Ban to ‘Yolanda’ survivors: ‘World is behind you’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Philippine typhoon survivors to "never despair" as he pledged Saturday to rally global backing to help them recover from one of their country's deadliest disasters.…
Ban Ki-moon visits storm-ravaged Tacloban City
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Tacloban City devastated by a super typhoon that killed more than 6,100 people last month.…
Family of wounded girl in Manila airport shooting seeks financial aid
The three-year-old girl from this city who was hit by a stray bullet in the head at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Friday is now in stable condition after undergoing surgery Saturday morning.…
Security beefed up at NAIA
Security has been tightened and police visibility increased at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, particularly Terminal 3, after Friday’s gangster-movie-style killing of the mayor of a town in Mindanao, his wife and two others.…
Weather bureau forecasts good Christmas weather
Generally good weather with light rains in the afternoon or evening is expected on Christmas eve and Christmas day with no approaching storm on the radar, according to the state weather bureau.…
US ambassador greets Filipinos ‘Maligayang Pasko’
US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg sends his warm holiday greetings in a Christmas video message for Filipinos.…
VP Binay: My son
deserves courtesy
Vice President Jejomar Binay on Friday defended his son, Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr., against public criticism, saying his son deserved “some courtesy.”…
Task force
to probe Enrile
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday said she had created a special task force to look into Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s accusations of smuggling, illegal gambling, illegal logging and other crimes against Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile.…
PDI Publisher's
statement
THE Inquirer is issuing this statement in reaction to charges that its report on the Dasmariñas Village incident was false, biased and malicious. The Inquirer report was based on the actual video taken of the incident and on interviews with…
Aquino vetoes 2
GAA provisions
President Benigno Aquino III on Friday vetoed two provisions of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2014, otherwise known as Republic Act No. 10633.…
Baseco ex-officials
face graft raps
Seven former officials of the sequestered Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Co. Inc. (Baseco) are facing plunder and graft and corruption complaints for allegedly allocating to themselves excessive compensation and questionable cash advances.…
Aquino signs pork-
tainted budget
President Benigno Aquino III on Friday signed the P2.265-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2014, a figure lower by P3.2 billion than what he had proposed in July.…
Fugitive cop in Atimonan rubout arrested
After five months in hiding, one of the police officials involved in the killing of gambling lord Vic Siman and 12 others in Atimonan town in Quezon province in January has been arrested. …
US embassy in Manila closed during holidays
The United States Embassy announced on Friday that it will be closed for four days during the holidays, including Christmas and New Year.…
The battle to stop the record power rate increase that Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) s charging 5.3 million customers is now in the Supreme Court, after six party-list lawmakers on Thursday asked the high court to stop Meralco from implementing…
