Thats a Video I found showing Manila in the 1930s, quite cool, dont you think? It's titled: Manila, Queen of the Pacific 1938 [youtube dvpbsyNcI3I 480 390] ...

A Filipina charged with running a human trafficking ring in the capital was Wednesday sentenced to 13 years and seven months in jail, and also fined Dh50,000 by the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of First Instance. M.F. was also charged with possession and sale of alcohol, employing people not under her sponsorship and encouraging prostitution. Another defendant, J.M., charged with trafficking, encouraging prosti ...

Ten people, including government officials, police officers and media personalities, could be charged for the botched August 23 hostage rescue which left eight Hong Kong tourists dead. "We have [had] discussions on specific accountability's of specific officers and [other] personalities ... We expect the president to act on the basis of our recommendation …," said Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, head of th ...

A healthy newborn boy, with the umbilical cord and placenta still attached, was found by airport cleaners inside a toilet trashcan of a Gulf Air plane that landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday. Gulf Air flight GF 154 from Bahrain landed in Manila at around 11.18 am with more than a hundred passengers on board and was parked at Bay 14 of the airport when cleaners found the baby. ...

The Philippine benchmark stock index surged to a record and the peso touched a two-year high after an unexpected pickup in exports, brightening the economic outlook and spurring inflows. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index jumped 2.6 per cent to 3,902.56 at the noon close in Manila, the most since May 28. The gauge rose for the eighth day, the longest streak since March 2009. The peso gained 0.4 per cent to ...

Philippine investigators have admitted that police may have shot some of the tourists in a bungled operation that left eight Hong Kong residents dead on a bus in Manila. President Benigno Aquino said he expected to get the investigators' final report into the hostage incident on September 15, and pledged to fire officials found to be culpable or file criminal charges against them. "Our government is now foc ...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino said today he takes full responsibility for the outcome of the bus siege that killed eight members of a Hong Kong tour group. “At the end of the day, I’m responsible for everything that has transpired,” Aquino told reporters in Manila. “What happened last week was a wake-up call for our security agencies.” The eight Hong Kong residents died during a bloody standoff on Aug ...

STATEMENT of His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines On the hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand [August 23, 2010] With the rest of the Filipino people, I wish to offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims whose lives were lost in the hostage situation at the Quirino Grandstand. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs has conveyed our deep feelings of sorrow ...

Klassical Music Foundation, in partnership with Bosendorfer, ROS Music Center, Vibal Publishing, and Philippine Artistic Ventures Organization, presents Viva Bel Canto, a bel canto style performance of different arias by tenor Arthur Espiritu with soprano Rachelle Gerodias accompanied by pianist Najib Ismail. The performance opens on Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. at the Philam Life Auditorium in Manila. Viva Bel Canto ...

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim led on Thursday the rites to light up one of the most crime-prone areas in the city. Lim had more street lights installed along the stretch of Jose Abad Santos Avenue from CM Recto Avenue to Hermosa Street in Tondo. The lighting of the major thoroughfare, he said in a statement, has been made part of the city’s urban planning and rehabilitation and all-out war against crime. Lim poi ...

The President of the Philippines, Benigno Noynoy Aquino, received his first salary as President of the Philippines today. Guess how much a President of the Philippines earns every month? Guess what, he is so nice to show us his pay-cheque. Don't believe it? Check the photo of Noynoy's salary below and let us know what you think... What did you just say? No wonder that politicians in the Philippines become c ...

Metro Manila will have not enough water supply by September if rains do not start to fill up the metropolis’ main reservoir, west zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. yesterday warned. But since current supply cuts have severely affected nearly 20% of its clients, the firm said authorities would have to give it a greater share of water from Angat Dam, whose level is already at a historical low. ...

The policeman in Binondo, Manila, was off duty. And still he acts like a policeman, a really good one. See the video below... [iframe http://www.gmanews.tv/evideo/62358/off-duty-cop-foils-robbery-involving-p500000-in-binondo 480 400] Despite being outnumbered, Police officer 2 Jomel Caronan, of Parañaque City-Police Community Precinct 7, was able to wound Nolito Garaes and arrested Larion Milan, 29. The MPD ...

The Philippine National Police Maritime Group has identified flood-prone areas in Metro Manila where its disaster response units will be concentrated as typhoon season nears, an official said on Monday. Superintendent Oliver Tanseco, operations chief of the PNP Maritime Group, told reporters that these flood-prone areas are in the Camanava (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela) area and the city of Ma ...

Malacanang has declared June 30, Wednesday, as a special non-working holiday, a radio report said today. The day will be the inauguration of Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III as the new President of the Republic of the Philippines. Under the Constitution, outgoing President Arroyo and other elected officials in government will relinquish their respective offices on the noon of June 30. Palace officials will ...

The spokesperson of former President Joseph Estrada said his camp is not keen on filing any formal protest before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal should presidential front-runner Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy" Aquino III be proclaimed. Estrada is currently in second place in the presidential race with 9,125,823 votes, trailing Aquino with 14,641,083 as of the latest tally of Congress Thursday night. “Pres ...

Metro Manila and nearby provinces could experience one-hour of rotating brownouts until Friday as power reserves are thinning in Luzon. Power distributor Manila Electric Company or Meralco issued a statement on Tuesday, warning households and establishments to prepare for power outages. "There will be a tentative 1-hour rotational brownout today, (June 1) between 10 am - 4pm due to the insufficient generati ...

Rain showers on Tuesday morning provided much-needed relief to parts of Metro Manila after several days of 37-degree temperatures. In eastern Metro Manila, radio dzBB’s Sam Nielsen reported that some residents in San Juan City were surprised over the sudden rainfall past 8 a.m. Light rains also fell on parts of Quezon City, according to a report by dzBB’s Manny Vargas. In Manila, dzBB’s Carlo Mateo reported ...

Police claimed to have busted a budding drug laboratory operation following the arrest of two foreigners and the raid of the laboratory in Manila Monday night. Radio dzBB reported Tuesday that Manila Police District Station 11 head Superintendent Rogelio Rosales said the laboratory, which he described as "small-scale," had started operating only two weeks ago. The MPD Station 11, armed with a search warrant ...

Manila Electric Co. named corporate whiz Manuel V. Pangilinan as its new president and chief executive officer on Tuesday. Representing First Pacific Co. Ltd. of Hong Kong, which now owns at least 41.3 percent of Meralco, Pangilinan told reporters the group would be "always open," when asked if the group would buy more shares in the utility to gain majority control. Given that Meralco is a "legacy asset" of ...