US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney gives a piggyback ride to an unidentified orphan accompanied by an unidentified US Army officer during her visit to an orphanage in Zamboanga City, where she celebrated Thanksgiving Day Thursday with US troops. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- It will be work as usual for all private companies during next month's Asean summit, as Malacañang amended the holiday declaration for December 11 to 14.
Only schools and the government sector are left covered by the declaration after Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita signed Proclamation 1032-A to exclude private businesses.
MANILA -- The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) on Thursday gave the go-signal for the first-ever public interview of six nominees vying for the Supreme Court (SC) top post, which will be vacated by Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban on December 7.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested a soldier early Thursday for allegedly extorting money from a former Catholic priest he was supposedly protecting in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga.
CANDABA -- The Candaba Swamp has been recently nominated as one of the sites to be included in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.
