These are street kids who spend the night in and beside the abandoned traffic outpost in front of SM City Pampanga and Robinsons Starmills at Jose Abad Santos Avenue. (Sun.Star Pampanga/Chris Navarro)
MANILA -- Chief Justice Reynato Puno criticized the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Wednesday for its slow response to the Myanmar cyclone and surging rice prices, which could become a regional security threat.
He called for a review of the effectivity of the Asean rule of consensus to make it responsive to the changing social, economic and political situation among member nations.
CEBU CITY -- A motel chain owner was ordered tos stop the development on his 40-hectare property in Barangay Mabini, Cebu City after construction work there caused a landslide last Monday, destroying a portion of the mountain barangay's main road.
DAVAO CITY -- The multi-billion dollar mining project in Mati City has caused rift not only between the mining companies involved in the project but also among indigenous people living in the area.
DAGUPAN CITY -- Twenty officers of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) district jail were relieved from their posts following the escape of two inmates on May 17.
