Three grade school students join other supporters of slain clergyman Bishop Alberto Ramento of the Philippine Independent Church as they light candles and offer prayers Tuesday in Manila. (AP photo)
ANGELES CITY -- An Aglipayan prelate was stabbed dead by two unidentified men early Tuesday morning inside his church in Barangay Poblacion, Tarlac City.
The victim was identified as Bishop Maximo IX Alberto Romento, 69, parish priest of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) or Philippine Independent Church and a human rights activist.
MANILA -- Finance Secretary Margarito Teves on Tuesday attributed the strong peso value in the market to the additional money sent by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to their families who were affected by typhoon Milenyo.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Philippine government has expressed optimism that it would find a way to break the impasse in the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
CEBU CITY -- Thirty minutes after walking out of a police station detention cell, an ex-convict was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in Cebu City Monday night.
