Badges

Obama health drives clear key Senate hurdle

WASHINGTON DC, United States—President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care barely cleared a key Senate hurdle Saturday in a narrow party-line vote the White House immediately hailed as an "historic" victory.

Estrada to formalize 2010 poll bid on Nov. 30

Former President Joseph Estrada has chosen November 30, Bonifacio Day, for the filing of his certificate of candidacy at the Commission on Elections to formalize his presidential bid.

US envoy ‘heart-broken’ at leaving RP

Outgoing United States Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney is “heart broken” at having to leave her post of more than three years.

EU gives another P490M to Ondoy, Pepeng victims

The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, has allocated an additional €7 million (about P490 million) in humanitarian assistance for the victims of typhoons Ondoy (international code name: Ketsana) and Pepeng (international name: Parma).

'World's biggest animal sacrifice' in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal—Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including French actress Brigitte Bardot.