Police push back protesting priests from the Christian sect, the Philippine Independent Church and their supporters during a symbolical funeral march for Bishop Alberto Ramento Thursday in Manila. (AP Photo/)
MANILA -- Charges were filed Thursday by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) before the Department of Justice against 17 officers and owners of three private nursing review centers in connection with the leakage in the nursing licensure examination held last June 11 and 12.
DAVAO CITY -- North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol has identified senior MILF leader Basit Usman in the bombing in Makilala town that killed 12 people and wounded more than two-dozen others.
CEBU CITY -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo agreed Thursday "in principle" to exempt Cebu's exporters from the four-day holiday during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit this December.
ANGELES CITY -- A series of explosions in a firecracker factory followed by a fire injured several people and damaged nearby houses in the thickly populated informal settlement on the Abacan River in Barangay Pampang Thursday noon.
