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• Bangit vows to improve health care for soldiers
  Newly appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Delfin Bangit started his first official work outside the general headquarters with a centerpiece program of better health services for men on the ground.
• Injured Beckham to undergo surgery Monday-surgeon
  HELSINKI-Injured former England captain David Beckham will undergo surgery at a Finnish hospital on Monday afternoon, orthopedic surgeon Sakari Orava told AFP.
• Aquino: "We could have earned P3B if Luisita was sold'
  Stung by criticisms about Hacienda Luisita, Liberal Party standard-bearer Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Monday said his family could have earned P3 billion from selling the large sugar plantation.
• Former budget secretary Boncodin dies at 55
  (UPDATE) Former budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin died Monday due to cardiac arrest, an official from the National Kidney and Transplant Institute said.
• Poll watchdog files complaint vs 6 "bogus' part-list groups
  An election watchdog group on Monday began its formal battle against purportedly bogus party-list groups by filing a complaint before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against six groups it said were government fronts and were actually headed by administration figures.
• Re-training key to ending rights abuses by police, military-CHR
  Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Leila de Lima said the US State Department's human rights report on the Philippines should remind the police and the military of the importance of properly training their personnel to respect the human rights of people in their custody.
• BSP OKs P9.45 billion foreign loans
  The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the national government's plan to secure foreign loans worth 150 million euros (P9.45 billion), proceeds of which will be used to improve budget management by local government units.
• Pacquiao's non-KO victory okay with Roach
  HOLLYWOOD - Manny Pacquiao's failure to knock out Joshua Clottey doesn't disappoint chief trainer Freddie Roach a bit.
• Facebook announces India expansion
  MUMBAI-Facebook said Monday it would open its first office in India to help it tap the increasing popularity of social networking via the Internet in the country.
• 17M ballots printed for May polls-Comelec
  The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday that about 17 million ballots have already been printed for the country's first ever automated elections in May.
• China warns of safety hazards in imported designer clothes
  BEIJING-China has impounded shipments of imported designer clothing from famous labels such as Hermes and Versace after finding they contained potentially hazardous chemicals, authorities said Monday.
• PSE to hold investor briefings in Cebu, Davao
  The Philippine Stock Exchange is set to hold free investor briefings in Cebu and Davao later this month as part of efforts to spur interest on equities investing.
• ICTV seeks listing transfer to PSE's first board
  Technology company Information Capital Technology Ventures Inc. (ICTV) seeks to elevate its listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to the main or first board which is reserved for companies with sufficient scale and profitability track record.
• Cebu fire leaves shanty families homeless
  At least 4,000 people were left homeless when a fire broke out in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City Monday afternoon, authorities said.
• MNLF not a united front in polls-official
  Will there be a “solid Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) vote in the coming Mayi polls?
• Cops tracking 4 suspects in killing of GenSan columnist
  Four people ganged up on newspaper columnist Chito Abuzo, killing him inside a radio compound, police said on Monday.
• PDEA agent testifies on mayoral bet's arrest for cocaine
  An agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PEDEA) gave on Monday a blow-by-blow account of the arrest of Mandaluyong mayoral candidate Ernest Albert Buan in a hearing before a Pasig court.
• Lacson last tracked in Rome-DoJ official
  Fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson was last known to have been in Rome in Italy before he went under the tracking radar of international law enforcers.
• Court dismisses motion to inhibit against Ampatuan trial judge
  The Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Monday dismissed the motion to inhibit filed by government prosecutors against the judge handling the Ampatuan case, saying there is no basis for their allegation of bias in favor of the political clan.
• Justice head: "Pineda's rendition may have violated national anthem law'
  Journey vocalist Arnel Pineda may have violated the law with his stylized singing of the national anthem during the Pacquiao-Clottey fight last Saturday in Texas (Sunday in Manila), according to Justice Secretary Alberto Agra.
