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Insects threaten to wipe out coco industry

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The government is waging a war against invasive insects called Aspidiotus Rigidus that have infested coconut trees...

Cops hit for inaction on farmer’s shooting

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – An international human rights watchdog bewailed the failure of Philippine authorities to arrest the security guard who...

Gov’t to release P878.5M for info tech project

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The Aquino administration is releasing P878.5 million to support the second phase of the Integrated Government Philippines...

PNoy confirms Napoles letter

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III confirmed that businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, who reportedly earned multibillion-peso kickbacks from pork barrel transactions, sent him...

Ladderized education bill targets poor students

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Graduates of technical-vocational courses should be given the chance to pursue higher education, said newbie senator Cynthia Villar. Her Senate Bill 2272...

Palace bares new appointments

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – Amid the flurry of criticisms against the national government for the power outages affecting parts of the...

Napoles to return ‘pork’ money?

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – “It’s too late. Is this our utang na loob to her?” Sen. Bam Aquino said the money plundered from the...

51 Pinoys in Libya want to leave

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – So far, only 51 out of the 13,122 Filipinos working and residing in Libya have registered with...

Abducted resort worker to return home

By SAMMY JULIAN Manila News Bureau Chief MANILA – The Filipina resort worker abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sabah, Malaysia along with a...

CA confirms Dinky at committee level

BY PRINCE GOLEZ Manila Reporter MANILA – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman has been confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) at the committee level. Yesterday, the Labor...