MINALABAC, CAMARINES SUR (Mar 16 2012) — Twenty-four mayors supported by their barangay leaders are expected to stage a show of force at the scheduled first public hearing of the bill proposing to divide Camarines Sur and create the new Nueva Camarines province at the Senate Committee on Local Government on March 22 this year.

MANILA, Philippines (Mar 16 2012) - That the country is teetering towards one-man rule in the form of President Aquino dictatorship might have existed only in the mind of impeached Chief Justice Corona and not borne out by realities on the ground.

President Benigno S. Aquino III’s much-vaunted anti-corruption program barely scratches the surface of the problem and gives no hint on how he will grapple with its systemic roots. Failing to address or worse abetting the fundamental roots that sustain corruption makes his administration’s anti-corruption drive superficial if not a complete sham.

Jonathan V. Tulod, a fifth year Civil Engineering student of Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC) was awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Students of Bicol (TOSB) for School Year 2011-212 by Ako Bicol Partylist (AKB), Philippine Association of College Student Advisers (PACSA) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Regional Office V.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

This was a line from Lord Acton that I used to hear as a child from my father during the dark days of Martial Law. That Marcos, who brazenly padlocked Congress and pulled in a subservient Supreme Court, had by then arrogated unto himself alone all the powers of government. Hence, the Marcos Dictatorship that lasted from 1972 to 1986 and together with it the destruction of our democratic institutions, silencing of the press, and the rape and plunder of the Nation’s wealth.

GMA Network Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon was cited as one of the 100 Outstanding Graduates of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at the “Gabi ng Parangal” held recently at the Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

It has been undeniably a banner first year for leading Philippine news channel GMA News TV: taking hold of the number one spot in the ratings game and winning numerous awards – highlighted with five News TV documentaries achieving Finalist status in this year’s New York Festivals – all within its first year of broadcast.

MANILA, Philippines (Mar 14 2012) - A second cousin of Chief Justice Renato Corona claimed yesterday before the impeachment court that he is the real owner of a 1,700-square-meter property in Marikina City that is still registered under the chief justices's wife but is not declared in Corona's statement of assets liabilities and networth (SALN).

KATHMANDU – Holding a 2-1 lead over Tajikistan with 15 minutes left, the Philippine Azkals waited with bated breath for Japanese referee Ryuji Sato to blow the whistle and formalize their monumental semifinal appearance in the AFC Challenge Cup.

When it came, pandemonium erupted in the stadium located inside the Nepal Armed Police Force.

MANILA, Philippines - The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division has ordered the arrest of former President and now Pampanga Rep.Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and three others stemming from an alleged graft-ridden $329.4-million National Broadband Network deal with the Chinese company ZTE Corp.

Also ordered arrested were Arroyo's husband, Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo, former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. and former Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza.