Arroyo declares Sept. 7 and 21 as non-wo...
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday declared September 7 and 21 as non-working holidays. Malacañang said September 7 will be observed as a “national day of mourning” in honor of Iglesia ni Cristo’s executive minister Eraño Manalo, who passed away last Monday due to cardiopulmonary...
Michael Jackson laid to rest...
GLENDALE, California — Michael Jackson, his gold coffin topped by a bejeweled crown, was laid to rest Thursday night at a funeral more than two months after his death and, because of his family’s tardy arrival, nearly two hours late. The King of Pop was mourned by celebrities including Elizabeth...
After yielding to Noynoy Aquino, Mar Rox...
After he passed on the torch to Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III as the Liberal Party’s standard bearer in the 2010 elections, Sen. Manuel Roxas II on Wednesday said that he is open to becoming Aquino’s running mate or to just seek reelection in next year’s polls. A day after...
Gmail knocked offline for `majority̵...
SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc.’s Gmail service was knocked offline Tuesday in a severe outage that the company said affected a “majority” of users. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the disruption, which led Gmail users to get an “Unable to reach Gmail” error...
Mar Roxas gives way to Noynoy Aquino as ...
Saying that somebody “has to make a sacrifice,” Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas III has given way to his party-mate Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino Jr. as the standard bearer of the Liberal Party in the 2010 presidential elections. Roxas announced in an early evening...