Angeles, Philippines News

MANILA, Philippines - A loyal servant of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo or a fierce protector of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? House prosecutors and defense lawyers presented different pictures of embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona at the start of his impeachment trial in the Senate Monday.

Both Mayor Edgardo "EdPam" Pamintuan of Angeles and Mayor Oscar "Oca" Rodriguez of San Fernando professed over the weekend that "there would definitely be no sibling rivalry" between the urbanized and component cities after inking a sisterhood pact at the Museo Ning Angeles before their respective City Councils and department heads.

SPONTANEITY. This is how the photography and art of Glen Tungol, one of the Top Fashion Photographers in the Philippines, can be labeled.

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Philippines - The Balili River, which strands from Baguio City upstream and connects this capital town and Naguilian, La Union, then categorized as Class A is wanting for clean and safe flowing water free of thrash and liquid wastes amidst the rapid urbanization which has now greatly affected the quality of water flowing to ... (more)

The answers are yes and yes, and the reason is that years of unmitigated deforestation in Sierra Madre have finally caught up with us: the mountains are literally melting into the rivers, pushing the floodwater out of the channels and spreading it across the plain.