It’s not as dazzling as nearby Maria Cristina Falls which provides hydroelectric power to Mindanao but the 370-foot Limonsodan waterfalls in Barangay Rogongon in Iligan City is far more enchanting. The aerial photograph was taken on Friday in coordination with…
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Members of the police special action force scour the bombed site in Jolo where 3 most wanted leaders of the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah were among those allegedly killed in a US-backed dawn air strike on Thursday but can’t…
Zoom / Read More »'BANK SECRECY NOT APPLICABLE'. Prosecution spokesman Miro Quimbo claims that the secrecy on bank deposits does not apply at the impeachment court before which Chief Justice Renato Corona is on trial. He says the bank deposits would show if Corona…
Play »INACCURATE SALN. Defense team spokespersons Rico Paolo Quicho and Tranquil Salvador III state that by law, SALNs can still be modified if there's a case of inaccuracies and incompleteness. Salvador adds that the penalty in this case does not equate…
Play »'INCOMPETENT' WITNESSES. Defense team member Rico Paolo Quicho says that the prosecution team in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has a pattern of presenting incompetent witnesses. Quicho said that the witnesses presented in the court has no…
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Two things happened in Thursday’s impeachment trial that bears commenting on. First, it was publicly…
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The recent pronouncement by US President Barack Obama to bring outsourcing jobs back to the…
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