In this historic time of unprecedented revolutionary change, convulsed by an avalanche of economic, social, ecological, and technological challenges, is political philosophy still relevant? The answer is a resounding yes. For inclusive political institutions are pivotal in achieving sustained prosperity shared by all. More »Political philosophy
Re-electionists Mayor Vergel 'Nene' Aguilar, Vice Mayor Luis Bustamante and 12 councilors in the city's two districts were proclaimed last night (Tuesday) by the Comelec City Board of Canvassers (BOC) as winners in the recently concluded mid-term elections. More »Officials proclaimed in Las Piñas
By Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc's special committee asked Carl Icahn for details on his plan to make the computer maker pay dividends and issue shares rather than sell itself to its founder, as the activist investor unveiled candidates for a new board. Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc, his ally in a battle with founder Michael Dell over the future of the world's No. 3 PC maker, on Monday put forward 12 Dell board of director candidates, including Icahn himself. ... More »Icahn, Southeastern reveal board nominees as Dell seeks more info
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AFP) - Sweden's David Lingmerth drained a birdie putt at 17 to seize a two-stroke lead at the Players Championship, where darkness halted Saturday's weather-hit third round. The US PGA Tour rookie was two strokes in front of 14-time major champion Tiger Woods, Spain's Sergio Garcia and fellow Swede Henrik Stenson when play was suspended. The horn had sounded to signal the end of play, but Lingmerth had the option of completing the hole he was on. ... More »Sports newsbits for May 13, 2013
Cebu City - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially proclaimed Hilario Davide III as the newly-elected Governor of Cebu following the 100 percent canvassing of votes in the entire province. More »Davide proclaimed new Cebu governor
What could be a World War II era recipe for Coca-Cola's secret formula found a buyer Wednesday on eBay -- a 15-year-old who now has three days to come up with $15 million to pay for it. More »Coca-Cola 'recipe' finds teen buyer -- at $15 million
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Korea has one of the highest rates of college graduates in the world, with over 80 percent of high school graduates going to university. About half of them are women. More »What's eating Korea's working moms?
By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron faced questions about his leadership on Tuesday after he bowed to pressure from inside the ruling Conservative Party to bring forward draft legislation enforcing a referendum on Britain's European Union membership. Just hours after U.S. President Barack Obama cautioned against rushing towards the EU exit, Cameron was forced by a rebellion in his party into promising a bill that would pave the way for an in-out vote on Europe. ... More »Britain's Cameron faces leadership questions over Europe
Australia will delay its foreign aid spending targets and close its embassy in Budapest as the government scrambles to rein in costs to meet revenue shortfalls, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said on Monday. More »Australian aid spending on hold in tight budget
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of Americans who watched vocal powerhouse Candice Glover win the "American Idol" title sank to 14.2 million, a decline of 31 percent from last year's record low, according to ratings data on Friday. The singing competition, now in Season 12, was once a TV industry juggernaut for Fox that brought in more than 30 million viewers for its finale in the peak years of 2006 and 2007. On Thursday night, it was the second most-watched program on U.S. television, beat out by the season finale of CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory" with 14.8 million viewers. ... More »Fox's 'American Idol' brings in record low TV audience
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, one U.S. defense official told Reuters on Wednesday. China launched a rocket into space on Monday but no objects were placed into orbit, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The object re-entered Earth's atmosphere above the Indian Ocean. ... More »U.S. sees China launch as test of anti-satellite muscle -source
Low-budget airline easyJet has launched a new fast track security service in a bid to lure business travelers away from major national carriers and onto their seats. More »Low-cost carriers going after business travelers
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. More »Philippine poll chief threatens to file raps vs critics
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on Wednesday apologised for violence against women in his country as he vowed to toughen penalties for offenders after a spate of horrific crimes. More »Papua New Guinea PM apologises for violence against women
Inter Milan's injury crisis deepened on Thursday as Italy forward Antonio Cassano broke his hand falling awkwardly in training, the club said. More »Inter's Cassano breaks hand
Mr. Kang Hyunbin, head of business office at Line Plus Corp Popular mobile messaging chat app Line was created by NHN Japan, with Japanese and Korean team inspired by the tragic earthquake that happened ... More »The Growth Story and Future of Mobile Chat App Giant LINE
By Mylene Lisondra, VERA Files Cebu City--Disability is not a hindrance. That has been Arleigh Sitoy’s mantra for the past five years. He proved that once again after winning a fresh term as member of the provincial board of Cebu’s … Continue reading More »Re-elected public official in Cebu wants to inspire fellow PWDs
CANNES, France (AP) — Asked about their recent history as Oscar rivals, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee look at each other hesitantly before Spielberg graciously offers, "After you." More »Oscar rivals Spielberg, Lee reunited at Cannes
By Thomas Grove MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to try to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the talks. Conflicting comments from Russia and the West over Iran's role in the possible meeting have added to disagreements which already threaten to derail the conference proposed by Moscow and Washington last week. ... More »Russia says Iran must take part in proposed Syria talks
Roberto Mancini has been sacked as manager of Manchester City -- a year to the day after leading the club to the English Premier League title. More »Manchester City sack manager Mancini
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