Saturday, November 21, 2009
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MANILA - The Philippines rolled out the red carpet in a rock star reception Friday for pound-for-pound king and newly crowned World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
High-ranking officials and fans flocked to Manila's international airport as the 30-year-old Pacquiao flew in five days after he demolished Puerto Rican champ Miguel Cotto to become the only fighter in history to win seven titles in as many weight classes.
His right hand and ear still bandaged, the future...
When he assumes his post, incoming United States Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr. will inherit "huge" problems hounding the two nations' relationship, including the controversial Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
Militant umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said Saturday Thomas will also have to face queries about the continued presence of US forces in Mindanao.
“It won’t be smooth sailing for the new envoy," Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said ...
Pag hitik ang puno, binabato ang bunga. (Kids throw stones at a tree heavy with fruit.) Noynoy Aquino is now the tree heaviest with fruit. As he consistently tops public opinion surveys, the more his detractors throw stones.
But lately, the attacks have become nasty. Once more, the only son of a martyred opposition leader and a widow-turned-president has topped surveys about whom respondents want to be president.
This time, the surveys conducted by politicians supporting Aquino, were done in v...
MANILA - A gay rights political party banned from participating in next year's Philippine elections on so-called moral grounds blasted the decision Friday as discriminatory and vowed to take legal action.
Ang Ladlad chairman Danton Remoto said the party was preparing to file a court motion challenging the Commission on Election's ruling.
"This is a sloppy and biased decision because he is a Eucharistic minister," Remoto told AFP, referring to election commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, who ruled ag...
CHICAGO - US television superstar Oprah Winfrey, who rose from a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a global star, will on Friday announce that her talk show will end in 2011, her production firm said.
"The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011," Tim Bennett, president of Winfrey's Harpo production company, wrote in a letter to affiliates.
"The Oprah Winfrey Show," which is currently syndicated in 145 countries, has transformed Winfrey ...
CHICAGO - US television superstar Oprah Winfrey, who rose from a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a global star, will on Friday announce that her talk show will end in 2011, her production firm said.
"The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011," Tim Bennett, president of Winfrey's Harpo production company, wrote in a letter to affiliates.
"The Oprah Winfrey Show," which is currently syndicated in 145 countries, has transformed Winfrey ...
He was catapulted from the board room to the House of Representatives with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s help.
He became the subject of public scandal after allegedly treating the President and her entourage to a lavish dinner in New York.
And as 2010 approaches, he plays a key role in ensuring that the party the President chairs will win the top spot in the coming elections. Members of the administration coalition Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats (La...
MANILA - Newly crowned WBO welterweight king Manny Pacquiao said he was in no rush to fight American Floyd Mayweather Junior as he flew back to a hero's welcome in his native Philippines Friday.
After his stunning 12th-round Las Vegas stoppage of Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto for a historic seventh title in as many weight divisions, the champ also suggested he might fight on beyond the much-anticipated Mayweather showdown.
"We are not forcing a fight with him. It is right that he is the one ...
It’s all systems go for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the 17,888 public seats available in the 2010 elections, a Commission on Election (Comelec) official said on Thursday.
“All systems go na tayo for the filing of COCs," Commissioner Rene Sarmiento told GMANews.TV in an interview.
The period of filing of COCs will start Friday, November 20, and will proceed until the midnight of December 1, 2009. S
armiento said their local offices are prepared for the activi...
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao may have defeated Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto last Saturday, but his stunning victory was quickly eclipsed by rumors of his alleged love affair with young starlet Krista Ranillo.
Only days after the historic win, the pair has been under increasing scrutiny in news headlines, showbiz columns, and especially in cyberspace.
The rumors were heightened when video footage showed the pound-for-pound king’s wife, Jinkee Pacquiao, shedding tears while the couple ...
The once dominant Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) of Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and the Nacionalista Party of Senator Manuel Villar Jr. will seal their alliance Friday in a bid to boost the latter's presidential bid.
The event, which will be held 10 a.m. at the Villar-owned Laurel House in Mandaluyong City, will coincide with the start of the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for all elective posts in the 2010 elections.
Marcos, son of the late strongman Ferdinand...
Vice presidential aspirant Eduardo “Edu" Manzano on Thursday confirmed his breakup with his girlfriend, television personality Pinky Webb.
“Unfortunately, that is true," Manzano said at the sidelines of the national convention of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party where his tandem with former Defense chief Gilberto Teodoro Jr. for the 2010 elections was formally declared.
Manzano, who recently quit his post as chairman of the Optical Media Board to prepare for his candidacy, refused to give...
The vehicle used by the suspect in the killing of the son of a Malacañang official is in the name of a British national who works for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), police said Thursday.Quezon City police director Chief Superintendent Elmo San Diego said in a radio report that the vehicle used by the suspect in chasing Renato Ebarle Jr. just before he fatally shot the victim on Wednesday night is registered to a British national named Stephen Pollard.Police identified Pollard as a resi...
MANILA - President Gloria Arroyo on Thursday stepped down as leader of the Philippines' ruling party but offered no clues about her future plans amid talk she may seek a seat in Congress.
Arroyo, whose six-year presidency, tainted with allegations of graft, ends next year, urged her party to rally behind its presidential candidate, Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro.
"I am relinquishing (my post) today as national chairperson and handing over the reins of the party's top leadership to the bril...
MANILA - Ten Southeast Asian nations pledged Wednesday to create a regional immigration database to catch criminals and terrorists going across their borders, the group said.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed to set up "an immigration database so we can track blacklisted nationals," said Philippine immigration spokesman Floro Balato.
"This applies to everybody (involved in) terror activities, illegal activities and transnational crimes," said Balato at the end of the ...
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