Manila, Philippines (AHN) - A provincial court in the Philippines sentenced the convicted murderer of a Peace Corps volunteer to 40 years in prison on Monday and ordered him to pay the victim’s family more than $888,000 in damages.
Ifugao Regional Trial Court Judge Ester Piscoso-Flor issued the decision on woodcarver Juan Donald Duntugan of La [...]
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HAGATNA, Guam - If Barack Obama becomes the US president, America’s national policies would somehow be influenced by a Filipino: Charmaine Manansala, who has been selected as a senior adviser to the Democratic party candidate.
Manansala is now the Asian-American and Pacific Islander Vote director for the Obama campaign.
“The Obama campaign acknowledges the extraordinary [...]
Two Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members were arrested by policemen after allegedly robbing a woman in Quiapo, Manila, before dawn Tuesday.
Police arrested an anti-narcotics agent for allegedly shooting down and nearly killing a fellow policeman in Marikina City, Monday night.
Superintendent Sotero Ramos Jr., Marikina police chief, identified the suspect as Police Officer 3 Ferdinand Brubio.
Ramos said Brubio shot Senior Police Officer 1 Ronald Milla in front of the city police station around 11:20 p.m. The [...]
The 10 tons of the toxic insecticide, endosulfan, in the MV Princess of the Stars’ hull is still in a not-so-soluble “solid flake” form, which explains why a chemical disaster hasn’t happened in Romblon, a government chemist said.
ISABELA CITY, Basilan - Police authorities here are not worried with the safety of politicians running in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) election on August 11 even if candidates campaign in areas known as strongholds of armed rebels and bandits.
President Arroyo did not mince words when she said those responsible for the sinking of the M/V Princess of the Stars in Romblon province should be punished for their ineffectiveness and negligence.
Manny Pacquiao made history yesterday as the first Asian to win four WBC titles. Even the telecast of his match dubbed as “Pacquiao vs Diaz: Lethal Combination” registered an astounding 63.8% which is now no. 3 in the list of all-time highest rating tv shows in the Philippines.