Provides the latest RSS feeds for Manila News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Manila News.net http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/cat/3e5bbccc730d258c/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 02:36:30 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:36:30 -0400 30 (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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214707326/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 23 May 2013 01:33:31 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214707326/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214706693/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:20 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214706693/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214706694/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:36 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214706694/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214705583/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 23:28:57 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214705583/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214705426/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 23:23:21 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214705426/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214704313/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:53 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214704313/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 - ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214703087/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:05 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214703087/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214700618/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:33 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214700618/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214697867/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:35 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214697867/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696229/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:03 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696229/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696653/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:05 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696653/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696192/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:14:52 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696192/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 that ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696654/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 15:03:13 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214696654/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214693343/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:50:36 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214693343/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214692799/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:37:21 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214692799/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 in ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214692081/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:48 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214692081/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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 ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214691122/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:25:23 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214691122/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- So what should incoming Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada’s priority be when he assumes the post in June? For former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, the answer is … nothing because the mayor should not prioritize one problem over the other. Atienza said Estrada should not ';sway from one problem to ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214688896/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:09:29 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214688896/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Trash traps made of fabricated steel have been installed by the Ecological Strengthening Through Environment Rehabilitation and Orientation (ESTERO) project of the Misamis University Community Extension Program (MUCEP) in Carangan Creek, Ozamiz ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214688530/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:53 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214688530/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines — In a sign of easing tensions, President Benigno Aquino III's expression of gratitude to Taiwan when it urged its citizens not to harm Filipinos was received well by the Taiwanese leaders, Malacaang said on Wednesday. After talking with his counterparts in Taiwan, Amadeo Perez, chair of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco), on Wednesday relayed the ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214687052/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:58:36 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214687052/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c The Philippines will soon send an investigation team to Taiwan to gather evidence on the death of a Taiwanese fisherman killed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Wednesday."The team will be leaving very soon," de Lima told reporters Wednesday, but she would not confirm when the team would exactly leave for Taipei, explaining that is because the ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214687056/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:57:40 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214687056/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c 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. ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214686060/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:14:07 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214686060/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas accompanied ABS-CBN Foundation Managing Director and concurrent Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission Chair Gina Lopez in going around two waterways in Manila on Wednesday. Roxas and Lopez visited the Estero de Paco and Estero de San Miguel to observe the progress that has been made in the area after the ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214684217/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:28:36 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214684217/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed May 22, 2013 4:07am EDT Shares in conglomerate Alliance Global Group Inc jumped 3.8 percent to a one-week high of 27.2 peso amid hopes of potential gains from a planned listing of its hotel joint venture, a Manila-based equity trader said. Alliance Global Group shares have risen 8.6 percent since the listing plan report on May 10, outperforming a 2.7 percent gain of the broader Philippine ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214684665/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:07:23 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214684665/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c (56 mins ago) A new reporter in Taiwan has been sacked for fabricating a story about a diner refusing to serve Filipinos amid a diplomatic row over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, his company said today. The journalist, identified only by his family name Cheng, wrote on his Facebook page that he ';witnessed'' a diner owner refusing to sell boxed lunches to two men ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214682070/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:05:56 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214682070/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Chen Wen-chi (left), from Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice of the Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs, listens as Chen Ming-tang, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Justice Ministry, speaks while holding a picture showing a bullet found in the fishing vessel after it was attacked by Philippine coastguards, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214681897/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:05:38 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214681897/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA--Daily flights between the Philippines and Brazil, South America's largest country, may start soon following the approval of new air rights between the two countries this week. The on Wednesday announced that the Philippine and Brazilian governments had signed an air agreement. Under the accord signed by the Philippine air panel this week, a total of seven flights a week are now ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214681931/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:44 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214681931/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c International credit watchdog Standard & Poor's described the Philippines as the first "sovereign rising star" of 2013 for becoming the first country to convince investors that it is a safe haven for investments. In a report titled "The Philippines is the First Sovereign Rising Star of 2013," S&P said the country was the first this year to emerge from a ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214678870/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 21 May 2013 22:48:55 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214678870/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Remember the Maine Incident of 1898? The USS Maine sank off Havana after an explosion and two crew members were killed. An anti-Spanish press enflamed American public opinion to a war-fevered pitch. Congress clamored for action. President William McKinley reluctantly succumbed and asked Congress to declare war. Congress did, of course. The Spanish-American War was brief, and the US acquired the ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214678998/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 21 May 2013 22:47:42 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214678998/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Taiwan on Tuesday released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguards, flatly rejecting Manila's allegations that the boat intruded into Philippine waters.The killing of crew member Hung Shih-cheng, 65, sparked outrage in Taiwan, which has announced a series of economic sanctions against the Philippines.Taiwan's Fisheries Agency said the voyage ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214677770/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 21 May 2013 21:42:44 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214677770/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Bandar Seri Begawan - A Filipino lady was charged in court for causing public nuisance yesterday whilst she was held at RIPAS Hospital over her seemingly unfit ... http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214676912/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:31 -0400 http://www.manilanews.net/index.php/sid/214676912/scat/3e5bbccc730d258c