shot dead
An Ateneo High School teacher was shot dead on his way home on July 19 by an unidentified gunman. Members of the Ateneo community expressed grief and sadness at the death of Ateneo de Manila teacher Emmanuel “Em-J” Jose Pavia, 24, who sustained three gunshot wounds in the head and back.
Filipino priest named new bishop in Saipan
Pope Francis has appointed a Filipino priest as the new bishop for the Church in Oceania. Rev. Fr. Ryan Jimenez will serve as the second bishop of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in Saipan, the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Drug Lords to Caballo Prison Island
“The big-time, convicted drug lords must be contained in an isolated island surrounded by shark-infested waters to cut them off from their contact with their syndicates,” our source quoted Justice Secretary Aguirre. He said Corregidor Island in Manila Bay and islands near existing penal colonies in Palawan, Leyte, Zamboanga and Davao could be ideal satellite island prison […]