Candidates for the Amazing Philippines Beauties contest for transvestites and transsexuals wave after they were presented to the media at a hotel in Manila October 7, 2008. Some 25 contestants are vying for the annual crown which will be handed out on October 24.
MANILA, Philippines – Young Filipino photojournalist Vicente Jaime “VJ” Villafranca recently won the 2008 Ian Parry Scholarship award in London, the first ever Filipino to win the award.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her State of the Nation Address on Monday, 28 July 2008 before the joint chambers of Congress as Senate President Manuel Villar (left) and House Speaker Prospero Nograles listens intently. (Photograph: Julius Reyes/PCPO HO-NPPA)
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited the controversial Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Thursday, 24 July 2008. (Photograph: Allan Martin Tamayo/PCPO HO-NPPA)
Inquirer editorial Romulo Neri may be sustained by a different self-image, but to many Filipinos he is damaged goods. He has lost the moral standing, and thus the credibility, to discharge the functions of high office. Appointing him to head the Social Security System (SSS), therefore, can only be seen Read more »
Former Romanian Olympics gymnastics champion Nadia Comaneci holds a start sign prior to a ceremonial fun run by Filipino special children Monday, June 25, 2007 in Manila, Philippines. Comaneci, who is now an American citizen and first Olympic gymnast to score a perfect 10, is here to give inspirational Read more »
