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Pinoy hackers with terror links arrested
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MANILA — A joint team of Philippine National Police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a group of Filipino computer hackers with alleged connection to the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah. The PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) named Thursday those arrested as Macnell Gracilla, 31,…
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K-9 attacks two-year-old boy at airport
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MANILA – Here’s a reminder that man’s best friend can be not so friendly all the time. A K-9 dog hired by Philippine Airlines attacked a two-year-old boy last Saturday (November 19) at the NAIA Centennial Terminal 2, reports said. The victim, Elijah Lingaolingao, was about to board a Philippine…
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Gloria Arroyo sued over Maguindanao massacre
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MANILA — The government is getting more help in prosecuting former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Aside from the electoral sabotage case filed against her by the Commission on Elections, Arroyo is now facing a civil suit for the Maguindanao massacre that killed 58 people, 32 of whom were journalists. Arroyo,…
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Blast mars 2nd anniversary of Maguindanao massacre
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MANILA — The second anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre was marred with an early morning blast near the site where the brutal murders happened. Reports said the police found four improvised explosive device (IEDs) following a blast shortly before 6 in the morning in Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman in Ampatuan,…
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HIV claims 8 Filipinos daily
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A record number of 34 million survivors of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are now living thanks to access to better treatment, the United Nations has said. A report of the Agence France Presse (AFP) last November 21 said Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of UNAIDS said that around 56 countries have…
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PH talks with communist rebels remain stalled
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Talks between the government and communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF) have remained stalled because of the two sides’ failure to break an impasse over a communist demand for the release of political prisoners. In an Inquirer.net report, Ednar Dayanghirang said the government is not likely to release the prisoners even…
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All quiet in the Philippine military front
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MANILA — The ongoing trouble in the Philippine political arena has no influence on the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said. In an Associated Press (AP) report, Gazmin said there was no sign of unrest within the 120,000-strong military after police placed Arroyo under hospital arrest…
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SEA Games football stampede leaves 2 dead, 1 in coma
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A stampede that marred the footfall final in the 26th Southeast Asian Games last Monday (November 21) left two people dead and a nine-year-old boy in a coma. An Agence France Presse report said the incident happened after thousands of fans lined up for tickets to watch the much anticipated…
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