In a press conference, Manuel “Mar” Roxas announced that his dropping from the presidential race to give way to Noynoy Aquino who will become the standard bearer for the Liberal Party.

Only a “miracle” will stop pardoned President Joseph Estrada from pursuing the presidency in the 2010 elections.

Earlier today, the world crowned Venezuela’s Stefania Fernandez as its new Miss Universe. Halfway across the globe, another woman – Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a Muslim, was unexpectedly released by religious authorities shortly after she was taken away for caning.
These two women are worlds apart and probably will never meet, but they have more in common than most of us would think.

What follows is dubbed ‘The most famous undelivered speech in Philippine history’ — the speech Ninoy was supposed to read before his supporters.

An exclusive interview with Pandji Pragiwaksono about #indonesiaunite, the movement that’s growing after the bomb attacks at Jakarta’s Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels.
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