• China official arrested in sex diary scandal-report
  BEIJING-China has sacked and arrested an official who became an online sensation after his alleged diary detailing sexual high jinks and bribery was splashed across the Internet, state media reported Monday.
• Sharapova still searching for comeback key
  INDIAN WELLS-Maria Sharapova said Sunday she hadn't found the key to regaining the form that once made her world number one, but she'll keep searching.
• Federer unamused by 'awkward' Agassi-Sampras moment
  INDIAN WELLS-Roger Federer wasn't quite sure what to do when the Hit for Haiti gala charity match devolved, briefly, into a standoff between old rivals Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.
• PNP defends human rights record
  The Philippine National Police (PNP) and all its units have been complying with existing laws and state policies on the protection of human rights, its spokesman said Monday.
• Aquino on Danding Cojuangco: `We're no longer enemies'
  Some may have accused his uncle of being behind his father's murder, but Liberal Party standard-bearer Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III has said he no longer considers his uncle, businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco Jr. as an enemy.
• Aquino to create group to run after Arroyo "crimes'
  If elected President, Liberal Party standard-bearer Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III would set up a commission in his first 100 days in office to go after the alleged crimes of the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
• 1 killed, 6 hurt as truck bumps 8 vehicles in Antipolo
  A man was killed and at least six others were injured after a wayward delivery truck plowed into eight vehicles along Sumulong Highway in Antipolo City, on Monday.
• News sites popular but few click on ads or will pay-report
  WASHINGTON-The good news for traditional US news organizations? Their websites are popular. The bad news? Few news consumers click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online.
• Drought drives Cotabato monkeys deeper into forests
  Lack of food due to the drought has forced monkeys to leave their sanctuary in the village of New Israel here and seek refuge in nearby forested areas.
• 4 Philhealth execs in trouble for reshuffle during Comelec ban
  The president and chief operating officer of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) and three other top executives of the state-run firm are in big trouble.
• PNP ready to answer US rights report
  The Philippine National Police is ready to respond to the human rights report released by the United States State Department which said that although civilian authority governed security forces, there were still instances when government troops acted independently.
• US embassy staffer flees S.Korea amid fraud probe
  A United States embassy staffer in South Korea has fled the country amid an investigation into claims that he swindled a local widow out of 220 million won ($194,000), police said Monday.
• Irish Cardinal refuses to quit in sex abuse secrecy row
  The country's top churchman Cardinal Sean Brady rejected calls to quit Sunday after it emerged he attended meetings where two alleged victims of a notorious pedophile priest signed an oath of secrecy.
• US actor Peter Graves dead at 83
  American actor Peter Graves, who became popular in the 1960s because of his role in the television series “Mission: Impossible” died here Sunday at the age of 83, police said.
• Caticlan airport closed after plane conks out on runway
  The Caticlan airport was closed again after a 19-seater Seair passenger plane got stuck on the runway when one of its tires burst upon landing on Monday, airport authorities said.
• Lakas-Kampi mayor calls Gordon "most qualified president'
  Better safe than sorry. The mayor of San Pablo City in Laguna introduced Sen. Richard Gordon as "maybe the next president of the Philippines" when he introduced the Bagumbayan standard bearer in a simple assembly inside the city hall Monday morning.
• Aboitiz power firm leads charge in RP stock market
  Local stocks were a tad higher on Monday as an energy play on Aboitiz stocks alongside a firm Wall Street trading tempered snowballing profit-taking pressure.
• Cotabato City mayor wants new police chief after series of killings
  A man, described by police as an "ex-convict," was gunned down here Sunday night by two men, the sixth this month, prompting the city mayor to call for a police revamp.
• Wife of DepEd official in Basilan kidnapped
  Kidnappers struck anew in Basilan province, snatching the 43-year-old wife of a Department of Education official in Lamitan City.
• Federer fights through in bid for fourth title
  World number one Roger Federer shrugged off a second-set lapse to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open Sunday with a victory over Victor Hanescu.