In his letter to the editor of this newspaper, Mr. Jojo Laquian, well-known Sports Consultant of Blacktown City Council complained about Mrs. Emma de Vera, owner of Travel Access which is based in Flushcombe Road in Blacktown. Laquian alleged that de Vera made a booking at Star City for ABS-CBN entertainers who never showed up. […]
Month: January 2012
Travel agent’s credit card denied acceptance
I have been a loyal employee of Star City Hotel for a long time. During the past 13 years, I have accommodated requests from friends to book rooms at the hotel using discounted employee rates. Last September 2011, my wife who is reservations manager of Shangri-La, was approached by Emma de Vera of Travel Access […]
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister
Your Excellency, Madam Prime Minister, I was told by my dentist when I last saw him that the Federal government was planning to abolish the Dental Care Plan by the end of December 2011. As of press time, nothing further has been heard about this matter.
Wanted general tagged a butcher and a coward
The Philippine government has launched a manhunt for the retired major general tagged by activist groups as “Berdugo (Butcher)” for the string of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances attributed to him. He was stopped recently by immigration officials at an airport in Pampanga province from leaving the country. He was bound for Singapore.
No Christmas furlough for Arroyo
A local court has ruled out house detention for former president Gloria Arroyo, even during the Christmas break. Judge Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court cited security reasons for not allowing Arroyo’s request. She wanted to spend the Christmas holidays in her house in La Vista, Quezon City.
Typhoon Sendong casualties now exceed 1,000
More than a thousand people have perished in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan during the flash floods that lashed northern Mindanao on the night of December 17, 2011. Many are still missing while rescuers are trying to recover some corpses seen floating in the ocean. Most of the fatalities are children, according to a report […]
Reporting news versus expressing an opinion by Dino Crescini, BS, MBA
(This is a reprint of what first appeared in the January 2007 issue of Philippine Tribune) There is a big difference between news reporting and expressing an opinion. Unfortunately, not too many people—even some writers—can distinguish between the two. News reports are supposed to be the result of thorough investigation performed by journalists who verified […]
Australian kidnapped in Southern Philippines
A MASSIVE search is under way for an Australian man abducted from his home in the southern Philippines. Zamboanga City. December 6, 2011. An Australian man was abducted in the southern Philippines, the military said, in what could be the latest in a long line of kidnappings for ransom by Muslim radical groups.
Filipina pours boiling water on ex-husband
DALY City, California – A 39-year-old woman of Filipino descent is facing two life sentences for allegedly pouring a pot of boiling water over her sleeping ex-husband and then hitting him with a baseball bat last November.
Senator Miriam Santiago to World Crime Court
Philippine Senator Miriam Santiago was elected judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the Assembly of States Parties at elections held Monday, 12 December at the United Nations, New York. Santiago is the first Filipino and the first Asian from a developing state to serve as ICC judge, thus earning a place of honour […]
Lass from flood-ravaged Cagayan de Oro tops reality singing contest
MANILA, Philippines —Just days after deadly flash floods hit Cagayan de Oro, the capital city of Misamis Oriental finds a small reason to celebrate. Hometown girl and aspiring singer Krizza Neri, who hails from Tablon district, topped the GMA 7 reality talent search “Protégé”— besting finalists Lovely Embuscado from Davao and Lirah Bermudez from Iloilo […]
Majority of flood victims are children
Aid agencies from all over the world are continuing their emergency response in the Philippines where deadly flash floods claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people. Organisations including Save the Children have relief teams on the ground after a tropical storm reached landfall at night and wrought havoc.