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Seriously?!!! Shooting at Alabang Town Center Manila Even The President Pinoy Cant Escape The Floods Water Wedding in Manila Manila Skyline
 

Seriously?!!!

Is this another Erap joke or what? After being ousted as the president of the Philippines, he ran for Mayor of Manila and somehow won. Wow, talk about progress in our country.. Good luck to all of us!

Shooting at Alabang Town Center Manila

Actual firefight between Alabang Town Center security guards and unidentified armed men Cops have sealed off ATC after shootout between guards and suspected robbers.

Even The President Pinoy Cant Escape The Floods

Yep, even as the President of the Philippines, Noynoy P-Noy Aquino can not escape the floods

Water Wedding in Manila

As the water rose in Manila on Wednesday, Hernelie Ruazol and Ram Ocampo didn’t realize that their vow “for better or worse” would be tested so early. They were married inside a church but exited to a deluge. “I only wished to have a simple wedding but we had an extraordinary one!” said Hernelie, an [...]

Manila Skyline – Sunny Weather

August 9, 2012/ 4:30pm/ Pasig, Mandaluyong, Makati Skyline

Nueva Ecija forest guards ask for arms to fight illegal loggers

20 June 2013

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—Forest rangers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Nueva Ecija have asked the government to arm them in their fight against illegal loggers.   Their call came after a forester, Edgardo de Luna, was attacked twice during a renewed campaign against timber poaching in the Sierra Madre. De [...]

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Maynilad says water rates will come down in July

20 June 2013

MANILA, Philippines — The water concessionaire Maynilad, which has recently applied for a rate increase, now says rates in July will go down by 10 percent or P3.90 per cubic meter as it gained P978 million in refinancing $ 120 million worth of loans. It said the rate adjustment would be good until the end [...]

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Politics gets in the way of clearing waterways

20 June 2013

Politics gets in the way of clearing waterways Public Works chief Rogelio Singson said the relocation of informal settlers living in waterways in Metro Manila was delayed by the national government at the request of some local officials who did not want to lose votes in the recent May 13 midterm polls. Full News here [...]

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Nadia Montegro withdraws libel charge vs Annabelle Rama

20 June 2013

MANILA, Philippines—Saying she was no longer interested in pursuing the case, actress Nadia Montenegro has withdrawn the 14 counts of libel charges she lodged against talent manager Annabelle Rama in a Quezon City court.   Montenegro filed her two-page affidavit of desistance before Judge Ralph Lee of the Regional Trial Court Branch 83 on Wednesday. [...]

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Indonesia says Singapore ‘behaving like a child’ over haze

20 June 2013

JAKARTA – Indonesia on Thursday accused Singapore of “behaving like a child” by complaining about severe haze from raging forest fires on Sumatra island that has cloaked the city-state.   “Singapore should not be behaving like a child and making all this noise,” Agung Laksono, the minister who is coordinating Indonesia’s response to the haze [...]

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Bello warns overseas labor exec of libel

20 June 2013

MANILA, Philippines—Akbayan Partylist Representative Walden Bello on Thursday warned Philippine Overseas Labor Office (Polo) in Amman, Jordan assistant labor attaché Mario Antonio of possible libel charges if the overseas welfare official continues to accuse him of being a tool of recruitment agencies. “This guy is crazy. He’d better not repeat it or we will file [...]

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Metro Manila's stroke

20 June 2013

Metro Manila's stroke When foreign visitors ask me about travel time within the Philippines, I sometimes crack a joke like, “Oh, the flight from Cebu to Manila is an hour, but to get from the airport to Quezon City it can take two.” Monday night, I broke my own record of … Full News here [...]

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Makati starts enforcing plastics ban Thursday, readies 49 monitoring teams

20 June 2013

49 monitoring teams will be mobilized in Makati City for ban on plastic bag ban. Violators, beware. Full News here – GMA News Online / News / Metro Manila Get up to 75% discount in Manila hotels!

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Early market fire causes tension under busy Quiapo bridge

20 June 2013

An early morning fire caused tension and snarled traffic at a market under a bridge in Manila's Quiapo district Thursday. Full News here – GMA News Online / News / Metro Manila Get up to 75% discount in Manila hotels!

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John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood

20 June 2013

VATICAN CITY— Pope John Paul II has moved a step closer to sainthood.   A Vatican official says a commission of theologians approved a miracle attributed to his intercession, clearing a key hurdle. The case now goes to a commission of cardinals and then Pope Francis. John Paul’s canonization is possible in autumn to coincide [...]

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Heavy rains cause floods, traffic jams anew in Metro Manila – Manila Video

20 June 2013

Heavy monsoon rains caused floods and traffic jams again in Metro Manila on Monday night. Get up to 75% discount in Manila hotels!

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4 shot, 3 dead at US condo shooting

20 June 2013

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky— Police say three people are dead and a fourth is injured in a shooting at a condominium building in Louisville, Ky.   Asked if there was a suspect, police spokesman Dwight Mitchell says officers believe everyone involved was accounted for. He said the shootings took place inside an apartment but would not say [...]

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James Gandolfini , 51

20 June 2013

LOS ANGELES — HBO and James Gandolfini’s managers say the actor famous for “The Sopranos” has died in Italy. TMZ reported he died of heart attack. “Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily,” TMZ said in a report.  … Keep on reading: James Gandolfini , 51 Full News here [...]

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2 hurt in Pasig fire – report

20 June 2013

At least two people were injured after jumping off from the third floor of their burning townhouse in Pasig City Wednesday morning. Full News here – GMA News Online / News / Metro Manila Get up to 75% discount in Manila hotels!

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Penalizing retirees

20 June 2013

Penalizing retirees It looks like we in Metro Manila just have to grin and bear it. I am referring to the perennial flooding that we have been living with for years. There seems to be no solution in sight at the rate the Department of Public Works and Highways and the … Full News here [...]

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