Do we join the chorus of blame or toss it simply in the direction of kamalasan or misfortune? After all, many of us had previously noted how August has been a bloody month in our contemporary history, from the Plaza Miranda bombing to Ninoy's assassination.
Early this year, news footage of two-year-old Ardi Rizal puffing away in Indonesia, the world’s third largest consumer of cigarettes, sparked global outrage. But in the Ilocos region, hardly anyone raises a fuss over children as young as four years old who are already helping their families in growing tobacco.
The day started with a group of Hong Kong tourists happily visiting historical Fort Santiago.
Are you prepared for the next typhoon Ondoy or Pepeng? This interactive map shows the flood prone areas in NCR. It also plots out all the evacuation centers that can be located using Google maps.
The election of his son Noynoy to the presidency has created new interest in the murkier parts of Ninoy Aquino's life. After interviewing key Communist figures and unearthing old US Embassy cables, historian Lisandro Claudio asserts that Ninoy played a key role in the founding and growth of the New People's Army.
The election of his son Noynoy to the presidency has created new interest in the murkier parts of Ninoy Aquino's life. After interviewing key Communist figures and unearthing old US Embassy cables, historian Lisandro Claudio asserts that Ninoy played a key role in the founding and growth of the New People's Army.
The May 2010 polls were easily the costliest in Philippine history, and the greatest expense was on political advertising. But it may be impossible to know exactly how much was spent by whom. A PCIJ investigation showed an apparent pattern among most candidates to circumvent campaign-finance laws in a “knowing and willful” manner.
Pisay grad Jaemark Tordecilla and native New Yorker Rafe Bartholomew share little in common aside from a love for Philippine basketball. That was enough for an exuberant exchange of emails that lasted months. GMANews.TV presents part one of this correspondence between two of the leading new voices on Pinoy sports.
The popular political balladeer has come a long way from singing Kanlungan in folk houses to the inauguration grandstand at the Luneta, where he exhorted everyone — from former presidents to park vendors — to become “isang mabuting Pilipino.”