Monthly Archives: March 2015
Obama vs. Putin: Can Obama survive Round 3?
It wasn’t too long ago when President Barack Obama was the undisputed world leader since the end of the Cold War in 1989; he reigned over the greatest empire the world has ever known. But recently, he had become too complacent lording it over a unipolar world order, confident that the sun will never set on Pax Americana. Continue reading
Pacquiao-Mayweather super fight
After several years of failed negotiations, the much-awaited megabout and WBO-WBC featherweight unification title fight between world boxing icons Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will finally push through at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 2. Many boxing fans eagerly await what is dubbed the fight of the century and the richest bout in boxing history. Continue reading
Kris Aquino drops plan to run in 2016, vows to help Nora Aunor regain voice; talks about marriage proposal of Herbert
March 1, 2015
MANILA – Actress and television host Kris Aquino has confirmed that she will not run for any government position in the 2016 elections, saying her family is her priority over politics. Continue reading
Davao Oriental unlocks tourism, investment potentials
March 1, 2015
DAVAO CITY -– Two years after Typhoon Pablo, Davao Oriental laid out the blueprint of the province’s development plans to boost tourism and investment potentials with the support of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). Continue reading
Pacquiao starts training for mega bout with Mayweather, flying to US in March
March 1, 2015
MANILA (via PhilAmPress) – World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao started trekking the long, topsy-turvey road to history last week, the day he plunged into deep training for his mega-million 147-pound unification date with undefeated American champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Continue reading
FVR bats for SAF Fallen 44 memorial
March 1, 2015
FORT BONIFACIO – Former President Fidel V. Ramos sees the need for a memorial honoring the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) police commandos killed in action last month during a mission against two terrorists in Maguindanao province’s Mamasapano municipality. Continue reading
With the Budget, the President Calls the Shots
March 1, 2015
It may not be obvious from the news coverage, but a good bit of Congress’s 2015 agenda just landed on Capitol Hill with a thud. I mean this literally. The federal budget that President Obama recently submitted runs to 2,000 pages. Continue reading
MILF won’t give up men, still at war with gov’t
March 1, 2015
PASAY CITY – The government has vowed to charge those responsible for the death of the 44 PNP Special Action Force commandos in Mamasapano, Maguindanao from the Muslim rebels once they have been identified. Continue reading