Rep. Bellaflor Angara Castillo (LDP, Aurora) has been elected new House majority floor leader, the first lady to assume that top post in the history of the country's legislature. click here to read the full story»

Raise your hands, whoever knows where the province of Aurora is. Yes, there's a straggle of film buffs who know that the movie "Apocalypse Now" was set in Baler. And yes, there are backpacking surfers who also know what "tubes" and "barrels" are have been to the annual surfing competitions at Cemento Beach. Rounding up this esoteric group of people knowledgeable about Aurora are mountaineers who've crossed the Sierra Madre, Lambanog (coconut wine) enthusiasts, and retired communists who used to hike up the mountains to take refuge from Marcos' minions. Otherwise, everybody is clueless. click here to read the full story»