MANILA, Sept. 4, 2013— Catholic Church leaders on Wednesday sounded alarm on the spread of leaked sex videos of some local celebrities. Fr. Conegundo Garganta of the Church’s youth ministry said that such videos are “not giving a good example” to other people especially the youth.

NABUA, CAMARINES SUR – After President Noynoy Aquino announced the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) when the Php10 Billion Napoles pork barrel scam exploded in the open, beneficiaries of the pork barrel system have quietly worried about possible loss of financial support that they receive out of the PDAF of lawmakers.

NAGA CITY -- The influential League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), Camarines Sur chapter elected its new officers for 2013 to 2016 at the posh Villa Caceres Hotel here on Wednesday (August 28).

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) - Businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged brains behind the P10-billion pork barrel scam, has surrendered to President Benigno Aquino III, Malacañang announced Wednesday night.

MANILA Philippines - One day before the anti-pork barrel 'One Million March' to Luneta today, Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad tried to placate critics by explaining at length President Aquino's announcement abolishing the controversial Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and replacing it with a line item budgeting system in which Congress will still have a say.

MANILA, August 23, 2013— A group of traders and Catholic bishops have joined calls for the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

MANILA, Philippines - A low-pressure area (LPA) spotted east of Mindanao yesterday is expected to bring rains over some parts of the country this weekend, the state weather bureau said.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the low-pressure area has a good chance of intensifying into a cyclone within the next two to three days.

PAGASA said the new disturbance would be locally named “Nando” once it becomes a cyclone.

MANILA, Philippines - Three days before a netizen-organized rally against the congressional pork barrel, President Aquino declared yesterday he was abolishing the corruption-tainted funding vehicle officially called the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara has joined the clamor for the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. In Senate Bill 1219, Angara reasserts the constitutional imperative that the government must operate with utmost transparency and accountability.

MANILA, Philippines - There’s still no trace of fugitive businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles and her brother Reynald Lim a week after they were ordered arrested by a Makati City court in connection with an illegal detention case filed by her former employee and whistleblower in the P10-billion pork barrel scam.