Corona has P12M in BPI checking account, bank exec says »
Chief Justice Renato Corona maintained a multimillion-peso checking account with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)-Ayala Avenue branch in Makati City, the manager of the branch said Thursday.…
Feb 10 2012 / No Comment / Read More »BSP probing leakage of Corona’s bank records »
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is investigating the alleged leakage of documents pertaining to Chief Justice Renato Corona’s deposits with Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) branch on Katipunan…
Feb 10 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Supreme Court issues TRO on Corona dollars »
Voting 8-5, the Supreme Court on Thursday stopped the Senate impeachment court from compelling Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) officials to disclose information on Chief Justice Renato Corona’s foreign…
Feb 10 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Hit-and-run victim’s sister seeks help in finding suspect »
The family of a former barangay captain has appealed to the public to help them find the driver of a blue car—described as a 1992 Toyota—which struck the…
Feb 9 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Aquino spends birthday visiting quake victims in Negros »
President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday distributed more than P10 million under the government’s cash-for-work program to victims of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Negros on Monday.…
Feb 9 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Constitutional crisis feared: Impeach court vs SC »
Fears of a constitutional crisis were aired Wednesday when the lawyers of Chief Justice Renato Corona petitioned the Supreme Court to stop the Senate impeachment court from summoning…
Feb 9 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Senators’ dilemma: Defer to SC or defy it »
The Senate impeachment court is poised to question the Supreme Court’s order temporarily barring it from examining the dollar accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona, according to Senator Franklin Drilon.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Canadian doc awed by heroism of Guihulngan hospital staff »
A visiting Canadian doctor is in awe at the dedication and selflessness of the medical staff at the Guihulngan District Hospital who, even as the walls and floors were rent and parts of the ceiling were falling, doggedly went on working during Monday’s devastating earthquake in Negros Oriental.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Tagle: Asia’s culture of silence rules »
A culture of silence across Asia may be keeping many victims of clergy sex abuse there from coming forward, a top Asian Church official told a Vatican-backed conference on Thursday.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »‘It’s her! It’s her!’ Eight more bodies recovered »
Jorlin Vergara broke down when he saw the brown shorts and orange-and-green plastic bracelet. “It’s her! It’s her!” he shouted.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »CBCP president urges Senate to heed Supreme Court order »
The head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines urged the Senate on Saturday to respect the Supreme Court’s stopping it from looking into dollar accounts allegedly belonging to Chief Justice Renato Corona.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Misamis residents brace for more floods »
Residents of this town braced themselves for more floods as intermittent rains continued for a second straight day on Saturday, with many of them moving into an evacuation camp set up in the town center.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »US soldiers, Filipino workers fired at in Basilan »
A team of US soldiers and about a dozen Filipino construction workers were fired at by unidentified men shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday in Barangay (village) Amaloy in Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan, a military official said.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Rescue underway for 80 on disabled boat »
Two military helicopters and a naval boat were sent out Saturday afternoon to rescue at least 80 persons on a motorboat adrift after its propeller broke in the waters off La Libertad town in Negros Oriental.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Aquino appoints new SolGen »
President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Francis H. Jardeleza as the new Solicitor General.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Former congresswoman’s lover killed in shooting just as police arrive »
It was late Friday evening when police received a call from ex-congresswoman Nanette Castelo-Daza about a “commotion” at her home in Barangay (village) Teachers' Village East, Quezon City.…
Feb 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Motorcycle rider falls off flyover into train track »
A motorcycle rider fell off Edsa Tramo flyover into a track of the Metro Rail Transit 3, MRT spokesman Hernando Cabrera said Saturday.…
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