Manila Informer

Benefiting from two major tourism boosters, the election of President Benigno S. Aquino III and the passage of the Tourism Act of 2009; Department of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Alberto Lim is anticipating a “new shine on the country’s brand before the world” as tourist influx in the Philippines is expected to hit 3.3 million this [...]

Can  Miss Philippines Universe contestant Venus Raj take the crown? Let us watch and see how she will grab the crown from Miss Universe 2009  Stefania Fernandez  of Venezuela. The Philippines Miss Universe contestant Miss Venus Raj is now leading in the survey conducted by the Miss Universe Foundation among more than eighty (8O) contestants [...]

Everyone or everything has their limits. The mass resignation of pilots from the Philippine Airlines (PAL) showed that the airline management definitely reached the limit of its employees’ patience. Last week, the whole nation was surprised by the sudden resignation of more than 20 pilots from PAL. The resignations resulted into cancelation of many flights [...]

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 [...]

If Typhoon Ondoy showed us how vulnerable we are to floods, the recent typhoons this year showed us how vulnerable our seas are from oil spill damage. After the typhoons, oil spills and a coal spill occurred within the Philippine seas. Incidents of oil leakage were reported from the provinces of Batangas and Bataan. The [...]

The President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, gave a SONA (State of the Nation Address) today in Quezon City. He was attacking the Ex-President Gloria Arroyo and talks about corruption and why the Republic of the Philippines is nearly bankrupt. Read the full English Transcript of his speech here. We also have a Video [...]

The people of Metro Manila are experiencing another water crisis as the Angat Dam cannot supply the water requirement of the metropolis. People are now lining up to get water from delivery trucks of Maynilad and Manila Waters. Fire trucks were also commissioned to help in the delivery of water to the people. Tensions ran [...]

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 [...]

The new President of the Philippines, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, was sworn in today. It was the day of the inauguration of the new President of the Philippines Noynoy Aquino and the last day for outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Here is our video collection of the inauguration day of Noynoy Aquino. Enjoy, Tweet and feel [...]

Inauguration of an incoming president is one of the good times to gauge the next six years of the country. The inaugural speech will serve as a baseline that we could use to judge the performance of the president. President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s inauguration is no different. Just like the presidents that preceded him, President [...]

Manny Pacquiao, the boxing champion, was sworn in as a congressman of the Sarangani province, vowing to be even more effective in government than he is in the ring. Wearing an traditional barong rather than his boxing outfit, Manny Pacquiao was among other local officials who took their oaths of office in the capital of [...]

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) [...]

We covered nearly every new count after the May 10 elections this year in the Philippines. And we already knew, as you did too probably, that Benigno Noynoy Aquino is the new president of the Philippines. But this was not official and for a long time Joseph ERAP Estrada was not giving up, saying he [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sarah Jessica Parker reprises her award-winning role as New York writer Carrie Bradshaw in New Line Cinema’s Sex and the City 2, the eagerly anticipated sequel to 2008 film which grossed more than $415 million at the worldwide box office. “It’s very moving and truly thrilling to be part of something that people have connected [...]

A legal accountant has been jailed for six months after a court convicted him yesterday of taking indecent pictures of a Filipina as she used the toilet. The Dubai Court of First Instance jailed the 29-year-old Filipino legal accountant after Presiding Judge Hamad Abdul Latif Abdul Jawad convicted him of breaching the Filipina’s modesty and [...]

World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao was admitted to hospital to treat a mild stomach ulcer and allow him to rest after campaigning for the May 10 congressional elections. Pacquiao’s chief of staff, Jayke Joson, said Monday that doctors discovered the 31-year-old boxer had an ulcer during a routine checkup Sunday and his family convinced him [...]

Should Gloria Macapagal Arroyo be scared of Benigno Noynoy Aquino, the new President of the Philippines? After nine years of Gloria Arroyo, the Philippines is gearing up for a new president. Benigno Aquino, known as Noynoy, is set to take power from Gloria Arroyo, the outgoing president. But can Benigno Aquino deliver the change his [...]

The new President of the Philippines, Sen. Benigno Noynoy S. Aquino III, or Noynoy Aquino, says thank you to his voters. This is the first Press conference of the New President of the Republic of the Philippines, Noynoy Aquino. YouTube Direkt Please join us in congratulating Noynoy Aquino in the comments section below and feel [...]