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Dan Browns Inferno Upsets Philippines
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in his new novel Inferno has provoked anger in the Philippines. The plot of his latest work includes a character who is visiting the capital, and while doing so is shocked by the poverty, crime and sex trade. Brown's vivid description of the city has incurred an angry response from the Philippines, where the book ...
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Pope Francis may visit Philippines in 2016—CBCP
Pope Francis. AP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines may just be on Pope Francis' travel itinerary in 2016, the head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Thursday. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, CBCP president, said Church officials were hoping Pope Francis would be able to visit in January 2016 after the Vatican asked that the date for a major ...
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Author angers Manila authorities
Philippine authorities Thursday reacted angrily over 'Da Vinci Code' author Dan Brown's portrayal of Manila as "the gates of hell" in his latest novel. The book "Inferno" includes a character who describes the capital as a city of horrible traffic jams, suffocating pollution, massive poverty and a thriving child sex trade. The chairman of the government ...
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Dan Brown slammed for calling Manila the gates of hell in Inferno novel
MANILA // Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The ...
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Estrada picks brains of ex-Cabinet officials for new job as mayor of Manila
Former president Joseph Estrada is proclaimed mayor of Manila by the city's Board of Canvassers after he defeats incumbent Alfredo Lim. With Estrada are members of his family, his wife Dr. Loi Ejercito and Sen. Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada, among others. ERIKA SAULER/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA--Insisting Manila is in a mess, former President Joseph Estrada has assembled a powerhouse ...
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Brown hounded for calling Manila ‘gates of hell’
This book cover image released by Doubleday shows ';Inferno,'; by Dan Brown. The latest book by Brown, the author of ';The Davinci Code,'; will be released on May 14, 2013. AP MANILA -- Dan Brown’s description of Manila as ';the gates of hell'; in the American novelist’s latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. The ...
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Philippines Pasig River Rehabilitation Program Includes Dredging
At least 1,200 families living along the Pasig River have been relocated to safer areas as part of government efforts to keep them out of harm’s way during typhoons, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on ...
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Philippines vows to defend territory against China
This undated handout photo released by the Philippine Government on May 23, 2013 shows an aerial view of BRP Sierra Madre, a 100-metre (328 foot) amphibious vessel built for the US in 1944 and acquired by the Filipino navy in 1976, grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The Philippines vowed Thursday to "defend what is ours" as part of a stand-off over a Chinese ...
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Manila tells China vessels to clear off
(10 mins ago) Philippines vowed to ';defend what is ours’’ as part of a stand-off over a Chinese warship circling a South China Sea reef occupied by Filipino marines. This week Manila objected to the ';provocative and illegal presence'' of the warship near Second Thomas Shoal, but China brushed off the complaint. Philippine foreign affairs department spokesman ...
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Bank manager shot dead in Manila
shot by a motorcycle-riding suspect in Manila early Monday, police said. The Manila Police District Tactical Operations Center said Rosemarie Gatan, branch manager of the Bank of the Philippine Islands on Taft Avenue was shot near the National Bureau of Investigation office around 9:06 a.m. Police said the attacker drove near her vehicle and opened fire. A radio report said Gatan was still ...
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Bank exec dies in Manila ambush
MANILA – A bank manager died in an ambush incident in Manila Thursday morning. The victim, 43-year-old Rosemarie Gatan, was on board her Mazda C7 when she was shot in the head by motorcycle-riding gunmen in front of the Manila Cosmopolitan Church along Taft Avenue at around 9 a.m. A wounded Gatan managed to drive her car for about 200 meters before it finally hit a post near the National ...
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Bank manager hurt in shooting in Manila
MANILA, Philippines — A bank manager who was driving along Taft Avenue, Manila, on her way to work was shot by a motorcycle-riding gunman Thursday morning. Police identified the victim as Rosemarie Gatan of BPI Taft-Padre Faura branch, who was rushed to a nearby hospital. Initial investigation showed that the victim was driving to the bank when she was shot. Police said she bore a ...
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Experts raise doubts on Philippine poll results
Information technology (IT) experts have observed a strange "pattern" of votes obtained by administration, opposition and independent senatorial candidates in the Philippines' May 13 elections. The IT experts have been linking with election watchdogs throughout the country to validate the so-called "60-30-10" pattern in which senatorial candidates from Team PNoy ...
