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No alternative for Filipino workers in Taiwan says recruitment expert
MANILA, Philippines - The alternative labor markets being eyed by the Philippine government for Filipino who may be affected by the brewing tension between Taiwan and the Philippines are not feasible, a recruitment industry expert said Saturday. According to Emmanuel Geslani, there are no alternative markets for OFWs in Taiwan in case the Philippines eventually loses this labor market, which, ...
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Anti-Manila rage puts Taiwan on high alert
(MENAFN - Arab News) Taiwan's leader yesterday called for calm and promised to protect Filipinos on the island amid widespread anger at the Philippines over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman.Anti-Manila sentiments mounted after a 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead last week by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters.Taiwanese media have reported an ...
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Philippines rejects Taiwan murder claims
MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat.The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters.Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, said most ...
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Foreign ships harass Philippine mayor of disputed isle
The mayor of Kalayaan town in Palawan was harassed by two unidentified vessels while travelling with around 200 others by sea toward midnight on Thursday. Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Kalayaan, which governs Pag-asa and four other islets in the Spratlys claimed by the Philippines, said they left Pag-asa Island on Wednesday, two days after casting their votes. He said they were on their way to ...
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Philippines man killed by store security for alleged theft of sandals
On April 12, 23-year-old Mario Ducayag was killed by store security guards in the Philippines city of Cebu, after being accused of stealing a pair of sandals that cost less than a thousand pesos ($US25). A secondary school graduate, Ducayag was unemployed and had two children, one of them three years old, to support. Like millions of Filipinos confronting the bleak choice of long-term ...
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New bill gives hope to Filipino WW2 veterans
SAN FRANCISCO - Filipino World War II veterans have a reason to hope this year. U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI) Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) crossed party lines to introduce a bill that would establish an appeals process for Filipino veterans, who were previously denied their lump sum benefits. Some 18,698 elderly veterans have filed and received lump sum claims--$15,000 for American ...
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Mapping the Philippine political dynasties
Political clans were in front and center anew in the Philippine mid-term elections held May 13. Some clans - like the Binays of Makati, the Ejercitos and Estradas of Metro Manila and Laguna, the Escuderos of Sorsogon, the Tans of Samar, the Cayetanos of Pasig, the Mangudadatus of Maguindanao, and the Espinas of Biliran reinforced their presence. Some, like the Ampatuans of Maguindanao, ...
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Filipino assaulted by 4 Taiwanese in Tainan
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Police confirmed that a Philippine worker was attacked by four Taiwanese and beaten with iron sticks and baseball bats in Tainan City on May 16 following the recent heated dispute between Taiwan and the ...
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Investigators to return from Manila source
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A delegation currently in Manila to investigate the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine state vessel is expected to return to Taiwan soon, a diplomatic source said ...
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US pushes resolution in Taiwan-Philippines row
WASHINGTON--The United States reiterated its call Thursday for Taipei and Manila to work out a resolution to their row over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines on May ...
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Daisy Hontiveros Avellana–Why she will always be the ‘First Lady of Philippine Theater’
DAISY Hontiveros Avellana, 1917-2013. "I just hope to be remembered as a good human being. And that I tried my best." When I first worked with Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, she was all of 88. By then she had survived five heart attacks, was suffering from crippling arthritis, had seen the loss of a baby, her husband, and even of her house to fire. I was asked by her daughter Ivi ...
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‘The only thing wrong with the Filipino audience is that there isn’t enough of it’
"[English teacher and drama coach] Jean Edades gave me the best lesson in humility. At that time, I was already the star of all the plays in UP. And then, when we were putting up these three one-act plays, she said I was going to play the role of a maid! I was hurt, of course, and humiliated. I told Mrs. Edades I had a headache and went home. I told my parents about it, expecting them to ...
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Filipino workers suffer harassment in Taiwan
ISLAND ON FIRE Taiwanese Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks during a press conference in Taipei on Wednesday where he announced Taiwan would recall its representative and discourage travel to the Philippines. AP DAGUPAN CITY--The Philippines' de facto ambassador to Taiwan has advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island ...
