A stricter “No Smoking” policy in public places will be implemented in Metro Manila starting Monday and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will see to it that it will be imposed.

Department of Justice (DOJ) secretary Leila de Lima was nominated for Ombudsman before the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) by Assistant State Prosecutor Romeo Swenson because he said he beilieves that de Lima is most qualified to head the anti-graft agency. “Secretary de Lima has shown he incorruptible stand, integrity beyond reproach and character par [...]

Senator Manuel Villar’s statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) reflects his assets to reach P725,221,964 while maintaining no liabilities. Compared to his filed SALN for the previous year, Villar’s asset were reduced from close to P1 billion to about P725 million in the election year of 2010. Despite the decrease in asset size, [...]

A mix of wage and non-wage benefits for the country’s workforce was announced by President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on Labor Day.
The president said over a million government workers can receive another salary increase in June, or a month earlier than schedule, due to the government’s prudent fiscal management. For the private sector, he gave [...]

Trainer Freddie Roach declared that his prized fighter Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao could very well be the first boxer to knockout former five-time world champ “Sugar” Shane Mosley on their May 7 fight at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
Roach said that Pacquiao is in tip-top shape and said he is 100 percent ready for [...]

Vice President Jejomar Binay was tasked to make a decision whether or not the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be allowed to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The vice president said he hopes to submit by next month recommendation on the proposal to bury the former president at the Philippines’ national heroes’ [...]

The Department of Education (DepEd) issued a memorandum laying the school calendar for this year, including the opening date of school year 2011-2012 which will be on June 6.
Secretary Armin Luistro of DepEd said the total number of school days would 202, and the last day of the school year falls on March 30, 2012. [...]

The resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez is now trending on the internet. Gutierrez was said to have submitted her letter of resignation to President Aquino, 10 days before the schedule of her Senate impeachment trial which was set to begin on May 9. Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said Gutierrez personally handed her resignation letter to [...]

The much anticipated announcement on Labor Day will not be heard this coming May 1. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clarified that there will be no announcement of wage increase on May, despite Malacañang’s pronouncement before that it is coming out with a Labor Day gift to help workers [...]

Half-Filipino and world music sensation Bruno Mars made it to the TIME magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2011. Born Peter Gene Hernandez to a Filipino mother and Puerto Rican father, 25-year old Bruno Mars ranked no. 64 in the TIME Magazine’s list, as he joins an illustrious list of artists and activists, [...]

Last Good Friday, there were a total of 27 penitents who were nailed to the cross in Pampanga and Bulacan, 22 were crucified in Barangays San Juan, Sta. Lucia and San Pedro Cutud in City of San Fernando, Pampanga, and five in Barangay Kapitangan in Paombong, Bulacan, which include two women.
The nailing began at 9 [...]

Xoom.com, a money online transfer company, tied up with DIRECTV to for a special offer to Xoom customers to watch the Manny Pacquiao “Pacman” Pacquiao versus Sugar Shane Mosley fight for free on DIRECTV Pay-Per-View (PPV).
The company is excited to bring this opportunity for the first time. It will be available to new Xoom customers [...]

Another addition to the Lenten sacrifice of Filipinos for the Holy Week: The prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have gone up by P1/kilo or P11 per 11-kg tank on Holy Wednesday. The price increase was implemented after some fuel firms raised prices of their products.
According to the LPG Marketers’ Association (LPGMA), the increase was [...]

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has recently beefed up its Visita Iglesia Online website to accommodate more visitors and to prevent what happened last year when the site crashed because it received more than 43,000 online visitors. This year, the CBCP said they expected the number of visitors to double.
Unfortunately, in spite [...]

For all Filipinos heading to the provinces this Holy Week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has made available on its website the rescue hotline numbers of different cities and municipalities, as well as mobile numbers of its officials.

The job opportunities available on the Labor Day job fair spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have already reached more 100,000 as confirmed by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. She said there are around 1,000 companies and recruitment agencies who would be offering both locals and foreign employment opportunities at the different Jobs [...]

To cheer up the soldiers and help them get their mind off the corruption scandal involving former top military officials, a group of celebrity singers will perform in various military camps.
Led by the current president of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM) Olgie Alcasid, the group composed of Vice-president Noel Cabangon, Cookie Chua and Mitch [...]

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Monday that the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on November 2009 for involvement in smuggling shabu into the country was granted pardon and freed Sunday.
The DFA did not release his name, in deference to the request of his family for [...]

The House of Representatives approved last week on third and final reading a bill requiring all hospitals and clinics to post price list of all their series, incidental expenses and medical supplies in a conspicuous place in their premises to ensure accessible, transparent, and reliable delivery of services.
House Bill 4308 author Pasig Representative Roman Romulo [...]

Last year the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) launched the Visita Iglesia Online to offer a virtual Holy Week experience, particularly to Filipinos overseas and devout Catholics who are physically incapable of leaving their homes. It was merely an experiment and not as a serious endeavor as it only featured seven churches.
This year, [...]