Andrei Medina & Patricia Denise Chiu/VVP/HS/RSJ, GMA News – Manila says hello to “Asiong Salonga,” and goodbye to “Dirty Harry.” Former President Joseph Estrada was proclaimed the mayor-elect of Manila City on Tuesday afternoon after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided to lower the threshold of votes needed to proclaim Read more »
By Rodel Rodis/Inquirer.net – This was the question posed to me by a curious TV reporter on May 7, just three days after a stretch limousine traveling across the San Mateo Bridge carrying nine Filipino nurses to a bridal party suddenly burst into flames killing five of the occupants, Read more »
By Rouchelle Dinglasan/GMA News – It’s summertime and the fishing is easy on Manila Bay. Crisaldo Alte, 52, has been throwing his hook and line from the seawall here for decades (“wala pa yang baywalk na ‘yan”) and on most days has never failed to catch an assortment of Read more »
By Ira Agting/rappler.com – Filipino Jonathan Allen Yabut is part of the Asian franchise of reality talent show “The Apprentice,” airing May 2013 on AXN Asia. The show, which has seen various adaptations from across the globe, will bring together top-notch entrepreneurs and businessmen from across Asia in a Read more »
By Jillian Keenan/theatlantic.com – In a neighborhood of so-called “Asian tigers,” the Philippines has quietly emerged as the region’s newest economic darling. At 6.6 percent, the Filipino economy’s current GDP growth rate is the second highest in Asia, behind only China’s. That growth is projected to continue over the next Read more »
By Dharel Placid/ABS-CBNnews.com – Five people including 4 foreigners were killed by falling rocks after Mayon Volcano spewed ash Tuesday morning, a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) official said. NDRRMC executive director Eduardo del Rosario said the 5 fatalities were among the at least 20 mountaineers Read more »
