SSS opens branch in Talisay; members in Central Visayas up

Inquirer 02/05/2015

MANILA — State-run pension fund Social Security System (SSS) has expanded its presence in Central Visayas as the number of members in the region grew in 2014. In a statement, SSS said it opened on Wednesday a…

12.4M jobless from Sept to Dec 2014 — SWS

Inquirer 02/03/2015

Manila — The level of joblessness among adults nationwide barely moved in 2014 from a year ago despite an estimated 2 million Filipinos joining the ranks of the jobless at the end of last year, the latest…

SAF medic refused to leave wounded men, died with troops

Inquirer 01/31/2015

He could have chosen to save himself amid the heavy gunfire during an encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. But PO1 Windell Candano, 32, a medic of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), chose to stay and…

PNPA Class 2009 shave heads for fallen batchmates

Apple Ta-as, Inquirer 01/31/2015

THE young commander of a police station in Lapu-Lapu City yesterday reported for duty with a close-cropped hairstyle, which he said was  the Philippine National Police Academy Batch 2009’s way of expressing their grief over the tragic…

Gun ban for SK poll starts Thursday

Chito O. Aragon, Inquirer, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/22/2015

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start enforcing the nationwide gun ban on Thursday, January 22, as the 45-day campaign period for the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) poll starts. The gun ban will be in effect during the…

Pope leaves ‘greatest home court’

Inquirer 01/20/2015

A “miracle” was how Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle described Pope Francis’ four-day visit, which drew an estimated record crowd of 6 million at its concluding Mass on Sunday. Francis left the Philippines—the “greatest home court”…

Pontiff meets Pa of volunteer killed in Tacloban Mass

Inquirer 01/19/2015

MANILA–Pope Francis on Sunday met with the father of Kristel Mae Padasas, the 27-year-old volunteer of the Catholic Relief Service who died after she was hit by a falling steel scaffolding in Tacloban. Witnesses said a sudden…

‘Sto. Niño reminds us we are God’s children’

Inquirer 01/19/2015

Record high 6 million attend Pope Francis’ final Mass at Luneta On the day of the Feast of the Sto. Niño, Pope Francis ended his apostolic visit to the Phiippines with a message to cherish one’s identity…

Bohol quake survivors: From cheating death to lunch with Pope

Inquirer 01/13/2015

A young man lost four of his kin after their house was swallowed in a sinkhole that appeared after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked Bohol in October 2013. A mother of two children miraculously recovered from her…

Faithful urged to bring Sto. Niño images for Mass

Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/06/2015

Pope Francis to bless people, deliver 10-minute homily at Luneta Park Expect the start of the  Mass in Luneta Park with Pope Francis to be reminiscent of the Sinulog Festival. Fr. Carmelo Arada Jr. said the concluding…

DFA confirms Cebuano is one of two fatalities

Carine M. Asutilla, Inquirer 01/06/2015

The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the identities of the Filipino captain and deputy officer who rode in a Norwegian cargo vessel that sank off the waters of Vietnam last Friday, Jan. 2. Asst. Secretary Charles Jose…

Alapag open to staying with Gilas as assistant coach

Inquirer 12/31/2014

Coaches of all three teams owned by Manny V. Pangilinan in the Philippine Basketball Association met with the business tycoon the other night, obviously to chart the course of Talk ‘N Text, Meralco and NLEX for the…

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