Boxer Lamont Peterson to explain doping test to Nevada regulators - 04:17 a.m.
LAS VEGAS — Lamont Peterson will try to explain to Nevada boxing regulators why he failed a doping test, prompting the cancellation of what would have been a rematch this Saturday against Amir Khan with Peterson's WBA and IBF junior welterweight titles at stake.
Nevada Athletic Commission...
Google strives to enlighten with new search tool - 02:14 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is introducing a new tool, designed to make its search engine smarter.
The new feature debuting Wednesday draws from a Google-built database of more than 500 million people, places and commonly requested things to provide a summary of vital information alongside the...
UN: High blood pressure, glucose a global problem - 06:23 p.m.
GENEVA — A quarter of people aged 25 or over now have high blood pressure worldwide, and almost one in 10 has worrying levels of glucose in their blood.
The World Health Organization (WHO)'s tally of the latest global health statistics for the first time includes a look at blood pressure...
Sayyafs free kidnapped Malaysian man - 06:14 p.m.
MANILA (Updated 6:05 p.m.) -- Suspected al-Qaeda-linked bandits have freed a Malaysian man after a year of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.
Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan said Mohammad Nazarudin bin Saidin was released by his Abu Sayyaf...
Incentive hike for rationalization plan approved - 06:04 p.m.
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has directed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to increase the incentives of all employees who will be affected by the rationalization program for government agencies and departments.
“The President’s directive is welcome news for all public...
Aquino to Corona: Tell us the truth - 05:21 p.m.
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday urged Chief Justice Renato Corona to “tell the truth” when he answers accusations against him before the impeachment court.
“I hope he tells us the truth,” Aquino said when asked to make a brief take on Corona in an interview with Bombo Radyo....
Cargo ship with 18 people suffers engine trouble off Northern Samar - 04:42 p.m.
A CARGO vessel with 18 officers and crew members on board suffered an engine trouble while navigating off Northern Samar, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday.
MV Voyaguer, a steel hulled cargo vessel of 249.71 gross tonnages, was sailing at three nautical miles off Barangay...
World Bank approves $275M loan for Manila's waste management - 04:25 p.m.
THE World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on Wednesday a US$275 million financing for a project that will improve wastewater collection and treatment practices in several catchment areas of Metro Manila and help improve Manila Bay’s water quality.
Ombud: Corona violates anti-money laundering law - 03:41 p.m.
MANILA (Updated 3:35 p.m.) -- A 20-page memorandum report from the Office of the Ombudsman indicates that impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona may have violated the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
“The undersigned investigators respectfully submit that the foregoing findings may...
June 6 declared holiday in Zambo del Norte - 03:14 p.m.
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has declared June 6 as a special (non-working) day in the province of Zamboanga del Norte in celebration of its 60th Foundation Day. June 6 falls on a Wednesday.
Aquino issued the declaration through Proclamation 380 to give the people of Zamboanga del Norte...
Aquino on Grace Lee: ‘We’re friends’ - 03:06 p.m.
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday broke his silence about the status of his relationship with television host and disk jockey Grace Lee.
“We’re friends,” Aquino said in an interview with Bombo Radyo.
This is the first time Aquino entertained question regarding Lee as rumors...
Aquino supports Jessica Sanchez - 02:58 p.m.
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday expressed his support to Filipino-Mexican Jessica Sanchez hoping that she will win the current season of American Idol.
Aquino has joined the millions of fans of Sanchez wishing for a first-ever Filipino to win the world famous singing competition...
Bacolod to host Azkals vs Guam friendly - 01:20 p.m.
MANILA -- June will really be a busy month for the Philippine men's football team Azkals as it set to take on Guam in a friendly match on Independence Day, just a week after the scheduled encounter with Indonesia in Manila.
The June 12 match will also mark the return of the Azkals to the...
Senate approves re-registration of Armm voters - 01:10 p.m.
MANILA -- President Benigno Aquino III’s bid to end poll fraud in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) is still in sight after the Senate approved on Tuesday a joint resolution seeking to purge the area’s book of voters.
Joint Resolution 17, which was endorsed by Malacañang, is...
Aquino certifies sin tax reform bill as urgent - 12:57 p.m.
MANILA -- President Benigno Aquino III confirmed on Wednesday that he has certified as urgent the sin tax reform bill.
House Bill 5727, which seeks to increase cigarette and liquor taxes, recently passed the committee on ways and means in the House of Representatives.
Ellen DeGeneres wins top US humor prize - 12:52 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the top U.S. humor prize.
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that DeGeneres will receive the 15th annual Mark Twain Prize for...
Morales: I won't be a pawn of anyone - 07:06 p.m.
MANILA -- Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales maintained she will not allow herself to be co-opted by people who wanted to seek political revenge.
Accusations that independent government offices are being used to help secure conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona was floated by the...
Chinese airline to cut services to Manila - 07:03 p.m.
BEIJING — State media say a major Chinese airline will suspend some flights to the Philippines to reflect a drop in tourists traveling there amid a standoff between Beijing and Manila over territory in the South China Sea.
The official Xinhua News Agency says China Southern Airlines will...
Middle East, Singapore eyed as new markets for Philippine bananas - 06:58 p.m.
MANILA -- The government is looking at Middle Eastern countries and Singapore to be the new markets for bananas after China started implementing stringent measures on local agricultural product in the wake of the tension between Manila and Beijing over Scarborough shoal.
Agriculture...
Senator asks impeachment court to subpoena 9 bank managers - 06:53 p.m.
MANILA -- Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago asked Tuesday the impeachment tribunal to subpoena the nine bank branch managers where Chief Justice Renato Corona allegedly kept his dollar accounts.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales earlier disclosed that Corona has 82 dollar accounts in five...
Foreign Affairs chief richest in Aquino Cabinet - 06:33 p.m.
MANILA (Updated 6:35 p.m.) -- Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is the richest member of the Aquino Cabinet with a reported fortune of P657,834,755 based on his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) filed in 2011.
Aside from working in government, del...
House had AMLC report prior to Ombudsman testimony - 06:06 p.m.
MANILA -- Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has turned over documents detailing the dollar accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona to the House of Representatives before she even presented these to the impeachment tribunal, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said Tuesday.
In a press...
Ombudsman: $10M deposit authenticity unverified - 05:46 p.m.
MANILA (Updated 5:47 p.m.) -- Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales admitted Tuesday that she did not verify the authenticity of the alleged $10 million owned by Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying the data forwarded to her by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) are presumably correct....
'Corona transmitted $3M in month he was impeached' - 05:24 p.m.
MANILA -- Chief Justice Renato Corona allegedly had remittances as much as US$3.39 million in December 2011, the month he was impeached by the House of Representatives.
In Tuesday's impeachment hearing, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said Corona had withdrawals on significant events,...
Aquino appoints new deputy executive director to PPP - 05:06 p.m.
MANILA -- President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Ferdinand Tolentino as Deputy Executive Director V of the Public-Private Partnership Center (PPPC).
Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte made the announcement Tuesday at a press briefing.
Tolentino replaces former...
