She may be the chairperson of the House committee on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but former First Lady and incumbent congresswoman Imelda Marcos won't be joining President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III when he goes to the United Nations summit on the MDGs late this month.
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office on Wednesday admitted that its board members have been receiving excessive retirement benefits and that it has not remitted dividends to the national government.
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TOKYO - Suicides and other depression cases cost Japan's economy about 2.7 trillion yen ($32 billion) last year, the government said Wednesday, releasing such data for the first time in a bid to raise public awareness of the nation's long-battled social woe.
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July - more than double the number previously reported - and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens.
The Incident Investigation and Review Commitee will head to Camp Bagong Diwa — the National Capital Region Police Office's headquarters in Taguig City — on Wednesday afternoon to inspect the ill-fated Hong Thai Travel tour bus hijacked by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza last August 23.
The Incident Investigation and Review Commitee will head to Camp Bagong Diwa — the National Capital Region Police Office's headquarters in Taguig City — on Wednesday afternoon to inspect the ill-fated Hong Thai Travel tour bus hijacked by dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza last August 23.
JALOZAI, Pakistan - American movie star Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural disaster.
The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it “barbaric” and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue.
Efren 'Bata' Reyes and Francisco 'Django' Bustamante, the country's legendary pair in the international billiards circuit, made a strong case in their title retention bid in the World Cup of Pool.