China has deployed more ships to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea amid a tense stand-off with the Philippines, officials and state media said on Wednesday. More »China sends more ships to disputed shoal
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a young couple who buried an old woman alive believing she was dead after their car hit the 68-year-old, newspapers said on Thursday, in a case which has sparked outrage over declining public morality. The couple had been at an all-night karaoke session when they hit the woman while driving in the early hours of the morning in the wealthy eastern province of Zhejiang last month, the official China Daily said. "A witness said he heard someone crying and saw an elderly woman lying on the ground near (the car)," it cited a policeman as saying. ... More »Chinese couple bury woman alive, sparking outrage
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - A diplomat from a country not exactly known for promoting press freedom on Tuesday gave Filipino reporters a lecture on how to report the news. More »Chinese diplomat lectures reporters on press freedom
Senator Franklin Drilon will not bare his dollar accounts as dared by Chief Justice Renato Corona. More »Corona hit for setting condition in trial
Embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona has maintained he was falsely accused in his impeachment, as he lamented President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's "hatred" against him. More »Corona suddenly leaves impeachment court
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - As much as 87 million kilograms of pork have been smuggled into the Philippines last year alone and the illegal meat entry continues, according to the head of a local hog industry group. More »87m kg of pork smuggled into Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - City and municipal mayors topped the list of government officials with the most number of cases filed against them before the Office of the Ombudsman last year. More »Mayors top list of officials facing corruption cases
President Benigno Aquino led the heartbroken Philippines in heaping praise Thursday on a teenager of Filipino-Latino heritage following her loss in the final of US talent show "American Idol". More »Philippines grief at Sanchez's 'American Idol' loss
Davao, south Philippines (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Banana-exporting companies stopped sending their produce to China even as the Philippine Palace said on Tuesday that China has allowed the entry of up to 40 container vans of Philippine bananas. More »Philippine firms stop sending bananas to China
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Philipppine Chief Justice Renato Corona's walkout from the impeachment court last Tuesday showed exactly what he thought of it: beneath him. His very words at the end of his opening statement, "the Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines wishes to be excused," were nothing but imperious and indicated the lowest regard for the impeachment court, its presiding officer, and the senators serving as judges. More »EDITORIAL: Feeling like royalty
After a 'hypoglycemic episode', Chief Justice Renato Corona has been admitted to an intensive care unit. More »Corona in 'possible heart attack', confined at ICU
MANILA, Philippines - Chief Justice Renato Corona did not return to the Senate impeachment court yesterday to continue his testimony after he was diagnosed, according to the Supreme Court (SC)’s spokesman, with “a possible heart attack.” More »Corona skips Senate trial
A Filipina former nanny of Sharon Stone is suing the US film star for wrongful dismissal and harassment, including by allegedly making derogatory remarks about her ethnicity and religion. More »Filipina ex-nanny sues Sharon Stone; star slams claim
After Tuesday's court drama, Chief Justice Renato Corona will attend the impeachment trial on Friday, the deadline given him by the Senate impeachment court before the case is submitted for judgment. More »Cuevas: Corona to appear in court again
Chief Justice Renato Corona's camp has until Friday to close their case, the impeachment court ruled on Wednesday. More »Impeachment court sets deadline for Corona camp to close case
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has demanded anew that Chinese vessels immediately pull out from Panatag (Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough) Shoal and the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). It also asked China to refrain from taking further actions that exacerbate the situation in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). More »Leave Shoal, PH Tells China
A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was Wednesday sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason, sparking a warning from US senators over American aid. More »Pakistani jailed for 33 years over bin Laden hunt
The Philippines' top judge was Wednesday told to rise from his sick bed and take the witness stand at his impeachment trial, a day after walking out of the court and suffering an apparent heart attack. More »Top Philippine judge ordered back to witness stand
By NESTOR B. RAMIREZ, VERA Files CEBU CITY—Business is brisk, judging from the throng of people and cars parked outside this makeshift eatery in Pasil, a shoreline barangay. The customers, some in long sleeves and tie, do not mind the … Continue reading More »‘Pawikan’ meat sold in Cebu barangay
MANILA -- The children of Jose Ma. Basa III, relative of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s wife, considered Tuesday the Supreme Court official’s statements against their father as “untrue, unkind and shows his true character.”Carmen, Ana, Isabel, Franchesca and Eric Basa, children of Jose Ma. Basa III, flew in from the United States Monday to listen to Corona's testimony in his impeachment trial.The Basas earlier accused the Coronas of using their influence to take over the family-owned Basa-Guidote Enterprises Inc. (BGEI). ... More »Basas: Corona’s statements ‘untrue, unkind’
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