On 21-27 June 2010, a group of PAMA doctor volunteers, nurses and friends will go to Dumaguete City to conduct its 3rd Annual Medical Mission to the Philippines. Boxes of medical supplies and medicines were already shipped in mid-April for a timely arrival before the mission. Aside from these medical supplies and medicines, PAMA contributed […]
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Ampatuan murder case judge accused of bias
“The judge has committed serious misconduct in disregarding simple evidentiary rules,” lawyer Sigfrid Fortun said in a motion for recusation that seeks to inhibit Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes from the murder case. “There is serious or gross misconduct when judicial acts complained of were corrupt or inspired by an intention to violate the law or […]
4 RP universities remain among top 200 Asian schools
Four Philippine universities made it again to the Top 200 Asian universities list of consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. (QS) for 2010, even as this is not really a cause for celebration in a country with about 2,000 institutions of higher education. Leading the Philippine schools is the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University, which tied Taiwan’s […]
Filipino faces identity fraud charges
Sydney. May 7, 2010. An alleged ringleader of a multi-million dollar identity fraud racket based in Sydney is facing multiple charges after an early morning raid. As of press time, his identity has been suppressed but will probably be made known to public when proven guilty. The 41-year-old Filipino man who is reportedly from Quakers […]
Gordon sues SWS & Pulse Asia
With just a few remaining days before the moment of truth, presidential candidate Sen. Richard Gordon sues two polling firms. During the past several weeks, both Social Weather Station (SWS) and Pulse Asia had been releasing poll results showing Gordon at the tail end of the surveys. Because of this, Gordon is believed to have […]
Woman in sea tragedy thanks her hero 25 years later
Camarines, Philippines. Now 39 years old, Maritess Maderal had long been waiting for that one chance to again embrace the man who brought her to his home, took care of her for several months and treated her as his own child after she lost her mother and two siblings in a sea tragedy when she […]
Earthquake in Manila
MANILA, Philippines. March 25, 2010. — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck west of Manila on Thursday, 25th, the seismology institute reported, causing buildings in the Philippine capital to shake and sending frightened workers out of their offices. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami alert was issued. Buildings in Manila shook […]
Where is Ping Lacson hiding?
MANILA, Philippines. March 16, 2010. The Department of Justice on Monday said it is verifying reports that fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson has been sighted in Rome, Italy. He was earlier reported to have been sighted in Australia. Justice Secretary Alberto Agra said the lawmaker may have been passing thru, adding that the senator’s whereabouts remain […]
Filipina tourist jailed for 6 days over packets of Nestea
Melbourne. 19 March 2010. TRAUMATISED, Maria Silva pleaded her innocence while she was detained for six days in the ”Dungeon,” as the Melbourne Custody Centre is notoriously known. The Filipina tourist was arrested on 13 March 2010 at Melbourne Airport after a flight from the Philippines with what police authorities thought was more than two […]
Arrest warrants issued for top LBC executives by DJ Yap of Phil. Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines. March 15, 2010. A court has ordered the arrest of eight top officials of the LBC group of companies on the strength of an estafa complaint filed by a pre-need firm that accused LBC of failing to remit payments made by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court issued warrants […]
Witness in Dacer-Corbito murder case to be extradited
March 6, 2010. MANILA, Philippines. Fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s lawyer believes that former police officer Michael Ray Aquino, ordered extradited by a US court, will not turn against his client. “The return of [Sr. Supt.] Michael Ray Aquino will not strengthen the case against Sen. Panfilo Lacson because he will never turn state witness against […]
Anthrax in Cagayan: 1 Dead and 400 more infected
Cagayan Valley, Philippines. Mar 1, 2010. One died and there are at least 400 more people infected with anthrax after they ate meat of an infected carabao (water buffalo) in Cagayan province. It has been reported that some unscrupulous vendors in the province sold meat of a carabao that has already been dead even before […]