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By COOPER RESABAL Jr. MARIBOJOC, Bohol—The new American ambassador to the Philippines captured the hearts of Boholanos in his first official visit on Thursday in the island province of Bohol, bringing school kits for pupils and teaching materials to teachers in an elementary school here, one of the most damaged towns in the 7.2 magnitude

THE possibility of China pulling out of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has been mentioned in informal discussions among foreign affairs experts and observers but it was the first time that a Chinese scholar said it in public. Shen Dingli, speaking to reporters after his speech in a forum “What

VETERAN journalist Eileen G. Mangubat is the 2013 Marshall McLuhan Fellow. The Embassy of Canada, which is behind the Marshall McLuhan Fellowship,  said Mangubat, publisher and acting editor-in-chief of Cebu Daily News, is being recognized for her noteworthy efforts to steer and maintain an independent and professional community press in Cebu. She is the third community

Text and photos by LITTLE WING LUNA VILLAMOR Air Base has become the first stop for Typhoon “Yolanda” victims fortunate enough to board the military’s C-130 planes from typhoon-ravaged Cebu and Tacloban. Friday was the third day that hundreds of hungry, weary and grieving souls landed at the Philippine Air Force hangar in Pasay City,

  TACLOBAN, Leyte–Residents of this city and nearby towns joined an exodus toward safety Wednesday, after hearing of reports of an alleged gunfight between soldiers and leftist guerillas, who were supposed to have held hostage food convoys. People scampered away from Alang-alang town where an alleged gunfight involving New People’s Army guerillas supposedly took place.

By DARLENE CAY COMMISSION on Elections Chairman SixtoBrillantes Jr. on Wednesday reminded public school teachers who refused to serve as members of the Board of Election Tellers (BETs) of their civic duty. “Ayaw naman nating ipilit (We do not want to impose). It’s not really in a sense, compulsory. But we’re always appealing to the civic-mindedness

By VINCE NONATO THE Commission on Audit should scrutinize the funds of barangays as closely as it has been looking into the “pork barrel” of senators and congressmen to ensure that elected barangay officials are not making money out of their positions, Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II said Tuesday. In a press briefing, Roxas

Text by MARK PERE MADRONA Photos by MARIO IGNACIO IV LIPA CITY, Batangas—Reymundo Chica and his wife Melanie joined millions of Filipinos as they elected their referred bets in Monday’s barangay elections. With their two children Reymiel and Michelle, aged 10 and 5, in tow, the visually impaired couple went straight to their assigned voting precinct

By DARLENE CAY (UPDATED) THE Commission on Elections decided on Monday to suspend the proclamation of winners in areas where petitions have been filed against candidates who are considered nuisance, are unregistered voters or have been convicted. Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said the move was needed because the poll body lacks time to resolve all

By VICENTE ALEJANDRO TACLOBAN CITY—More than 2.6 million voters in Eastern Visayas are expected to turn out in Monday’s barangays elections amid the killing of a candidate and allegations of vote buying over the weekend. Chief Supt. Elmer C. Soria, Eastern Visayas police director, however, said he remains hopeful that the nationwide elections to elect

By VERA Files COTABATO CITY— Candidates for barangay elections in this city spent the last day of the campaign period engaging in partisan activity that violated the Omnibus Election Code, but no one stopped them or even called them to task for their offense.

By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES COTABATO CITY— Election officers in Maguindanao say priority and fast lanes will be set aside for persons with disabilities, senior citizens and pregnant women as part of government’s move to make polling places “accessible” on election day on Monday. But the special lanes aren’t enough, they are the first to admit,