Former Navy gunner Antonio Trillanes, shown here in this May 14, 2007 file photo, won a Senate seat in a remarkable victory regarded by some analysts as an anti-government vote. (AP photo)
MANILA -- In what could be a first in the country's political history, a detained rebel officer--Navy Lieutenant Senior Grade Antonio Trillanes IV--will be proclaimed as senator on Friday.
"It is already mathematically improbable to overcome his (Trillanes) lead so it is just right (for us) to proclaim him," said Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos.
MANILA -- Muslim rebels helping government troops look for Fr. Giancarlo Bossi have located a mountain area where the Italian priest is being held, and a suspected accomplice in the kidnapping has been arrested, a Marine general said Thursday.
GUAGUA, Pampanga -- Relatives of beheaded overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Reynaldo Cortez on Thursday confirmed that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) did not succeed in recovering his remains.
