Новости за 23.07.2015

Angel Manalo of Iglesia ni Cristo reassured Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Chief Supt. Joel D. Pagdilao, that three families inside the house are all safe.

Comedian and actor Vice Ganda has aired his side on the allegations about him supposedly reneging on his commitment with an exclusive bar in Cebu. He maintained, “Hindi ko talaga siya sinipot dahil wala naman talaga akong commitment sa kanila.” According to Vice, he merely “reserved” the venue for actor Rayver Cruz’s birthday but the […]

With indie brands making the most of traditional arts and indigenous materials, local shopping has never been more exciting. One young brand that’s recently been spicing up the sartorial scene is Vela Manila. Originally a school project that focused on the art of handloom, Mariel Pelobello and Maura Alvero decided to take it to the […]

Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad was charged with plunder, corruption, and malversation before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) for allegedly masterminding the release of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds to senators as alleged incentive to impeach former Chief Justice Renato Corona. This is the second plunder charge filed against Abad in connection with […]

American R&B hip-hop singer Chris Brown remains in the country to face preliminary investigation in relation to the US$1-million estafa complaint that the influential Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) lodged against him and his local promoter after the Department of Justice (DOJ) named the prosecutor that will handle the singer’s case. The Department of Justice (DOJ) […]

There are two ways of looking at the latest survey figures of the Social Weather Stations on hungry families in the Philippines. One is to stress that the hunger rate is the lowest in ten years – only 12.7 percent of the 1,200 respondents in the survey, equivalent to 2.8 million hungry families. Ten years […]

Back in the past, people idolized silver screen stars from the likes of John Wayne, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, or the more modern stars Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, and Robert Downey, Jr. It was through movies they got their fame, aside from their beauty and talent. Today, fame is not limited to having a big blockbuster movie or a […]

These days, the best and the brightest ideas, even the biggest breakthroughs,  do not come from a single mind anymore. They happen when creative people, guided by a common vision, band together to share and execute wonderful ideas. But Plains & Prints have known all along that creative collaborations work. Throughout the 20 years that […]

Games Today (The Arena, San Juan) 12 noon – Mapua vs EAC 2 p.m. – JRU vs Lyceum 4 p.m. – Arellano vs San Sebastian Defending champion San Beda was made to sweat by a lowly-but-gritty College of St. Benilde but leaned on its championship experience to come away with a 73-67 victory in the […]

The Philippine government has rejected China’s call to withdraw its arbitration case before an international tribunal asserting its territorial rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said they would pursue its territorial claim in the WPS in line with its rules-based strategy in settling the sea row. “There […]

Top Korean stars Kim Woo Bin, 26, and Shin Min Ah, 31 have admitted to being in a relationship after Korean entertainment site Dispatch published photos of them out on a date. According to the report, the two have been going out since May. SidusHQ, Kim Woo Bin’ agency, confirmed the report telling ENewsWorld, “the […]

LBC Development Corporation, the parent of courier and cargo firm LBC Express, Inc., has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Federal Resources Investment Group, Inc. in preparation for its backdoor listing. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Federal Resources said it has issued 59.1 million of its shares worth P59.1 million […]

Taylor Swift’s “bad blood” with fellow pop superstar Katy Perry looks set to get a lot worse. Perry on Wednesday took to Twitter, where she has more followers than anyone else in the world, to take down Swift in a row set off by the nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards. Rapper Nicki Minaj […]

A Manila lawmaker is protesting the “second photobomb victim” of the now infamous Torre de Manila in Taft Avenue. In an interview, Councilor Don Juan Bagatsing said the panoramic view of the iconic Manila city hall clock tower, another well-known landmark in the city, is also blocked by the high-rise residential tower, dubbed as ‘national […]

NEW YORK — Facebook can’t block nearly 400 search warrants seeking users’ postings for a criminal fraud investigation, an appeals court said Tuesday, but the judges said they understand the social networking site’s unease about prosecutors’ extensive request. The state Supreme Court Appellate Division ruling won’t put any new information in prosecutors’ hands. Facebook had […]

The National Police Commission (Napolcom) is proud to note the highest promotional exam rate in 24 years, with more than half of the examinees who took the Napolcom-administered tests on April 26, 2015 passing the examinations. This was announced by Napolcom Vice Chairman and Executive Officer Eduardo U. Escueta as they released the list of […]

Three children were poisoned after eating an allegedly spoiled “leche puto”, yesterday evening (July 22) at Barangay Gulang-gulang, Lucena City in Quezon. Supt. Joel de Mesa, city police chief, identified the victims as Randulp Alyster T. Sanchez, 9, Ryzelle Ann Sanchez Baron, 4, and her young brother Avien Sanchez Baron, 1 — all residents of […]

US President Barack Obama does not need to reshuffle his visit to east Africa after a posting of some details of the trip were made public in Kenya, a White House spokesman said. Responding to a question about Kenya’s Civil Aviation Authority issuing details of the president’s arrival time to the country that became public, […]

South Korea’s economy slowed in the second quarter, with consumer spending stifled by an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and exports failing to lift themselves out of a lengthening slump. Asia’s fourth largest economy grew 0.3 percent in the April-June period, down from 0.8 percent in the first quarter, the Bank of Korea […]

Pope Francis will travel to the United States in several weeks, but a new poll Wednesday suggested that his popularity in the country is waning, especially among conservative Catholics. The pope’s popularity is down to where it stood in 2013, when he was elected leader of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church, according to a […]