KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines – Moro militants in central Mindanao urged the military and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in West Mindanao to ‘turn-over’ to authorities a former Moro rebel commander whom they alleged as a government ‘spy’ to shed light on the recent kidnapping of a television crew and a Mindanao professor in [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama released the following statement on the visit of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the United States:
“I welcome the visit this week of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her delegation to the United States. President Arroyo’s visit is an opportunity to strengthen our historic alliance, and to [...]
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Friday announced the arrest of a suspected leader of a drug syndicate allegedly connected to the Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf bandit group.
Filipino-American 2-time Emmy nominated professional dancer Cheryl Burke (Dancing with the Stars) will grace “Sharon” this Sunday.
It’s another Pinoy Pride episode on Sharon this coming Sunday night as the Mega Star taped a special episode of her talk show in Los Angeles, California featuring 2-time “Dancing with the Stars” champ Cheryl Burke, as well as [...]
Amazing is the only word that I can think of to describe Dingdong Dantes’ resurging career. The year before he was cast as Sergio in the localized version of the two decades old Mexican telenovela MariMar, not a few scribes had lump him up along with other “downhill racers” in this very dynamic business.
MANILA, Philippines - Air passenger and cargo capacity between the Philippines and Hong Kong have been increased following successful talks between negotiators, a move that would ease congestion of the popular route.
Passenger capacity has been increased for the Manila to Hong Kong route to 15,000 from 13,000 per week; to 6,300 from zero for Clark [...]
MANILA, Philippines - Lawmakers on Thursday asked Malacañang to release billions of pesos worth of funds, including a senator’s Priority Development Assistance Fund, for typhoon Frank victims in Western Visayas.
At the same time, some lawmakers decried the government’s slow response to the needs of typhoon victims.
A group of reef-hunters, locally known in the Philippines as muro-ami divers, reportedly tried to enter and loot the Sulpicio Lines’ sunken ship, M/V Princess of the Stars.