PH domestics ‘for sale’ in Singapore malls?

BY SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The Philippine Overseas Legal Office is looking into reports that household service workers (HSWs) are being “marketed”...

Cancer: Miriam’s new enemy

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Feisty Ilongga Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has stage 4 lung cancer. “I have cancer of the left lung,” she announced in a press...

95 Pinoys jailed in China for drugs

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Ninety-five Filipinos are incarcerated in various prison facilities within the jurisdiction of the Philippine Consulate General in...

PNoy: Drugs cost Nora National Artist honor

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Superstar Nora Aunor’s involvement in illegal drugs was the reason why she was not conferred with the National Artist...

What does Nancy expect in SONA?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Sen. Nancy Binay wants less politicking in President Benigno Aquino III’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on...

Anti-hazing law not enough?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – The current Anti-Hazing Law is “not enough,” according to Sen. Gregorio Honasan II, following the death of an 18-year-old...

Senator bats for prison reform

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Jails should be well-maintained, clean and adequately-equipped, said Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV. Trillanes filed Senate Bill 793 seeking to create a...

New York Fil-Am driver victim of hate crime?

BY SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – A 56-year-old Filipino-American limousine driver was a victim of random violence in Queens, New York. Robert Martires died...

Pinoys soon to get disaster text alerts

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The country’s telecommunications service providers have been ordered to send free mobile notifications related to disaster preparedness...

Grace Poe files 107 measures

By PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA — Neophyte senator Grace Poe has authored more than 100 measures during her first year as lawmaker. Of the total number,...