Homeless US teenager up for science prize gets own house

Samantha Garvey and her family had been living in a shelter for several days when they got word the 17-year-old aspiring marine biologist had made it to the semifinals of the prestigious national Intel science competition.

Now, with donations coming in and the county finding them rent-subsidized housing, she'll again be able to do her homework in a home.

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'Coronavela' unfolds

The Senate resumes its regular session for the first time this year and keeps its date with history as it convenes into an impeachment court for the trial of the Chief Justice before live cameras transmitting the drama to over 90 million Filipinos here and abroad.

Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, put on trial by the House of Representatives on eight articles of impeachment, is not expected to appear when the impeachment proceedings begin Monday at the Senate at 2 p.m. Instead, Corona’s battery of top lawyers will go head-on with the House’s 11-man prosecution panel aided by 59 private prosecutors.

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Pacquiao eyes Cotto at 147 lbs.

 After learning a painful lesson in a weight class that doesn’t suit his body, Manny Pacquiao will demand that his next fight — very likely against Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico on June 9 — would be at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs.

“It’s hard for me to fight at a higher weight class,” Pacquiao told the Bulletin when asked whether a rematch with Cotto can still be made.

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Wearing of proper uniform ordered

Lousy policemen will now be barred from entering camps and even at the stations and precincts where they are assigned after the national police leadership has ordered the strict implementation of proper wearing of uniform and required physical cleanliness.

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Is Budoy sending the wrong signals?

The ongoing television soap “Budoy” touted itself as the “first advocacy serye’’. After all, it had this noble intention of spreading awareness on children with special needs (CSN) and teaching the public that CSNs have the right to be properly educated and accepted by society.

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