‘It’s Showtime’ hosts Vice Ganda, Ion Perez face cybercrime raps
Popular television host and singer Vice Ganda, alongside her real-life partner Ion Perez, are facing charges under the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The case was filed before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office by the Kapisanan ng Social Media Broadcasters…
Offline: Robbery in broad daylight in OP and the OVP
The confidential and intelligence funds that the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President have lusted for are now theirs, thanks in large part to a Congress that is more than willing to give Ferdinand Marcos…
As I See It: Disasters everywhere, global warming, earthquakes
What’s happening in our world today? We hear of news mishaps, calamities, atrocities… every now and then. “Is this the effect of global warming? Is it another 9/11?” The latest disaster worldwide was the 6.8 earthquake that happened in Morocco….
TRUE OR FALSE (Claire Morales True): PHL Consulate opens up for APEC, renewal of passports, others
SAN FRANCISCO – Serious drugs, upsurge in crimes, the homeless swarming on the streets in downtown San Francisco and elsewhere, businesses downturn. These are the major woes confronting the city and county of San Francisco as it is in a frenzied…
VP HARRIS, ASEAN SEEK END TO S. CHINA SEA ROW; As PHL, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Taiwan alarmed at China’s new map
By ALFRED G. GABOT and CLAIRE MORALES TRUE Editor in Chief and Managing Editor JAKARTA/WASHINGTON/MANILA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has gone ballistic once more, this time during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Jakarta, Indonesia as…
Arrest warrant out vs. Teves, 3 others over Governor Degamo massacre
DUMAGUETE CITY — Expelled Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. may soon catch up with the law. This as the Manila Regional Trial Court issued an arrest warrant on Teves and three others last September 5 againstTeves over the killing of…
HEALTH & WEALTH: Keep sharing the gospel during these last days
(Part II) As columnist, accredited and commissioned Notary Public, licensed Real Estate Broker (DRE #00635976) and active Evangelist with the GOLDEN GATE CHURCH OF CHRIST in San Francisco, California, I received several calls from old clients and regular readers…
AS I SEE IT: Salt ponds, not beaches
Have you seen large areas of salt ponds, not beaches, in California? I just did! Last Friday (September 1), was my birthday! My daughter Tweety (she and her 3-year-old Hawaiian-born Baby Ellie from South Carolina who are vacationing in California)…
Breaking Through: A Vietnamese yuppie Shines, hold up gangs prawl on Pinoy stores
VALLEJO – Flying back to California after an extended vacation in our native land, I consider myself lucky for having as my seatmate in the plane a Vietnamese young man who was so accommodating he was always ready to rise from…
A targeted hate crime
By Gilda Balan, Correspondent JACKSONVILLE, Florida – There was something more disturbing than usual about the violent hate crime that took place late last month in Jacksonville, Florida. Based on eyewitness accounts, 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, a white male, entered…






















