Cavite, Philippines News

The value of warlords arose from their coercive capacities that backed up national leaders, assisted the military in the destruction of rebels, reformists and other a oethreatsa to those in power, and brought in supplementary largesse when patrons and allies, having looted state coffers dry, needed extra funds to retain their power.

The Philippine National Police said its agents are closely monitoring 28 mansions in Mindanao and Metro Manila allegedly owned by members of the powerful Ampatuan political clan.

Lawyers of Hayden Kho Jr. denied that their client's recent hospitalization was due to attempted suicide by drug ingestion.

SMALL and medium enterprises in the agri-business sector stand to benefit from trade missions recently facilitated by the Manila Economic and Cultural Office .

She has figured in the polls as one of the top ten senators whom the public want to re-elect in 2010, but Sen.

Operatives of the Manila Police District seized some P500,000 worth of firecrackers during an operation that led to the arrest of six vendors in Binondo, Manila on Thursday afternoon.

When the 3rd Annual CNN Heroes Awards Show airs tonight, it will be the close of another year-long campaign where the 24-hour news network went through over 9,000 stories of giving, featured 10 remarkable people, and selected one Hero Of The Year.

Efren Penaflorida, CNN'S Hero of the Year, did not exactly arrive to a hero's welcome on November 26.

Nacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel a Mannya TM Villar helps Ramon a Mon-Mona TM Mitra put on the NP jacket signifying the lattera TMs inclusion in the partya TMs senatorial slate during a meeting at the Laurel Mansion in Mandaluyong City.

MANILA Efren Peaflorida, the man behind a group that started the "pushcart" education program in the Philippines, was welcomed a hero in Cavite province on Saturday.

Sen. Loren Legarda yesterday hailed the recognition of a Cavite schoolteacher as "CNN Hero of the Year" as "also a recognition of the Filipinos's ability and determination to help their less fortunate countrymen overcome their difficulties through education." Loren was referring to Efren Penaflorida, 28, who received the highest online voting as ...

Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the lives of others.

Cavite Governor Ayong S. Maliksi is running for congressman in the newly-reconstituted Imus District.

IMUS, Cavite An estimated 2,000 youth ministers, leaders, bishops and clergy from all over Asia trooped here Friday for the celebration of the 5th Youth Day that will last until November 27.

OWNED Light Rail Transit Authority on Wednesday said a group of local and foreign companies are interested in forging a joint venture with the government to construct the multibillion-dollar southward extension of the Philippines' first overhead rail system.

Employees of the Bureau of Corrections and other families living inside the New Bilibid Prison Reservation in Muntinlupa got a reprieve after the city council stopped the construction and other activities involved in the Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway Road Link that will traverse inside the NBP land.

Schumey of The Philippine Experience is an invaluable resource for anybody who wants to know who is the real Manny Villar.

Linda has a problem with money: she has lots of it. Her worries are less about meeting daily needs, which she gets from a regular pension, having retired from working as a non-profit worker, and spouse of a German, in a European country.

International media house CNN recently organized and hosted a celebratory rally for Efren Peaflorida, one of the ten CNN Heroes for 2009.

Iloilo 3rd District Rep. Arthur Defensor Sr. downplayed Monday several defections of several Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslims Democrats members in the province of Iloilo.