The Philippine Airlines (PAL) airbus after it crashed Friday into a banana and coconut grove situated several meters away from the Butuan Airport runway. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Ben Serrano)
MANILA -- Former President Joseph Estrada emerged from more than six years of detention a free man Friday afternoon, while the lawyers who prosecuted him began preparing to challenge his pardon before the Supreme Court.
BUTUAN CITY -- Thirty-four people were hurt when Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight No. 475 from Manila overshot the 1.2 kilometer Butuan Airport runway here at past 6 a.m. Friday.
CEBU CITY -- Ten heavily armed men stormed the house of a barangay councilor seeking reelection in this Monday’s polls in the island town of San Francisco, Cebu Friday morning.