MANILA -- Charlie "Atong" Ang on Wednesday admitted conspiring with former President Joseph Estrada to allegedly divert P130 million in tobacco excise taxes intended for Ilocos Sur.
Filipino participants in chemical suits spray water on their colleagues as they decontaminate them during a field exercise on Radiological Dispersal Devices in Taguig, south of Manila, on Wednesday. The seminar is sponsored by the US Department of State's anti-terrorism assistance program. (AP photo)
DAVAO CITY -- The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) is now trying to win over to its side Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte after the City Council unanimously approved the aerial spray ordinance.