Aquino to share Philippine experience in disaster mgt

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III will highlight the country’s revitalized disaster preparedness and response at a regional conference...

Trillanes for president?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV said he deserves to run for a higher position in 2016. “We have to raise...

PNoy immune from Syjuco suit – Palace

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III enjoys immunity against all legal suits, said Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma Jr. Coloma was...

Malaysia notes trade imbalance with PH

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – For every $1 Filipino investment in Malaysia, the Malaysian investor bring $3 to the Philippines. Malaysian Minister of...

Pinoys in Libya urged to leave

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the Crisis Alert Level in the troubled country of Libya...

Palace orders manhunt vs broadcaster’s killers

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Malacañang has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to hunt down those responsible for killing a Davao...

‘Jinggoy asked P250M for project’

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Malacañang has confirmed it received a letter from a senator in 2012 seeking P250 million to bankroll...

Finland supports M’nao deal

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Finland has offered to send a special representative on peace mediation to study how the Finnish government...

‘Speed up rehab efforts in Visayas’

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Opposition senator Joseph Victor Ejercito called for the elimination of government red tape in the rehabilitation of “Yolanda”-stricken areas in the...

Navy shifts focus to ‘territorial defense’

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The Philippine Navy's strategic direction has shifted to a “territorial defense role” amid the “real and present”...