Brunei country profile BBC News | A tiny country with a small population, Brunei was the only Malay state in 1963 to choose to remain a British dependency rather than join the Malaysian Federation. | It became independent in 1984 and, thanks to its large reserves of oil and gas, no...
Palace: Extra-judicial killings being tackled by DOJ Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang defended on Saturday its decision to exclude extra-judicial killings of leftist activists and journalists from the coverage of the Truth Commission tasked to investigate anomalies in the Arroyo administration. | Secretary Edwin Lacierda, presidential spokesperson, said that cases of extra-legal killings, abductions ...
Honey, 'bagoong' make bonsai trees beautiful Inquirer | Bagoong (fish paste), honey and the Internet. Believe it, but this seemingly unlikely combination has been instrumental in creating the country's best bonsai. | At the 10th Pangasinan bonsai exhibition, staged recently in Rosales, Pangasinan, a dwarfed bantigue (Pemphis acidula) tree achieved its winning form and beauty partly because its owner p...
