THE NEWSMAKERS

OF 2010

THE TOP NEWS STORY OF 2010 WAS WHEN THE SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WITNESSED AND LED THE

CONDUCT OF THE FIRST AUTOMATED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES AS WELL AS THE

INAUGURATION OF BENIGNO “NOYNOY” AQUINO III AS THE 15TH PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT. THE NEW

ADMINISTRATION PROMISED TO BRING ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE EN ROUTE TO A BETTER AND PROGRESSIVE NATION AS WELL AS A PREPONDERANTLY

ABUNDANT DEMOCRACY.

THE EX-SGT. ROLANDO MENDOZA’S HOSTAGE-TAKING AND KILLING OF FOREIGN TOURISTS IN A BUS. SUCH A

HORRIBLE EVENT IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY EXPOSED TO THE WORLD THE UNPREPAREDNESS, LACK OF

TRAINING AND LACK OF HIGH-TECH WEAPONS OF THE PNP IN MANAGING A HOSTAGE CRISIS.

THE LA SALLE BAR EXAMS BOMB BLAST

PACQUIAO WINNING HIS EIGHTH CHAMPIONSHIPS BELT IN AS MANY DIVISIONS. THAT WAS AN

UNPRECEDENTED FEAT THAT MADE HIM A LIVING LEGEND IN BOXING.

CHARICE AROUND THE WORLD

MARIA VENUS RAJ IN THE 2010 MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

D.O.T. LOGO CONTROVERSY

DEBATE ON RH BILL HEATS UP THAT THREATENED P-NOY WITH EXCOMMUNICATION

HE ERRING RESULT OF THE VIZCONDE MASSACRE CASE SHOWS THE KIND OF JUSTICE SYSTEM WE HAVE

IN THIS COUNTRY. IT’S SAD THAT AFTER SO MANY YEARS, THE COURT WOULD DISMISS THE ACCUSED

DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED, ESPECIALLY OWING TO THE TESTIMONY OF JESSICA ALFARO.

THE NEW PHILIPPINE PESO BILL