The recipient of a Gold Cross and two bronze Medals of Valor for battling rebel soldiers and kidnappers squirmed as he watched the hostage drama unfold near Quirino Grandstand two weeks ago.

Malacañang kept a distance from reports that an official of the Ombudsman might have played a key role in sending dismissed policeman Rolando Mendoza on a murderous rage out of frustration over a case that led to his dismissal.

How can judges and justices deliver justice with dispatch when they don?t even have a place to call their own?

With nearly 200 defendants and 300 witnesses listed by the Department of Justice in the multiple murder case against the Ampatuans, Sen. Joker Arroyo said it could take 200 years for justice to come to the victims of the Maguindanao massacre.

If your husband comes home with murder in his eyes, there?s a pretty fair chance that the stress of having to plod through Manila?s traffic jams is finally overwhelming him.

Six new habits that health officials have laid out may help dengue patients fight the mosquito-borne virus even in the comfort of their homes.

It took eight hours of waiting at the ?Dengue Express Lane? before Roberto Sarmiento?s ailing 4-year-old daughter, Nicole Beverly, could be admitted at San Lazaro Hospital at dawn on Friday.

Australian scientists said they had discovered a sprawling ancient reef in chilly southern waters which could hold new hope for the future of coral as sea temperatures rise.

A disaster is unfolding under our waters. For several months now, marine scientists and divers have been witnessing and recording the massive bleaching of coral reefs all over the country, which is being caused by warmer-than-normal ocean water temperatures.

President Benigno Aquino III on Friday received a rude shock from the first hearing of a Malacañang committee investigating the bloody climax of the Aug. 23 hostage crisis at Luneta, forcing him to immediately reassert control of the Philippine National Police.

When exactly was the ?most critical moment? during the Aug. 23 hostage-taking incident?

President Benigno Aquino III?s decision to take full responsibility for the bloody hostage rescue on Aug. 23 is a meaningless exercise that merely ?cheapens? the presidency, Sen. Joker Arroyo said Sunday.