Content about the Philippines

This February, the Philippines’ leading multimedia conglomerate GMA Network (GMA), recognized through its corporate equity as Kapuso, holds a month-long celebration of love.

The month-long light-hearted campaign with tag One Love, One Heart, One Nation, hits the audience straight to the heart through a series of frames aired over GMA’s free-to-air, regional, and international channels.

MANILA, Philippines (Feb 3, 2012) - Born in the United States to Bicolano immigrants, Filipino-American US Navy Commander Leopoldo Albea Jr. considers himself more of a Filipino than American and he is excited about his visit to the Philippines as the commander of one of the biggest US warships.

Albea, whose parents are originally from Polangui, Albay, is the captain of the USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) which is the US Navy’s latest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.

The Wayne E. Meyer, along with its sister warship the USS Chafee, arrived last weekend for a port and goodwill visit. Both ships are scheduled to leave today and continue with their Asia-Pacific tour.

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is part of the present administration's plan to promote development via good governance.

Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said the ongoing trial of Corona is in line with President Aquino's campaign promise that rooting out corruption will reduce poverty.

With much anticipation leading up to the finale of GMA Network's first-ever epic series, Amaya, the program landed on Twitter's list of most discussed topic worldwide and even locally last Friday, January 13.

The hashtag #AmayaEpicFinale became the talk of the day on the microblogging website after trending to the No. 1 spot both in the Philippines and worldwide during the finale episode of the Marian Rivera led series.

MANILA, Jan. 3, 2012—With millions of devotees expected to join the annual fiesta of the Black Nazarene, Church officials are coordinating with city officials for a peaceful and orderly procession of the miraculous image from Luneta to Quiapo Church on January 9. Quiapo church officials led by parish priest and Rector Msgr. Clemente Ignacio have been in meetings with City Hall officials, National Parks Authorities and other line agencies of the government since last August to ensure a safe and orderly transfer of the icon. Considered the biggest fiesta celebration and longest procession in the Philippines, the annual religious event usually draws around 6 to 7 million devotees nationwide.

MANILA, Dec. 31, 2011–The crusade for a culture of life is an advocacy of truth, and based on the goings-on in 2011 alone, the pro-life advocacy has covered a lot of ground and, inadvertently, saw much success in promoting the truth.

Though reproductive health (RH) legislation in the Philippines is not new — being proposed, discussed, rejected and resurrected for decades now — 2012 saw significant developments in its promotion as well as in its opposition. The year ended with the RH bill reaching the period of interpellation in both chambers of Congress, heated debates in progress when legislative sessions went on adjournment on the final month of the year. Mass actions such as rallies and prayer vigils to express opposition to the bill happened not just in the country’s capital, but in many other cities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Civil society seemed to wake up to the folly of the legislative measure and wanted to be heard loud and clear.

Manila Philippines (Dec 6, 2011) - Pulse Asia released today its nationwide Ulat sa Bayan survey conducted on 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above from November 10 to 23, 2011 showing that President Benigno C. Aquino III still enjoys high approval and trust rating.

" In November 2011, 72% of Filipinos are appreciative of President Aquino’s performance while 74% trust him," Pulse Asia published in its website, adding only 9%, or less than one in ten Filipinos. distrust the President or is critical of him.

MANILA, Nov. 25, 2011— The movement similar to the “Occupy Wall Street” in New York City has reached the Philippines shores.

In Manila, it is convened by no less than a Catholic bishop who heads the Church’s social action arm.

Naga City (Nov.21 2011) – After the recently concluded 22nd Ad Congress here at the Camarines Sur Wakeboarding Complex in Pili, the Philippines’ largest carrier, Cebu Pacific Air (PSE: CEB) held a simple lunch for local media, and disclosed current airline seat sales and aircraft delivery schedules. It had just shown support for local tourism and events by operating up to 7x daily flights for last week’s Ad Congress, similar to what it had done during the IronMan last August...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Manny Pacquiao acts as though it's personal, then claims it's not. Just another night in the ring, another notch on his belt and another $25 million or so to take back to the Philippines with him.

It's not that easy for Juan Manuel Marquez. He remains convinced he won both of his previous two fights with Pacquiao, and he will enter the ring Saturday night as eager for redemption as he is to claim the biggest payday of his long boxing career.

"I hope the judges score what they see, not like the other two fights when they were not impartial," Marquez says...

MANILA, Philippines - The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to give them more time to comment on Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s petition to have her name dropped from the immigration watchlist and for a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the SC.

“It is respectfully prayed that respondent be given reasonable time to comment on the present petition and the application for a TRO before any action on the said application for the issuance of a TRO is taken by the honorable court, or that this very urgent manifestation and motion be treated as an opposition to the said application and that the same be denied for utter lack of merit,” Solicitor General Joel Cadiz said in a 16-page “very urgent manifestation and motion” filed with the SC on Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines (Nov. 4, 2011) – The 253 new cases recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) this September is an all-time high  on monthly basis and bring the total known cases of the dreaded viral disease in the Philippines to 7,684.

The report, prepared by the DOH’s National Epidemiology Center and released yesterday,  reveals a 65 percent increase over the 153 AIDS cases recorded in September 2010. Out of the 253 cases, 5 are already considered full-blown AIDS...