Copyright 2007 Philippine NewsLink http://www.philnews.com/ Online Premiere Portal for Philippine-Based News. Since 1996 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/27a.htm US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew-in a few days ago; President Barack Obama was in Japan and Singapore for the APEC Summit; Philippine President Gloria Arroyo will soon fly to China as part of Obama's 'advance team' but all anyone can talk about in these islands is Manny Pacquiao... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/26a.htm It isn't very often that we here at PHILNEWS.COM find ourselves speaking highly about someone or something on our website. And while some of our readers tend to fault us for this, we do realize this "shortcoming" of ours but nonetheless feel that our job is not to wax poetic about the positive things we see, but rather point out the things that need fixing, need improving, or need changing... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/25a.htm Super typhoons, flashfloods, and landslides—catastrophes that have befallen the Philippines all within a span of a few weeks could be nature's way of telling Filipinos that time is running out. The problems that our fathers and forefathers have ignored for all these years can no longer be ignored by us... Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/24a.htm It started as a tropical depression and hit Metro Manila with torrential rains that left most metropolitan residents dumbfounded. According to PAGASA (the Philippine weather bureau) the amount of rainfall... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/23a.htm Last Wednesday (9/17/2009) Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo issued a veiled warning to presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino indicating that his support of the Reproductive Health Bill which he co-authored... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/22a.htm With major frontrunners Mar Roxas and Ed Panlillo bowing out of the Philippine presidential race, it appears that the political opposition is coalescing under a Liberal Party ticket of Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas... Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/21a.htm A recently published study by researchers at Columbia University in New York has discovered a definitive link between air pollution inhaled by pregnant women and lower IQ scores of their offspring... Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/20a.htm We concluded the first part stating that unless fundamental changes were made, there seemed little chance the Philippines can reverse its downward spiral. Below are three of those changes that we believe must be made... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/19a.htm The outpouring of love and affection by a grieving nation has taken many aback. While it was assumed that former president Corazon Aquino was well loved by the Filipino people, no one was prepared for what has been taking place... Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/18a.htm On July 30 Philippine president Gloria Arroyo will get her long-awaited desire for a photo-op with US president Barack Obama. For many Filipino-American Democrats who worked hard to get then Candidate Obama elected, news of the meeting is... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/17a.htm What would Southeast Asia in 2109 look like? What countries would make up the region? Who would be the major players? What countries might no longer be around? The Philippines as we know it might no longer exist a hundred years from now... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/16a.htm In 1519 thirty-nine-year-old Ferdinand Magellan set sail with 237 sailors on five Spanish ships to discover new lands for the Spanish crown and more importantly, to find a westward route to the Moluccas or Spice Islands of Indonesia... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/15a.htm In 2008 American Tim Bauer received the prestigious Rolex Award for his efforts to reduce the pollution that envelopes major cities in the Philippines as well as in other Asian countries... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/14a.htm Now that Philippine House of Representatives has passed HR 1109 to convene Congress into constituent assembly for charter change, might Filipinos be using the term "madam prime minister" anytime soon?... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/13a.htm Depending on who you ask, Joseph Estrada is either a shoo-in for the presidency in 2010, or is legally barred from seeking the office... Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/12a.htm Finally reading the news about it must have given many Filipinos pause. There it was: the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) would be sold for scrap! For over three decades this white elephant of Philippine political folly... Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/11a.htm It seems ironic that the principle of command responsibility is sometimes referred to as the Yamashita Standard. General Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of the 14th Area Army of Japan was tried and and executed in Los Baños... Mon, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/10a.htm If you believe in the importance of education and subscribe to the notion that an educated individual is always likely to behave in a proper and righteous manner, then you cannot help but feel dismayed... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/09a.htm Most reasonable individuals suspected that it would end with a reversal by the appellate court, but no one expected the reversal to come from the accuser herself... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/08a.htm When the social workers, police, and the mother of two missing children, 13 and 14 year-olds, all from Limay, Bataan arrived in Alaminos, N. Pangasinan last December 2008, they expected the local police to have a squad ready... Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/07a.htm It started with an unreturned phone call. Gloria Arroyo excitedly stayed up till two or three in the morning to congratulate Barak Obama on his election victory, but he couldn't take her call... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT