Jonkie Ouano, the Mandaue City mayor's son, dabs a coat of paint on the roof of Vicente Valle's house in Paradise Island. The houses and shanties are visible from the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Cuizon)
MANILA -- Malacañang has defended President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's continued pitch for Charter change particularly after she reiterated her administration's determination to see it happen during a dinner attended by Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Philippine military on Saturday tagged the Abu Sayyaf group as behind the kidnapping of a US aid worker and three other Filipinos in the troubled island of Jolo.
DAVAO CITY -- Government authorities are not just monitoring the activities of a town mayor and policemen linked to illegal drug activities but also a big-time foreign drug dealer reportedly operating in Southern Mindanao.