Vietnam: No object
from missing plane
Vietnamese searchers on ships worked throughout the night but could not find a rectangle object spotted Sunday afternoon that was thought to be one of the doors of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that went missing more than two days…
Possible aircraft
wreckage spotted
Vietnamese searchers on Sunday spotted possible aircraft debris after combing the sea for nearly 48 hours in the hunt for a Malaysian passenger jet that vanished with 239 people aboard, officials said.…
President asks
ally to explain
President Aquino has asked a ranking political ally to explain why he phoned Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima in connection with the arrest of fugitive housing developer Delfin Lee.…
Senators oppose
Cunanan immunity
Dennis Cunanan faces perjury charges for denying he got a kickback in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam, senators warned on Sunday. …
Going to Tacloban?
Be a ‘voluntourist’
An outpouring of sympathy in the wake of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) has sparked an enterprise called “voluntourism.” …
Leyte Amerasians’
failed US dreams
They call him “Amerikano (the American).” With his good looks and legs of pure muscle, women prefer Ronnie Philips Ulbrichts to be their pedicab driver when they go around town.…
4 ozone-depleting
gases found
Worried scientists said Sunday they had found four new ozone-destroying gases in the atmosphere, most likely put there by humans in the last 50-odd years despite a ban on these dangerous compounds.…
PH has right to
defend territory
The Philippines also has the right to defend every inch of its territory, President Benigno Aquino's spokesman said on Sunday, after China made a similar warning.…
No presidential
bid for Duterte
Amid persistent calls on social network, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Sunday that no one could make him run for president in the 2016 elections.…
World Wide Web
turns 25 years old
Twenty-five years ago, the World Wide Web was just an idea in a technical paper from an obscure, young computer scientist at a European physics lab.…
Survivor groping
for answers
The search for the answer to one question keeps him going. When Melvin Castro lost 18 of his relatives in the devastation wrought by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” four months ago, the first question he asked God was, “Why did you spare…
Getting personal
over Crimea
Now it’s personal. By upping the ante with his threat to isolate Russia with sanctions over Crimea, US President Barack Obama risks setting off a cycle of confrontation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.…
I forgive and pray
for my detractors
“I know myself and God knows who I am.” This is what “healing priest” Fr. Fernando Suarez has to say about criticism of how his Mary Mother of the Poor (MMP) Foundation has been handling its finances and to allegations…
Boredom killer
or disorder?
Is it a simple “boredom killer” or a fixation that can develop into a full-blown psychological disorder? With three young children and a full-time job, Emma Martini has little time for computer games. But every night she sits quietly at…
Aquino supports
gender equality
To mark International Women’s Day on Saturday, Malacañang vowed to strengthen measures to combat violence against women and provide more opportunities for gender equality and empowerment.…
