Teenager swims in river, drowns

SAN NICOLAS, Batangas – A 14 year-old high school student drowned in a river in Barangay Canlangay, this town, on Monday afternoon, a report said yesterday. Police identified the victim as Jerome Matienzo, second year high school student, of Barangay Talang, San Nicolas,Batangas. Incoming search terms:drowning in canton ga (1)teenager drowns in trinity river 2013 (1) var addthis_config... 

Space debris

Manila, Philippines – Earth’s orbit is segregated into three distinct regions. Low Earth orbit covers the area 200-2,000 km. Pieces of space junk in this region are impacted by the atmosphere, which degrades their orbit, dragging them back to Earth sooner.  Read More »

Poll exec’s dad gunned down

BALUNGAO,Pangasinan – A father of an election officer in Umingan, Pangasinan, was gunned down by two motorcycleriding gunmen, bringing to 17 the total number of shooting incidents in the province since January 1. Incoming search terms:balungao elections 2013 (1)election in balungao (1)latest news in balungao (1)shooting incidents at san leon balungao (1) Read More »

Shooting kills 1, 2 wounded

LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 22-year-old man was shot dead while his two friends were injured when three men fired gunshots at them inside a video bar situated at M.L. Tagarao Street, this city, Thursday midnight. Police identified the fatality as Angelo Ramos while wounded were Aries Cadavillo, 23, single, electrician, and Ariel Frias, 37, electrician, all residents of Granja Street,... 

Girl, pregnant woman, killed as Japan car hits group

TOKYO (AFP) – A seven-year-old girl and a pregnant woman were killed Monday when a car hit a group of elementary school children near the tourist city of Kyoto in Japan. Five children were seriously hurt when the car, driven by an 18-year-old without a licence, crashed into the nine youngsters and one adult.  Read More »

Teenager survives 28 days adrift

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – An 18-year-old man who worked as a maid in a seaside hotel in Panama happily took up an offer by two friends to join them on a fishing trip and earn some extra cash. Twentyeight days later, Adrian Vasquez was found drifting alone in the 10-foot (three-meter) fishing boat. His two friends had died, and he likely owed his survival to a sudden rainstorm. Vasquez... 

Student robbed, slain in Laguna

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – A 19-year-old student of University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) was robbed and killed before dawn yesterday by two unidentified men in Barangay Batong Malake, this town. Supt. Dante Novicio, Los Banos chief of police, identified the victim Ray Bernard Penaranda, a native of Tanay, Rizal, was declared dead on arrival at the Los Baños Doctor’s... 

Childhood Friends

Dear Manay Gina, I am a 53-year-old woman who has had two great friends since our early teenage years. About eight years ago I started feeling envious and left out. My two friends were more successful and it got to the point where they were doing a lot of fun things together and my husband and I were never included. Over the years, I tried a few times to contact them but our conversations... 

Awful celebration

Manila, Philippines – A merry celebration ended sour when two friends landed in different hospital after stabbing each other yesterday morning in Pasay City. Police identified the men as Richard Saberon, 23, of Barangay East Rembo, Makati City, and Jose Vargas, 27, of Sta. Teresita, Quezon City. The duo, who was both drunk, earlier had a misunderstanding which led to a fistfight...