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Defending Dakar champs face unknown sufferings for ’09 race

Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despres only know too well the ins and outs of the Dakar cross-country rally. After all, they’ve won it over and over for their respective teams.

By ROY MEDINA, Special to abs-cbnNEWS.com 01/03/2009 10:52 PM

Australian researchers claim breakthrough on dengue fever

SYDNEY - Australian researchers funded by US billionaire Bill Gates Friday claimed a breakthrough which could help in the fight against dengue fever by stopping the often deadly disease in its tracks.

Agence France-Presse 01/02/2009 4:44 PM

Peterhansel, Mitsubishi aim for glory in Dakar 2009

Nine-time Dakar rally champion Stephane Peterhansel of France will be driving a new car as the two-week race transfers to its new battle ground in South America after its absence last year.

By ROY MEDINA, Special to abs-cbnNEWS.com 01/01/2009 11:17 PM

40 years and counting: The Communist movement in Mindanao

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) a spokesman said the insurgents "are on the verge of entering a new stage of our revolutionary struggle and have fully recovered from our debacle in the mid-80s."

by EDWIN G. ESPEJOS, Newsbreak 12/29/2008 6:37 PM

Mindanao miners unhappy with foreign partners

Local mining firms operating in Mindanao and their foreign partners are locked in boardroom battles that are reportedly turning out to be more challenging than investors talking to anti-mining activists.

By EDWIN G. ESPEJO, Newsbreak in Davao City 12/28/2008 10:49 PM

World keeps humor in 2008 despite economic woes

BERLIN - Whether smashing plates in San Diego to relieve frustration or drinking "Bailout Bitter" beer in Canada sold as a "bitter ale for bitter times," people the world over kept a sense of humor in 2008 despite financial woes.

Reuters 12/26/2008 5:33 PM

Missing 'Gjay' this X'mas

It has almost been eight months since Jose Gabriel “Gjay” Dela Rosa’s life was cut short because of a road mishap. It was the same accident that left his father, Jose Ricardo, injured. “I miss my son very much,” said Jose Ricardo in an email to abs-cbnNEWS.com. “I love him so much and I want to be with him. Nothing would make me happier,” he said.

By MARIA ALETA O. NIEVA, abs-cbnNEWS.com 12/25/2008 6:02 PM

Hope and disappointment four years on from Asian tsunami

LAM TUTUI - When the deadly waters of the Asian tsunami smashed into this fishing village in Indonesia's Aceh province four years ago, not one house was left standing. Now there are too many of them.

Agence France-Presse 12/25/2008 1:24 PM

Fat is beautiful

Everything is big in Palma Tayona's world. That includes his built, his non-conventional ideas, his artistic life, his works, and of course, the humongous windows of his house in Libertad where he can see his subjects—big round images of people on the streets.

By Lei Chavez, abs-cbnnews.com 12/23/2008 5:23 PM

'Silent Night' celebrates its 190th anniversary

OBERNDORF - Born on a cold night in the chapel of a small Austrian village, "Silent Night," the world's most famous Christmas carol, is celebrating its 190th anniversary. The song, known as "Stille Nacht" in the original German, was first performed on December 24, 1818, in the tiny hamlet of Oberndorf, as a local assistant priest, Joseph Mohr, sought to comfort his flock, racked by poverty and misery in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.

Agence France-Presse 12/23/2008 12:36 PM

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