A WORKER of the National Parks Development Committee cleans the Flower Clock at the Rizal Park in Manila, a day after President Aquino signed a law setting the Philippine Standard Time, yesterday. (Photo by Michael Varcas)
Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in his latest urging that people of all religions – or no religion – work together.
MEMBERS of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) rescue team, clad in fatigue uniforms, board a truck for their deployment in Manila to help clear the sidewalks of vendors and other obstructions. (Photo by KJ Rosales)
SENATOR Manny Villar and Senator-elect Cynthia Villar check the plastic school chairs, finish product of the Waste Plastic Recycling Factory in Barangay Ilaya, Las Pinas, which they inaugurated yesterday morning. The factory turns plastic wastes into durable school chairs that could last up to 20 years. (Photo by Linus Guardian Escandor II)
SINGER Richard Poon and actress Maricar Reyes are eyeing to tie the knot in an “exclusive” wedding some time this year.
GRANDMASTER Darwin Laylo (seated, left) is locked in a battle with GM Li Shilong of China during the sixth round of the Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Chess Championship at the Midas Hotel and Casino. Watching the game (from left) are GM Mark Paragua, NCFP executive-director Jayson Gonzales, NCFP secretary-general Cavite Rep. Bambol Tolentino and NCFP director - Rommel Tacorda.
MIAMI Heat guard Dwyane Wade battles for a lose ball against Indiana Pacers guard George Hill during the third quarter of Game 1 in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers against the Miami Heat in Miami. (AP photo)
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Picasso vandalism
A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Uriel Landeros had faced felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges accusing him of spray-painting “Woman in a Red Armchair” at the Menil Collection. Incoming search terms:Picasso\s Woman in a Red Armchair (2)iglesia...
Killer daddy
A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle confessed on Sunday that he had killed his two young children by slitting their throats in the central French city of Lille. The bodies of the five-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were discovered on Saturday afternoon in the man’s apartment in Saint-Priest, a southeastern suburb of the eastern city of Lyon. The unemployed...
Corona faces tax evasion
The Department of Justice (DoJ) ordered the filing of a tax evasion case yesterday against former Chief Justice Renato C. Corona. In a 66-page resolution, the DoJ panel of prosecutors found probable cause to charge Corona before the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) in connection with the P120.5-million tax evasion case filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) against the former chief magistrate....
Charges dropped
TUPELO, Mississippi – U.S. prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge, according to court documents. Read More »
Murderous doctor
BRASILIA – A Brazilian doctor who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit may have been responsible for as many as 300 deaths, according to a Health Ministry investigator. Read More »
Skirting execution
DENVER – Defense attorneys for the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people at a Denver area movie theater last July have offered to have him plead guilty in exchange for a life prison term, according to court documents filed on Wednesday. Read More »
‘Marcos’ men’
Manila, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation has recommended the prosecution of two alleged caretakers of former President Ferdinand Marcos’ assets who reportedly enticed 81 victims/ investors and demanded money from them purportedly to have a share of the Marcos’ wealth. Incoming search terms:tarlac news (7)caretakers of the marcos assets (1)emmanuel...
SC clears Reyes of murder
By REY G. PANALIGAN Manila, Philippines – Citing a brazen disregard of rules, the Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed the Department of Justice (DoJ) as it cleared former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes of murder charges in the 2011 killing of environmentalist and broadcaster Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega . Read More »
In the service of pensioners
Manila, Philippines – By GSIS president and general manager Roberto “Bernie” Vergara’s count, there are 7,000 government agencies, and of this number 280 did not remit employees’ contributions to the state pension fund as of 2010. Now, 280 out of 7,000 may look like a drop in the bucket, but that’s still 280 too many government offices that are holding on to money that...
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