Malacanang: President Aquino is very accessible
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 07:54 p.m.MALACANANG does not want to dignify anymore the issue involving the posting of supposedly three mobile phone numbers of President Benigno Aquino III on a social networking site by an alleged Filipino hacker.
"In our judgment and at least as far as the President is concerned, we don't want to dignify those alleged numbers with a response," said deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte in an interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.
Government doesn’t want a repeat of MOA-AD: Palace
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 07:52 p.m.MALACANANG justified on Sunday why there was a delay in the signing of a comprehensive agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), saying the government did not want a repeat of what happened to the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) that was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
In an interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte admitted that issues surrounding the three remaining annexes of the framework agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) were heavy.
LPA off Surigao now a tropical depression
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 06:17 p.m.CEBU CITY -- The Low Pressure Area (LPA) that was earlier estimated east of Surigao City has developed into a tropical depression and was named "Emong."
In its latest bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that Emong was located at 370 kilometers east of Catarman, Northern Samar as of 4 p.m. Sunday.
Government drops ceremonial burning of elephant tusks
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 05:37 p.m.CONFISCATED elephant tusks will no longer be set on fire on Friday amid protest from groups that saw the original plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as virtual endorsement to open burning.
“I have already instructed the PAWB (Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau) to forego the ceremonial burning. But just the same, the confiscated tusks weighing about five tons will be crushed as planned using road rollers,” said Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Sunday.
Spike in dengue cases seen in Visayas, Mindanao
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 05:30 p.m.THE Department of Health (DOH) is already bracing for the rise of dengue cases in regions outside Metro Manila, particularly in Visayas and Mindanao.
“The country fast gears efforts to bring down dengue cases in massive numbers even as the Visayas and Mindanao brace for a higher number of cases this year,” the DOH said.
Kim Kardashian gives birth to a baby girl
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 05:19 p.m.TV PERSONALITY and occasional actress Kim Kardashian has given birth to a baby girl named "Kimye" in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, Saturday (Sunday, Philippine Standard Time).
According to the entertainment website E!, this is the first child Kim Kardashian had with boyfriend and rapper Kanye West.
Philippines has new world boxing champ
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 04:48 p.m.DAVAO CITY -- Edrin Dapudong finally became the first world boxing champion from North Cotabato after stopping South Africa’s Gideon Buthelezi in the first round to grab the International Boxing Organization junior bantamweight title at the Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa Sunday morning (Manila Time).
Dapudong, 27, avenged his controversial split decision loss in his first meeting with Buthelezi last November 2012, by landing a left hook to the jaw in two minutes 29 seconds into the opening round that stunned and silenced the Buthelezi supporters.
Coast Guard asked to be vigilant in protecting coral reefs
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 04:44 p.m.SENATOR Loren Legarda reiterated Sunday her call for the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to be more vigilant in guarding Philippine waters following the grounding of another foreign vessel on a coral reef within the country’s waters.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council reported that the M/V Unicorn Lodger, with 18 Vietnamese crew onboard, ran aground in the area of Sambauan Island, Maripipi, Biliran on Thursday night.
Gunmen kill cop in Basilan
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 11:17 a.m.MOTORCYCLE-RIDING gunmen shot and killed a policeman late Saturday in Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province, a top police official disclosed Sunday.
Shot and killed was Police Officer 2 (PO2) Hendry Noel Hidalgo, an intelligence operative of the Isabela City Police Office (ICPO).
Heat, Spurs set for pivotal Game 5 of NBA Finals
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 07:11 a.m.SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker's hamstring, not Dwyane Wade's knee, is the current chief injury concern.
Manu Ginobili, not Chris Bosh, is mired in the slump of the moment.
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