PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – Another broadcaster was gunned down in the Philippines, this time in Puerto Princesa city.

Police identified the fatality as Gerry Ortega, a veterinarian by profession who hosted a morning program of Radyo Mo Nationwide (RMN) Palawan station DWAR. He is the 142nd journalist killed in the country since 1986.
The motive of the [...]

Don’t look now, but popular television star Angelica Panganiban wants marriage first before having kids.
And this applies to her current boyfriend, Derek Ramsey, who was her companion in a romantic sojourn to South Africa.
Angelica and Derek are planning to go to the famous beach city of Bali in Indonesia this February, if they have time.
Angelica, [...]

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The death toll from almost three weeks of heavy rains in Bicol and 9 other regions has risen to 68 with at least 26 more missing.
Damage to agriculture crops, infrastructures and private properties was now estimated at P1.78 billion.
Infrastructures damage alone was estimated at P1.3 billion.
This developed as weathermen predict [...]

MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III  welcomed last week  55 heads of Far Eastern University Medical Alumni Association from Northern Illinois who made a courtesy call before embarking on their respective medical missions in the countryside.
The President informed his callers that he and his siblings were all born in the FEU Hospital, which included [...]

MANILA – Five Americans, including a woman and a Filipino-American in the US Air Force, reported missing on a sailboat bound for Cebu from Guam have been found by the Philippine Coast Guard found off Dinagat and all were in good health.
PCG chief Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo said a search ship guided by a spotter plane [...]

QUEZON CITY – Quezon City is the biggest city in the country with a population of 2.5 million but it has only four representatives in the House of Representatives.
In contrast, Manila, with only a population of 1.6 million, has six congressmen for many years now.
To address the under-representation, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice [...]

MARIKINA CITY — “Let us abate noise in our city.”
Thus said Marikina City Mayor Del De Guzman as he met residents complaining against too much noise in their area.
Conforming to the mandate of a local ordinance, the local chief executive has instructed the city government’s departments and barangay peace-keeping officials to fully discharge duties in [...]

QUEZON CITY — Former Abra Governor Vicente Valera refused to enter a plead when arraigned last week at the Quezon City Regionl Trial Court (QCRTC) on charges of murdering Abra Congressman Luis Bersamin and his policeman-bodyguard.
Lawyer Rolando Quimbo said the court entered a plea of not guilty for his client as Valera refused to enter [...]

4 dead, 14 hurt in Makati bus
bomb blast, cops on high alert
By CLAIRE M. TRUE and FRANCO G. REGALA
MANILA  -  A powerful explosion destroyed Tuesday a passenger bus travelling along busy EDSA, Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare, killing at least four passengers and injuring at least 14 others. A monstrous traffic jam battered commuters for hours [...]

MAKATI CITY -Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay is pressing the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to assign additional policemen to the city, now considered the financial center of the country.
Binay said Makati has only 538 policemen and needs more because the city’s daytime population is over three million and it hosts major [...]