“Don’t talk to the foreigners,” said the voice. We were interviewing a leading Shia dissident in his home when he was interrupted by the call.
It was a state security man who had tailed us to the house and was now parked outside.
The dissident, Dr Tawfik Alsaif, laughed and put down the phone. “They don’t realise how things have changed yet,” he said.
We were in the

Nag-resign na bilang Congressman ng Ilocos Sur si Ronald Singson, matapos masentensyahang makulong ng korte sa Hong Kong dahil sa kasong drug trafficking. Sa resignation letter, sinabi ni Singson na nirerespeto niya ang Kamara at mga kasamahan. May rin patama siya sa mga kasamahang humiling ng kanyang pagbibitiw. Tinanggap naman ni Speaker Sonny Belmonte ang pagbibitiw ni Singson. Bandila, Marso 1, 2011, Martes.
source: abs-cbnnews.com

A medico-legal of the PNP Crime Laboratory discovered traces of seminal fluid in one of the female victims of the Maguindanao Massacre suggesting that she might have a sexual contact or been sexually abused prior to the killings.
However, in a testimony, the officer said that he cannot guarantee that there was a sexual abuse since he couldn’t check for genital injuries on the decayed bodies

‘Morong 43′ was a group of medical practitioners arrested in the middle of a training seminar at Morong, Rizal after being linked to communist rebels New People’s Army (NPA).
According to an Inquirer.net news report, Dr. Alex Montes one of the captives said that “… he was subjected to prolonged and repeated interrogation while he was blindfolded and in handcuffs, was denied his right

The First 100 Days Message of President Benigno S. Aquino III was delivered on October 7, 2010 at the La Consolacion College, Manila. The Official Gazette at www.gov.ph provides the complete speech of the President.
He is a new president and currently in his first subject: Noynoy 101. In his speech, he talked about the financial savings that the country made during his first 100 days

Before the Quirino grandstand hostage taking, there was one event that brought frenzy in every media organizations around the world – The Ampatuan Massacre.
On the 23rd day of November 2009, a convoy with the Mangudadatu political clan along with more than a dozen of journalists were about to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu. However, they were kidnapped by a group of

Commission on Elections have officially opened the 2010 Barangay Elections which will be held on October 25 this year.
The registration for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) will run from August 6 to August 15. Only filipinos who reside for atleast six (6) months in that barangay and are at least 15 years old but below 18 years old on or before October 25 are qualified to

Bahay Pangarap is located inside the 19-hectare Malacanang Park. It was the chosen official residence of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Soon, he will be transferring in the two-room house renovated by Architect Manny Dimaculangan according to Presidential Security Group Chief Ramon Dizon.
image courtesy of Willard Cheng
It is a much more secure location than the president’s house in Times Street. He is the first president

In the recent SONA of Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, we saw ex-Quezon City Mayor now 4th district of QC Congressman Feliciano Belmonte Jr. acting as the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress. He is a veteran lawmaker, at 73, who garnered the support of 227 out of the total 287 members during the selection of House Speaker.

Previously, he held 3

President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III delivered his first state of the nation address at the Batasan, Pambansa Complex.
On the other hand, former-President and Pampanga Congressman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did attend for the reason that she will be going to Hong Kong for the operation of his husband.
Below is the excerpt of PNoy’s state of the nation address (SONA):
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Vice