Former president Corazon Aquino is “doing very well” after undergoing the first series of chemotherapy sessions in her battle against colon cancer, her family said Sunday.

Jiggy Aquino-Cruz, the former president’s eldest grandson, said his grandmother’s health is improving.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court on Saturday announced that out of the 5,626 law graduates who took the Bar examinations last year only 1,289 or 22.91 percent passed. Four of the 10 topnotchers are from the Ateneo de Manila University, while three are from the University of the Philippines. (more…)

BY REYMA BUAN-DEVEZA – Filipinos have another item to addm to their list of unique accomplishments. Filipino choreographer Mel Feliciano together with actor and gameshow host Edu Manzano took an old gay-disco-funk hit from the 1970s, “Papaya”, by Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziack and turned it into a global dance fad–much like the Macarena craze.
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By CARLOS H. CONDE
MANILA — Corazon C. Aquino, the former Philippine president who played a major role in the ouster of two of the country’s presidents, has colon cancer, her family announced Monday.

The cancer was discovered after Mrs. Aquino, 75, underwent a series of medical tests because of hypertension and difficulty in breathing in December. Since then, her daughter Kristina Bernadette Aquino said at a news conference on Monday, the former president has lost weight and appetite and has had a persistent cough. (more…)

Bong Godinez - Marooned comfortably on a couch inside a science lab turned dressing room, Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia downplayed the news that the band’s current single “Julie Tear Jerky,” lifted from the band’s Asian album Aloha Milky Way had gone number 1 in Indonesia. (more…)

By RODNEY J. JALECO
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – They raised and shook palm fronds, a ritual repeated throughout the Catholic world. It ushered the start of Christendom’s holiest week that culminates with the observance of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. But Fil-Ams here already have one eye on a much-awaited visitor. (more…)

It has been a week now since the Naga to Manila and returning flights in from Camarines Sur province have been fully-booked for the Holy Week vacation. Local airport authorities confirmed that what used to be an 80-passenger flight on non-peak days has now become a full 118-passenger flight and will be so until Tuesday after Holy Week. (more…)