COMELEC En Banc remains undecided on choice of voting machines for 2016 polls
FILE PHOTO: COMELEC Spokesperson Director James Jimenez (Get It Straight with Daniel Razon) MANILA, Philippines — The 7 members of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc were present in today’s...
View ArticleJinggoy’s dollar accounts shows under declaration in his SALN
FILE PHOTO: Senator Jinggoy Estrada with his counsel in one of the hearings at Sandiganbayan (UNTV News) In Tuesday’s bail hearing of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada at the Sandiganbayan 5th division, a manager...
View ArticleAdditional Fare Hike Eyed Next Month for LRT-1
FILE PHOTO: DOTC Sec. Jun Abaya (UNTV News) MANILA, Philippines — The private-sector of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 is in talks with the government on a potential increase in train fares ahead of its...
View ArticleHarman says car hacking risk restricted to Fiat Chrysler
A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles sign is pictured after being unveiled at Chrysler Group World Headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan May 6, 2014.REUTERS/REBECCA COOK Harman International Industries Inc,...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian nations back halt to land reclamation in South China Sea
(L-R) Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, Philippine’s Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Chee Wee Kiong, Brunei’s Foreign Minister Mohamed...
View ArticleChina says has halted reclamation work in South China Sea
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a China ministerial meeting at the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 5,...
View ArticleWeather UPDATE: August 05, 2015
Mula sa PAGASA-DOST, ito ang balita ni Rey Pelayo ukol sa lagay ng panahon. PAGASA-DOST Satellite Image on August 5, 2015
View ArticleTurkey says coalition to launch ‘comprehensive battle’ against Islamic State
A Turkish Air Force A400M tactical transport aircraft is parked at Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, July 24, 2015. REUTERS/MURAD SEZER Turkey said on Wednesday a U.S.-led...
View ArticleMalaysia confirms wing part washed up on beach is from missing MH370
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak confirms the debris found on Reunion Island is from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, early August 6, 2015.REUTERS/OLIVIA HARRIS A...
View ArticleSenate Electoral Tribunal rejects petition to remove Sen. Grace Poe from the...
Former senatorial candidate Rizalito David files petition at Senate Electoral Tribunal to remove Senator Grace Poe from post. (UNTV News) MANILA, Philippines — Former senatorial candidate Rizalito...
View ArticleJapan may give planes to Manila for South China Sea patrols: sources
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces’ TC-90 training aircraft is seen in this undated handout photo released by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces, and obtained by Reuters on August 5, 2015....
View ArticleMalacañang brushes off Binay’s TSONA
“His TSONA was ‘charot’ (a joke) number 1. Number 2, we recognize all the problems that he mentioned. Hey but look were addressing all of them.” — Presidential Spokesperson Sec. Edwin Lacierda MANILA,...
View ArticleASEAN nations struggle to agree communique wording on South China Sea
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Brunei’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Bolkiah, Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno...
View ArticleShabu tiangge seized by combined forces of PNP-CID, SAF and HPG
The raid conducted by combined forces of SAF, HPG and PNP-CIDG at a shabu tiangge in Caloocan City. (UNTV News) CALOOCAN CITY, Philippines — The authorities also recovered several firearms and...
View ArticleDiscovery of missing plane debris fuels anger among Chinese families
A man whose relative was aboard Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 holds a placard showing a picture of China’s President Xi Jinping as he and other family members express their demands to Malaysia...
View ArticleNFA assures the public that there’s no fake rice in the country
FILE PHOTO: A heap of Chinese rice on sale in a market ( Ramon Jocson / UNTV News) QUEZON CITY, Philippines — There’s no fake rice in the country. The National Food Authority (NFA) assures consumers...
View ArticleSenated Electoral Tribunal accepts Quo Warranto Petition vs Sen. Grace Poe
The filing of former senatorial candidate Rizalito David the petition to remove Senator Grace Poe from the office this Thursday. (UNTV News) The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has accepted today...
View ArticleSpecial Report: How smuggled workers power ‘Made in China’
Migrant construction workers push away muddy water from an interior at the Chinese Pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 Expo in Shanghai in this August 5, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/NIR ELIAS/FILES On a quiet...
View ArticleMore than 200 feared dead in sinking of migrant boat
Surviving migrants are seen aboard a life-rafts in the area where their wooden boat capsized and sank off the coast of Libya in this August 5, 2015 handout courtesy of the Italian Navy.REUTERS/ITALIAN...
View ArticleKerry says U.S. will not accept restrictions in South China Sea
Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon...
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