Bar exams in VisMin?
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Conducting the bar examinations outside Luzon may improve the passing rate of the takers, lawmakers said.
Some examinees who travel...
Climate change real – PNoy
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Filipinos have already started to feel the effects of global warming. What should we do to reduce our vulnerability...
Gov’t to raise teachers’ pay if…
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Secretary Armin Luistro of the Department of Education (DepEd) said they are looking into increasing the salaries of teachers...
China not ceding an inch of territory – general
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA - China “will not give an inch” with regards to its territorial dispute with several Southeast Asian countries, including the...
Can’t afford private school? Go public, students told
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – If one cannot afford tuition fees in private schools, state universities and colleges are alternatives.
Presidential Communications Operations Secretary...
Australia pledges $143-M assistance
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – Australia will provide an estimated P5.7 billion (A$143 million) in official development assistance to the Philippines this year until...
Loren denies hand in pork barrel scam Escudero, Angara, Pimentel wash hands, too
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — Sen. Loren Legarda denied her involvement in the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima...
Minor illegal Chinese fishers released
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – The two minors who were among the 11 Chinese fishermen apprehended at the Hasa-Hasa Shoal were released...
Miriam protests inclusion in ‘pork’ list
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Iloilo City’s Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago dismissed as “falsified” and “fictitious” the list of solons, prepared by whistleblower Benhur Luy,...
OFWs fret over defective e-passports
By SAMMY JULIAN
Manila News Bureau Chief
MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East have expressed concern over the issuance of an estimated...