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Former president Corazon Aquino was reportedly dismayed by the plan of President Gloria Arroyo to include Paranaque City Mayor, Joey Marquez, the married lover of her daughter, Kris Aquino, in the mass commemorating the 19th death anniversary of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. today.

After four days of exhilarating adventure, tests, and training in the Czech Republic, the Marlboro Adventure Team Selection Camp witnessed the announcement of the Arab, European and Asian finalists, who will move onto the next stage - the adventure of a lifetime in Utah, U.S.

Manila is likely to seek more leeway from Kuala Lumpur to enable the Philippine navy to repatriate more illegal Filipino immigrants from Malaysia, an official said yesterday.

The Khalifa International Bowling Centre will host an international bowling tournament from August 21-September 19.

The Kerala High Court has stayed the deportation of three Keralites holding Pakistani passports.

A higher institute will open soon in Oman, giving impetus to a plan to prepare nationals for work in judiciary, according to Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Hinai, Minister of Justice.

President Gloria Arroyo backtracked recently from her plan to put up 2,000 slot machines nationwide, after she was accused of turning her country into a 'gambling republic' and not into a strong republic, as she had envisioned earlier in her state of the nation address in July.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo personally witnessed at the justice department the filing of criminal charges against regional trial court Judge Arnulfo Cabredo in Albay, southern Luzon, for allegedly obstructing government's effort to stop rice smuggling in the country.

The trial of three militants accused of masterminding the deadly bombing outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi, will be held inside prison because of security threat, a senior government official said yesterday.

Filipino migrant workers infected with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and those already afflicted with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) may soon be entitled to benefits from the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration (OWWA), said Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas.

The traditional splendour of the Onam season in Kerala may be largely missing this year as the state reels under a clutch of crises, ranging from financial pressures to power problems, and from a shortage of rainfall during the monsoon months to a spate of violent incidents.

If the rape of a child in a railway compartment on Tuesday night left half a dozen men numb with shock as they witnessed the ghastly incident, the city's residents are even more stunned that none of them could do anything to stop it.