Published : Thursday June 20, 2013 | Category : National | Views : 85
By : Alfred Dalizon
WHICH do you prefer? A China-made Foton vehicle or a Japan-made Toyota? This question has been raised in the wake of an announcement by Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas that the Philippine National Police has been given a Php2 billion budget to purchase 2,500... Read more
Published : Thursday June 20, 2013 | Category : Provincial | Views : 42
By : Hector Lawas
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III signed new laws creating six more Regional Trial Court branches in Bukidnon and Rizal provinces. This brought to 183 the total number of new courts created this year alone. The President signed Republic Act No. 10602 on June 11 creating four new RTC branches in Malaybalay... Read more
Published : Thursday June 20, 2013 | Category : Provincial | Views : 41
THE minor witness in the killing of Infanta town Mayor Ruperto Martinez last year who tagged Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. as the mastermind will have to stay in the custody of the government. This after the Court of Appeals junked his parents’ petition for Writ of Amparo. In a... Read more
Published : Thursday June 20, 2013 | Category : Top Stories | Views : 87
By : Efren Montano, Jester Manalastas, Alfred Dalizon, Edd Reyes and Lee Ann Ducusin
THE clearing of about 20,000 informal settlers in priority waterways in Metro Manila was delayed after local officials asked for a postponement until after the May 2013 polls. Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson revealed in his briefing yesterday with Malacanang reporters that some officials, whom he did not... Read more
Published : Thursday June 20, 2013 | Category : Opinion | Views : 42
By : Daedalos
PAPATAK sa 15 kilo ang bigat ng sambaldeng tubig—magkabila nito sa balagwit ang pasan tuwing umaga. Magpupuno ng dalawang tuong, tig-12 balde ang laman kaya sandosenang balikan sa poso, ‘sangkilometro ang layo sa amin… Combined weight of 30 kilos equal P30 million in crisp P1,000-bill bundles. Kaya ‘to. Sa... Read more