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Philippines to send probe team to Taiwan
Taipei has approved Manila's request to send investigators to Taiwan to examine evidence and interview witnesses to the May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards. But Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday declined to tell reporters when a team from the National Bureau of Investigation would leave for Taiwan. "It will be very soon but we don't ...
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Philippines eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016
MANILA, Philippines - In line with heightened efforts to boost the country's tourism industry, the government is eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016, a tourism official said. Tourism Promotion Board chief operating officer Domingo Ramon Enerio III, in an interview with The STAR at the Puregold Sari-Sari Store Convention, said for this year alone, tourism receipts - ...
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Filipino Workers to Get More Rights in Saudi Arabia
story on domestic workers in the U.S. , as part of our Global Nation coverage. Well, there are more than half a million Filipinos working in Saudi Arabia and until this week they had very few protections. The governments of Saudi Arabia and the Philippines have now signed an agreement giving Filipino workers more rights – specifically Filipino household service workers. Anchor Marco ...
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Philippines weighs move on China incursion
AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines is weighing what course of action to take in the wake of the latest Chinese incursion in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as the country asserted its capability to defend its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday that it was already coordinating with the Philippine Coast Guard ...
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Catholic Church in Philippines Holds Mass in Malls
Early on a Sunday morning, people are already streaming into a massive shopping mall in Manila. The seven-story Robinsons Place is a temple of consumerism. It houses about 350 stores, including gun shops, dental offices, massage parlors, and a Kenny Rogers Roaster. The music and the crowds can be a little overwhelming after a while. But up on the fourth floor, next to the Cineplex and a barber ...
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Filipino fishermen pay price of sea disputes
Filipino boys carry a container with fish from a boat in the coastal town of Infanta, Pangasinan province, in this May 7, 2013, photo. Since China took control of the Scarborough Shoal last year, Filipino fishermen say Chinese maritime surveillance ships have shooed them from the disputed waters in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and roped off the entrance to the vast lagoon that had ...
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MOJ turns down Manilas mutual legal assistance
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) yesterday said it has declined a Philippine request for bilateral judicial assistance for the time being, as the Philippine government still refuses to provide a video of the entire killing incident of a Taiwanese fisherman on May ...
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Senate committee OKs Filipino Veterans Family Reunification amendment
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Filipino World War II veterans who have waited for years to reunite with their adult children have something to cheer about today. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved an amendment introduced by U.S. Sen. Maize Hirono (D-HI) that would fast track these children's approved visa applications. "We thank Sen. Hirono for pushing this amendment through so ...
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Philippine activity on Ren’ai Reef draws Chinese caution
Chinese navy and marine surveillance forces are closely monitoring activities conducted by the Philippines on a vessel stranded on the Ren'ai Reef in the South China Sea, a source close to the matter told the Global Times.The Philippines filed a protest with the Chinese embassy in Manila Tuesday that the recent presence of a Chinese warship and two marine surveillance vessels near the reef ...
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Chicken mangosteen curry papaya salad soft-shell crabs–Thai cuisine reworked for the Filipino palate
CLASSIC Chicken Satay with peanut sauce and cucumber relish While researching on Thai cuisine in Bangkok, executive chef Cheryl Pineda observed that the locals liked to mix their viands and chicken with mangosteen. That inspired her to create her version of the chicken mangosteen curry. The extract of the mangosteen's purple rind is infused in the curry sauce. This gives the chicken ...
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Communist rebels raise P26M in Philippine polls
MANILA - Communist insurgents extorted P26 million (USD634,000) from campaigning politicians in the just-concluded Philippine mid-term elections, the military said Wednesday. But military spokesman Major Ramon Zagala said the figure was far short of the 500 million pesos they had been targeting, citing intelligence reports. The communist New People's Army have in the past used elections ...
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The biggest brightest at Resorts World Manila’s Musikat Jam
MANILA, Philippines — Music lovers need not look far for world-class performances as Resorts World Manila (RESORTS WORLD MANILA), the country's premier one-stop, nonstop tourism and entertainment destination, brings the biggest and brightest performers from here and abroad in Musikat Jam, a week-long music festival. On June 1, the celebration begins with a trip to Broadway as with ...
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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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