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Pacquiao sees redemption vs Rios

By NICK GIONGCO Manny Pacquiao sees something in Brandon Rios that can rebuild his tattered image. Rios also sees almost the same thing when he looks at Pacquiao except that he perceives the comebacking Filipino as a stepping-stone. Incoming search terms:pacquiAio rios (5)danny garcia (1)pacquio vs rios (1)Rios vs Pacquiao news (1) var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":true,"data_track_textcopy":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; var... 

Israel visit

JERUSALEM – President Barack Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday without any new peace initiative to offer disillusioned Palestinians and facing deep Israeli doubts over his pledge to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.  Read More »

The decision

by TITO S. TALAO SUBIC, Philippines – The last two paragraphs of the San Miguel Corporation statement on the lifetime ban imposed on Petron import Renaldo Balkman come as a jolt for its far-reaching consequence. They read:  Read More »

Pistorius walks out on bail

PRETORIA, South Africa ­- Oscar Pistorius walked out of court Friday ­ free at least for now ­ after a South African magistrate released him on bail, capping four days of often startling testimony that foreshadowed a dramatic trial in the Valentine’s Day slaying of his girlfriend.  Read More »

No control

Manila, Philippines – Officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said yesterday that the agency cannot control the retail prices of cigarettes and liquor after it started collecting higher excise taxes last week.  Read More »

The resurrection

Gospel Reading: Jn 20:1a, 2-8 ON the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put Him.”  Read More »

Bacolod butcher leaps to death

By AARON B. RECUENCO Philippines – A 54-year-old butcher chose death rather than rot in jail over charges that stemmed from his attempt to kill both his mother-in-law and a responding policeman who tried to pacify him in Bacolod City. Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz, Jr., director of the Western Visayas Police, said Hector Villarosa succumbed to serious injuries when he jumped from the... 

‘Jesus’ wife’

VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican newspaper has added to the doubts surrounding Harvard University’s claim that a 4th century Coptic papyrus fragment showed that some early Christians believed that Jesus was married.  Read More »

Charice’s manager questions Jessica craze

Manila, Philippines – IT seems that Charice’s new manager does not feel comfortable about the warm welcome that Filipino-Mexican-American Jessica Sanchez has been getting in the Philippines. On Twitter, Courtney Blooding shared her doubts about Sanchez being “part of Filipino pride.“  Read More »

Groups rebound on ‘X Factor’

Manila, Philippines – JUDGE-mentor Gary Valenciano and his group contestants on “The X Factor Philippines” dedicated their performances last Saturday to the girl group A.K.A. Jam, who were eliminated from the contest last week. The boy band Take Off, who found themselves at the bottom two during the Final 10 elimination night, was in top fighting form with their version...