By Marishen Lyle P. Malulan – FILIPINOS are again in the limelight with the release of Disney and Pixar’s Ratatouille. One of the chefs behind this summers best animation blockbuster is our very own Gini Cruz Santos. (more…)

MALACANANG, JULY 23, 2007 (Office of the Press Secretary) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address joint opening session of the 14th Congress, July 23, 2007

Thank you. Thank you, very much Speaker De Venecia, Senate President Villar, other newly elected leaders of both Houses, congratulations to you, Senators and Congressmen and Congresswomen. Vice President DeCastro, former President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, our host Mayor, Mayor Sonny Belmonte, other government officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps, ladies and gentlemen. (more…)

The adventures of a group of dancing Filipino prisoners have become the latest viral video sensation on the internet.

The videos, apparently shot in the prison yard of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre in the Philippines, show several large-scale dance routines with impressive choreography. (more…)

President Arroyo on Monday said she sees the Philippines “well on its way” to becoming a developed country by the end of her term in 2010.

Mrs. Arroyo, wearing a red Filipiniana dress, walked to the House of Representatives’ plenary hall accompanied by Senators Lito Lapid and Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Her husband, Jose Miguel, was also with her. (more…)

REGINA TOURS, the nation’s oldest and most trusted Catholic Tour Company, launched THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO THE PHILIPPINES 2007 last May with the ALLIANCE OF PHILIPPINE TRAVEL AGENCIES (APTA), as its marketing arm. (more…)

By Tarra Quismundo – On Friday, 102-year-old Simeona Adamos of Ilocos Norte will be one of the first Filipinos to receive a maroon-colored passport, a machine-readable travel booklet that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) started issuing this week to catch up with the rest of the world. (more…)

A Filipino nurse and his family living in Carmarthenshire who were told they must leave the UK have won their campaign against deportation.

Hundreds of people joined the fight to allow Aldrin Quibuyen, 36, to remain in Ammanford, where he has lived with his wife and two children for four years. (more…)