San Fernando, Philippines News

There is no need for President Arroyo to show up to personally explain to the historic joint session of Congress why she declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maguindanao province, House Speaker Prospero Nograles said Thursday.

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed to run for the country's Congress Tuesday, making her post-presidential plans official.

The number of nursing graduates who will take the licensure examination this month went up by 16,733 to 95,305, prompting the Professional Regulation Commission to add two more examination sites in Central and Northern Luzon to spare the examinees the hassles of expensive and rigorous travel to the testing centers.

While the number of victims and homeless continues to rise , the Church in the Philippines has been working to provide rescue and assistance to the thousands of people effected by Typhoon Ondoy, which hit the island of Luzon in recent days, causing flooding in Manila and in surrounding regions.

Saddened by the death of former President Corazon Aquino, Mayor Genaro "Aro" Mendoza officially announced that the whole month of August will be a month of mourning for Tarlaqueos in this city.

Saddened by the death of former President Corazon Aquino, Mayor Genaro "Aro" Mendoza officially announced that the whole month of August will be a month of mourning for Tarlaqueos in this city.

Is he a priest, prophet or president-to-be? These are the questions that are surrounding the public announcement by Pampanga Gov.

Reporting from San Fernando, Philippines -- Rey Torres dreamed of a better life for his wife and five children when he left a neighborhood of wooden shacks and burning trash piles to drive a bus on a U.S. military base near Baghdad.