Guess who’s on a honeymoon in Paris?
Congressman Roman Romulo and Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad, of course.
After a whirlwind courtship, the two exchange “I do’s” and promised to love each other forever in a solemn and elegant wedding in Sta. Rosa City in Laguna.
 Now, it can be told that Roman, at 44, is “roman-tiko” after [...]

After the expose on the condo unit of Chief Justice Renato Corona consisting of 350 square meters and assessed at P14 millon, comes another report that SC Justice Antonio Carpio, the heir apparent to the SC Chief Justice title, has acquired a bigger and more expensive property – a 800-square meter penthouse with a swimming [...]

The increasing commercialization of Christmas has not escaped the attention of Pope Benedict XVI.
During his time, the late Pope John Paul II, decried the same attitude. At the Archdiocese of  Manila,  Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, re-echoed the lamentation, saying people are looking forward to material gifts, forgetting that Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus.
Pope Benedict rightly said in [...]

US leaders may recognize the list of AFP of Filipino war veterans, so that they may given benefits.
We hope the list would not be padded in time to include the dead, the birds and the bees.
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The US Postal Service is expected to close of 252 more mail processing centers and 3,700 local post offices [...]

Who said that we have only 12 or so planets in this universe that we know and that only our Earth is livable?
We cannot blame our scientists of the past for their wrong count because they have not invented the big telescopes like the Kepler then.
Today, with the help of the powerful telescope, we have [...]

Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo continues to be under hospital arrest at St. Lukes Medical Center.
Her critics and foes want her transferred to a detention center and suffer the fate of President Erap.
They insist that hospital arrest is actually hospital rest.
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Lawyers of GMA have petitioned the court that she be placed under house arrest at [...]

Prez Aquino and Prez Barack Obama met again – this time in the paradise called Hawaii.
The occasion was the APEC Leaders Summit.
Many people are wondering when their White House meeting will be.
FilAms have ready answer – when Obama wins a new term.
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US Secretary Hillary Clinton arrived in Manila and may have monitored how her friend, [...]

There will be no travel abroad for former President Arroyo for medical treatment.
Thus said Justice Secretary Leila de Lima as she disapproved the request of Mrs. Arroyo to seek treatment in Singapore, Germany, Spain, Italy and, possibly, the United States.
Doctors said GMA should travel instead to local hospitals where there are medical specialists for her [...]

UN officials are now saying that the Philippines’ population is more than 94 million.
Over the last 50 years, the country’s population rose by 250 percent.
Don’t blame the Homes along the Riles and the squatter areas for the population explosion they maybe challenged and produce more babies.
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UN also reported that the country is now the 12th [...]

According to the United Nations, Mexico remains the most dangerous country for journalists in North America, and the fifth most dangerous worldwide.
So far, 13 journalists have been killed in Mexico this year, making the total to 70  since 2000.
Mexico’s officials said the government has taken steps to protect the journalists.
Pinoy newsmen should never invade Mexico because [...]