A businessman was rescued after almost four months in captivity in Camarines Sur. Five of his alleged captors were arrested and P1.2 million in ransom was recovered in police operations. Suspects Gerry Mancera, chairman of Barangay Maninila; Jefferson Cuachin, 26; Prudencio Ruiz, 59; Cesar Garcia Jr. and Joven Ortiz, 34, of Camalig, Albay were arrested. […]
China Eastern Airlines is launching its Clark-Shanghai flights soon. Clark International Airport Corp. president and chief executive Alexander Cauguiran said China Eastern officials toured the Clark International Airport facilities to finalize the plan. “China Eastern is encouraged by the marketability of Clark airport and the increasing number of its local destinations,” Janette Cordero, the airlines’ […]
The Philippines is set to receive a grant worth P4 billion (RMB550 million) from China to help fund an infrastructure project and support the rehabilitation program for drug addicts, announced a top Chinese diplomat. The assistance would be given for the construction of two bridges across the Pasig River, said Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua. “We […]
Super typhoon Lawin’s (international name Haima) massive 800-kilometer diameter brought heavy rains, flooding and destruction before making landfall in Peñablanca, Cagayan on the night of Oct. 19, 2016. It left many communities struggling for assistance in its wake. Signal No. 5, the strongest tropical storm cyclone signal, was raised in Cagayan and Isabela; while Signal […]
It is really amazing and exciting to uncover that among the eight sculptures of world-famous jurists at the Old Senate Session Hall in Manila was one of Li Si (李斯), famous Chinese legalist and prime minister in the Qin (秦) Dynasty (221-207 BC). The other seven were Pope Leo XIII, the intellectual pope who helped […]
I was invited twice by Sen. Panfilo Lacson to the Senate hearing on “tokhang ransom” cases involving Chinese victims, but I was in Vancouver, Canada at the time due to a family emergency. Despite the difficult situation there, it was a welcome respite from bad news from home. Local Vancouver news reported vehicular accidents due […]
A young boy was released unharmed by the Abu Sayyaf group on Feb. 27 in Sulu, reportedly after a P3-million ransom was paid by the victim’s family, security sources revealed. Reports said 7-year-old Ricson Rumoc was freed in the vicinity of Barangay Anuling, Patikul town. He was taken captive along with his parents last August […]
Fifteen Chinese nationals and a Filipino were arrested on Feb. 27 in a suspected online gambling office in Pasig City. Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group spokesperson Jay Guillermo said they raided the office of YD International Incorporated in Belvedere, Ortigas, Pasig City after they received a tip that the company is involved in illegal online […]
Filipino designer John Herrera won Britain’s Top Designer award at the fifth season of the Fashion’s Finest event for emerging talent in British fashion. Herrera’s “Agila (Eagle)” collection featuring Philippine history and culture – the Philippine Eagle and Filipino tribal art, won over five other London-based designers. The tribal art pieces included tribal tattoos from […]
China Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua announced the possibility of additional modern radio transmitters on top of the broadcasting training program portable radios offered to the Presidential Communications Operations Office as part of the cooperation pact between China and the Philippines. An improved state broadcasting system would “let more people in the grassroots level […]