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By SiteRocker on October 24, 2009
QUEZON CITY – Outclassing the defending and three-time NCAA Seniors Basketball Champion San Beda Red Lions, the San Sebastian Stags showed the crowd what it takes to be a Champion.
Posted in Games, Headlines, Metro, NCAA | Tagged 2009 ncaa basketball champions, 2009 ncaa season 85 basketball results, bravo baste, ncaa 85 basketball results, philippine ncaa basketball results, san beda red lions, san beda vs san sebastian, san sebastian stags, san sebastian vs san beda, stags vs red lions |
By SiteRocker on October 22, 2009
October 22, 2009 QUEZON City – It was a “sulit bayad” game, as San Sebastian College – Recoletos and San Beda College extended the game to two overtimes in game 1 of its best of 3 championship series for this year’s 85th NCAA Men’s Basketball crown.
Posted in Metro, NCAA | Tagged 85th ncaa finals, 85th ncaa mens basketball, ncaa 2009 finals game 1, ncaa 2009 finals results, ncaa 2009 mens basketball championship results, red lions vs stags 2009, san beda vs san sebastian |
By MBJ on October 12, 2009
MANILA – An elite team from the Philippine National Police (PNP) killed six suspected members of a kidnap-for-ransom syndicate in their rescue of a Taiwanese businesswoman who was abducted in Bulacan province in Central Luzon.
Posted in Metro | Tagged Bulacan, central luzon, intramuros, philippine national police, pinoy news. manila news, taiwanese businessman |
By MBJ on October 10, 2009
MANILA – At least 118 people were killed while many others were reported injured and missing when landslides caused by typhoon “Pepeng†buried houses in several “barangays†(villages) in the Northern Luzon highlands.
Posted in Metro | Tagged baguio city, benguet, la trinidad, luzon floodings, northern luzon, philippines news, pinoy news, summer capital of the philippines, typhoon ondoy, typhoon pepeng |
By MBJ on October 10, 2009
MANILA – At least14 heavily armed men strafed the house of a close aide of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a daring morning attack on Friday in suburban Quezon City that resulted in the wounding of his security driver, police reported.
Posted in Metro | Tagged benjamin abalos, gloria arroyo, pinoy news, romulo neri, social security system, sss, zte, zte scandal |
By MBJ on October 7, 2009
MANILA – Members of the Philippine Senate want their own home and are planning to move into a “haunted†government building which was built during the time of former first lady Imelda Marcos, a ranking official of the chamber disclosed.
Posted in Metro, Off Beat | Tagged film center of the philippines, imelda marcos, juan miguel zubiri, manila film center, philippine senate, pinoy news |
By MBJ on October 6, 2009
MANILA – Two aides of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are feuding in public over the issue of prolonged floods that could last until December and affect the lives of about two million people living along the shores of a major freshwater lake in Metro Manila and Southern Luzon.
Posted in Metro | Tagged denr, edgardo manda, laguna lake, laguna lake development, lito atienza, llda, manila flooding, pinoy news, typhoon ondoy, typhoon pepeng |
By MBJ on October 5, 2009
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the dismissal of a woman judge in a lower court in Metro Manila for ignorance of the law and unethical conduct, including borrowing money from her staff and unfriendliness to private litigants who have cases pending before her.
Posted in Metro | Tagged Judge Julia Reyes, manila trial court, philippine supreme court, pinoy news |
By Happinay on October 5, 2009
MANILA – Public elementary and high school classes will resume today, Monday, except for areas that remain flooded following the onslaught of Tropical Storm “Ondoy†last week, as well as those used as evacuation centers, the Department of Education (DepEd) has announced Saturday.
Posted in Headlines, Metro | Tagged ched, classes resume, deped, Ondoy |
By SiteRocker on October 4, 2009
October 4, 2009 – Ateneo hoped to make a back to back Championship by finishing the UAAP Season 72 Finals in Game 2 of their Best of 3 Championship series with the University of the East.
Posted in Metro, UAAP | Tagged ateneo blue eagles, ateneo vs ue results, ateneo vs ue uaap 72, season 72 uaap results, uaap 2009 championship games results, uaap 2009 finals, uaap 2009 mens basketball results, ue red warriors |
By MBJ on October 4, 2009
MANILA – An administration lawmaker was ousted by a tribunal in the House of Representatives which ruled that he lost by a small margin of 542 votes to his woman rival during a recount of the votes cast in the May 2007 elections.
Posted in Metro, Politics | Tagged alvin sandoval, comelec, election tribunal, house of representatives, may 2007 elections, philippine congress, pinoy news, pinoy politics |
By MBJ on October 3, 2009
MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed with finality the acquittal of the grandson of a former Philippine president for the high-profile murder of his stepbrother in 2007.
Posted in Metro | Tagged elpidio quirino, Luisito Quirino Gonzalez, philippine supreme court, philippine supreme court decisions, pinoy news |
By MBJ on October 3, 2009
MANILA – “Panic buying†again became the order of the day on Friday among residents of Metro Manila and neighboring areas following warnings that a new supertyphoon was bearing down on Northern Luzon with its center winds of 195 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 230 kph.
Posted in Metro | Tagged filipino panic buying, ketsana, metro manila, philippines, pinoy news, typhoon ondoy, typhoon parma, typhoon pepeng |
By SiteRocker on October 2, 2009
MANILA – It was a killing that shocked even the most hard-boiled of the veteran Manila policemen because of its daring and brazenness. At about 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Srepen Sia, 23, appeared at the Manila police substation located in Plaza Miranda in front of the centuries-old Quiapo church, the home of the miraculous “Black Nazarene,†venerated by millions of Filipino Catholics.
Posted in Metro | Tagged Black Nazarene, jimmy preston, manila news, manila police, pinoy news, pinoy shocking news, shocking news, shocking stories, srepen sia |
By SiteRocker on October 1, 2009
October 1, 2009, QUEZON CITY, Manila – The Araneta Coliseum is flooded – not with water but people in either red or blue shirts. The Season 72 of the UAAP Men’s Basketball Finals between Blue Eagles (Ateneo de Manila) and Red Warriors (University of the East) provided people who are basketball enthusiasts some temporary relief from the disaster brought about by Typhoon Ondoy.
Posted in Metro, UAAP | Tagged ateneo vs ue results, season 72 uaap results, uaap 2009 championship games results, uaap 2009 finals, uaap 2009 mens basketball results |
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