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Philippines Volcanoes poised to erupt with rising rugby popularity
You know a sport is starting to make its mark on the public when the nation's leading protagonists are deemed big enough celebrities to advertise underwear. The players who represent the Philippines Volcanoes rugby team may be a little shy of the status of Manny Pacquiao just yet. However, they are still popular enough to brand it like Beckham. "They have abroad-based players from ...
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Asian Five Nations Family guys add spice to UAE rugby side for rumble in Manila
Judging by the robust marketing campaign that took place in cyberspace this week, the UAE can expect to be confronted by a staunchly partisan crowd when they play for Asian Five Nations survival in Manila this afternoon. It seems safe to assume from the lobbying on social media that the Philippines Volcanoes are woven significantly deeper into their nation's sporting fabric than their ...
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Vin Diesel slow and curious in Manila
JEEPNEY RIDER "Fast and Furious 6" star Vin Diesel, here in Manila on a three-day visit to promote the latest installment of the blockbuster action series, chills inside a passenger jeepney. Diesel's twin brother Paul is married to a Filipino. PHOTO FROM VIN DIESEL'S FACEBOOK ...
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Philippines - Politician aides attack TV crew in Philippines
A politician and his aides mauled and attempted to shoot members of a television crew covering an alleged vote-buying incident in Ozamis City last 12 May 2013, the eve of the Philippine midterm elections.Ozamis City is in the province of Misamis Occidental in Mindanao, and is about 1,500 kilometers south of ...
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Manila urged to offer concrete response
Taiwan on Friday called for calm and promised to protect Filipinos on the island amid widespread anger toward the Philippines over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman.Taiwan's authority in charge of external affairs on Friday again urged Manila to provide a concrete response to the killing of the fisherman, adding that the incident possibly involves criminal proceedings and violates the ...
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Ghobash Philippines Secretary of Labour discuss joint cooperation
ABU DHABI, May 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Labour has met Rosalinda D. Baldoz, Secretary of Department of Labour and Employment of Philippines on the sidelines of 'International conference on the impact of labour mobility on sustainable development' held in Abu Dhabi from 14th to 15th the current month in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, they ...
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Relations sour between Taiwan and Philippines
A Taiwanese fisherman was killed by gunfire from a Philippine coast guard vessel last week Taiwan's president describes it as a "cold-blooded murder" The Philippines says the fisherman's death was "unintended" Taiwan has imposed a series of punitive measures to show its ...
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AUB IPO at Philippine Stock Exchange
Asia United Bank (AUB) employees and officials of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) celebrate during the company's IPO listing ceremony in Makati on Friday. The PSE index closed lower than the previous day's 7,279.87, after breaching the 7,300 point level this ...
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Philippine massacre clan enjoys several election wins
MANILA (AFP) - A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed on Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served. Leaders of the Ampatuan family and their gunmen are accused of massacring 58 people, including 32 journalists, in the southern province of Maguindanao more than three years ...
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4 Philippine UN peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels released
MANILA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Four Philippine U.N. peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights five days ago have been freed, Philippine government officials said on Sunday. They had been seized by the rebels at an observation post on the ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday. ...
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US lauds Philippines apology over Taiwan incident
The United States is optimistic that the Philippines and Taiwan will eventually thresh out their current spat over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman within the Philippine territorial waters last week, an incident that has prompted an angry Taipei to impose sanctions against Manila. Calling both the Philippines and Taiwan "friends" of the US, American Ambassador to the Philippines ...
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Philippine sanctions to impact Taiwan minister
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Executive Yuan rolled out economic sanctions against the Philippines, which Economic Affairs Minister Chang Chia-juch (???) said will not affect Taiwan's economy in the short term, though the nation's imports and exports will take a hit in the long ...
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Metro Manila takes first steps into the 'future'
The greater region of Manila, Metro Manila, will in a few years posses a futuristic community that its developers claim will redefine the way humans live, providing a glimpse of what is to come in terms of the integration of technology with lifestyles and sustainable environmental practices. The community will essentially be “future-ready” according to developers, but the details on how this will be achieved are murky.
Metro Manila is one of the most populated and developed regions of the country, with the capital city, Manila, responsible in large part for the regions progress compared to the rest of the Phillipines. It makes sense then that the Greenfield Development Corporation and Cisco have teamed up to develop the most futuristic residential community in the country ever. Read more
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