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MITING DE AVANCE: Grace Poe back in Plaza Miranda

May 08, 2016 4:15 PM

Text by AVIGAIL OLARTE Photos by LUIS LIWANAG SHE was back to where it all began. There in the historic Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, presidential candidate Grace Poe retold her story as a baby found on the footsteps of a church in Jaro. And on a solemn Saturday evening, just as the bells of Quiapo church […]

Elections 2016, FPJ, Poe

Arts & Culture Photos

Wanted: PWD-friendly public facilities

May 12, 2015 3:23 PM

Text and photos by JAKE SORIANO The Philippines until now has no accessible public transport for persons with disabilities (PWDs). Advocates lament this sad fact, and are calling for a more PWD-friendly and inclusive system for the sector. After all, PWDs travel too. (See Public transport still not PWD-friendly – advocates) As signatory to the […]

public transportation, PWDs, transport

Arts & Culture Photos

Earning a living on the Day of the Dead

Nov 05, 2014 3:53 PM

[metaslider id=30618] FILIPINOS braved the crowds and the rain to visit the graves of deceased loved ones over the weekend. By night, cemeteries still buzzed with life. It was a common sight to see children during the day and on to the night scraping wax off candlesticks and the pavement. The collected wax gets sold by […]

Day of the Dead, Undas

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Treatment at Orthopedic costlier with privatization

May 03, 2014 10:20 AM

By PATRICIA ISABEL GLORIA FACTORY worker Rodelio Naval was waiting in line for a check-up at the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) in Quezon City when he was told he could not use his PhilHealth Insurance membership to have his legs treated. Naval, who is from San Pedro Laguna and worked for Esycon Industrial Trading, was […]

Megawide Construction Corporation, PhilHealth, Philippine Orthopedic Center, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

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Yolanda survivors arrive in Villamor

Nov 17, 2013 11:25 AM

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, […]

Haiyan, typhoon Yolanda, Villamor Air Base, Yolanda

First Person Photos Top Stories Video

Like a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie

Nov 17, 2013 9:01 AM

Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG NATURAL disasters and extreme weather phenomena have become so routine lately that to hear the impending landfall of another supertyphoon failed to whet my appetite for another adrenaline-charged news coverage. Spending time with family and keeping my word on commitments to friends were at the top of my list […]

Cebu, Haiyan, Luis Liwanag, Ormoc, Tacloban, typhoon Yolanda

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Mass burial in Tacloban

Nov 15, 2013 12:40 PM

Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG TACLOBAN CITY—The city government of Tacloban finally buried the dead in a shallow ditch that officials said was just a temporary resting place for those who perished from the wrath of Typhoon Yolanda. Cadavers wrapped in body bags, blankets, mats and even GI sheets collected from all over the […]

Haiyan, mass burial, Tacloban, typhoon Yolanda, Yolanda

News Photos Vote 2013

PNP, AFP assured of payment for poll duties

Oct 25, 2013 11:10 PM

By VINCE NONATO THE Commission on Elections has finally signed the P100 million check to fund the honoraria and other expenses of police and army deputies tasked to maintain peace and order and carry out other election-related duties, Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. announced Friday. The funds, P60 million of which will go to the Philippine […]

2013 Barangay Elections, AFP, comelec, PNP

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‘Pork’ and a million

Aug 27, 2013 9:09 AM

Slideshow by MARIO IGNACIO IV The “Million People March” social media activists had been cooking up for weeks failed to produce the promised million. But no matter. The message from the almost 100,000 rallyists who descended on Rizal Park on a drizzling Monday morning was crystal clear: Enough of “pork.” From all indications, the motley throng […]

Corruption, Luneta, Million People March, Napoles, PDAF, pork barrel

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Martial Law victims dying while waiting for compensation

Aug 08, 2013 8:36 AM

By JONATHAN DE SANTOS GOVERNMENT has been dragging its feet in implementing a law awarding financial compensation to victims of human rights abuses during the martial law years, despite the fact that their number is slowly dwindling. “Not a month passes without one of us dying,” Felix Dalisay, who spoke for Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban […]

Martial Law victims