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UPDATE 1-Robinsons Retail plans up to $924 mln Philippine IPO
Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:54am EDT (Adds details on company and Philippine IPO market) * Plans to sell 461.9 mln shares at 86.64 pesos each * Offering is one of the biggest IPOs in Philippines * Manila index down more than 12 pct since mid-May HONG KONG/MANILA, June 19 (Reuters) - Robinsons Retail Group, which operates supermarkets, hardware and department stores in the Philippines, plans to raise up ...
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PAGASA No danger of Luzon dams overflowing despite recent heavy rain
Despite heavy rain in past weeks, the water levels in major dams in Luzon are not in danger of overflowing, state hydrologists said Wednesday.PAGASA noted water levels in some of the dams, including one in Quezon City, even went down slightly compared to Tuesday, radio dzBB's Manny Vargas reported.In ...
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Philippine woman detained in police prison for more than 5 years without charge
The Philippine justice secretary Tuesday demanded an investigation after a woman was detained in a police prison for more than five years without charge, in a case likened to the plight of terror suspects languishing in Guantanamo Bay. Joanne Urbina was arrested along with a male suspect after police found 150 grammes of banned stimulants and marijuana at her Manila home on December 14, 2007, ...
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Emong moves north as PAGASA tracks new potential LPA
Many MManila areas flooded due to heavy downpour. Motorists navigate their vehicles in gutter-deep flood along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City after a heavy downpour caused by Tropical Depression Emong on Monday afternoon. Hadji Rieta/GMA News Even as Tropical Storm Emong (Leepi) continued to move north, state weather forecasters started tracking before noon Wednesday a cloud formation that could ...
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Philippines to launch 6-month tourist visa
Foreign visitors who want to extend their vacation in the Philippines may now do so without the usual hassles. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Tuesday that foreigners who would like to stay longer in the country, could avail of a six-month, long-stay tourist visa from the agency. The program is set to be formally launched next week, according to the BI. In a statement, Immigration ...
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Time running out for Philippine peace talks
Even in ordinary, everyday life, missed deadlines are no trifling matter. When something is not done or delivered or paid for at the agreed-upon time, there are consequences. A student who turns in a late assignment runs the risk of a failing grade. A bounced check can land its issuer in court for estafa. A business supplier unable to produce the required goods under contract faces legal ...
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Embassies accused of sexually exploiting Filipino workers
It's not just foreign employers who are abusing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Even Philippine Embassy officials are allegedly involved in the sexual exploitation of their countrymen--so says Party-list Akbayan Representative Walden Bello. Bello, who chairs the House committee on overseas workers' affairs, on Tuesday said three "predators" from Philippine overseas offices ...
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Communists junk Philippine govts localised peace talks
The National Democratic Front (NDF), the political arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has ruled out "localised peace talks", the government's preferred method of negotiations to deal with the decades-old communist insurgency. Luis Jalandoni, the lead negotiator of the NDF peace panel, on Tuesday said the units of the New People's Army (NPA)--the armed wing ...
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PAGASA Tropical Storm Emong intensifies starts heading for Japan
Many MManila areas flooded due to heavy downpour. Motorists navigate their vehicles in gutter-deep flood along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City after a heavy downpour caused by Tropical Depression Emong on Monday afternoon. Hadji Rieta/GMA News Tropical Storm Emong (Leepi) slightly intensified as it started heading for the Japan area early Wednesday, state weather forecasters said. But PAGASA ...
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Accused denies misleading Filipino nanny
Nicole Huen and Franco Orr are on trial in B.C. Supreme Court. A prosecutor suggested Tuesday that the Vancouver couple took advantage of a Filipino nanny when they brought her to Canada from Hong ...
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Philippines To Destroy Five Tons Of Illegal Ivory Symbolic Victory For Elephant Conservation
The Philippines has announced it will destroy five tons of seized ivory, a major symbolic step for a nation known for playing a major role in the illegal ivory trade. ';The destruction of the items would hopefully bring the Philippines’ message across the globe that the country is serious and will not tolerate illegal wildlife trade, and denounces the continuous killing of elephants ...
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Virus versus virus Technique for making dengue mosquitos harmless
Fight the dengue virus with another virus, that's what scientists are proposing as a fresh strategy for attacking one of the country's leading killers. But it is still years away from implementation. However, the Department of Health has indicated that it is open to field testing the technique of ...
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Among senatorial winners Gringo was most efficient campaign spender
Among the winners in the senatorial elections, Gringo Honasan got the most bang for his buck.The re-electionist senator ended up spending just P1.8 for each of his 13.2 million votes, according to calculations made by GMA News Online based on candidates' expenditure reports released by Commission on Elections (Comelec).Each candidate's expenses were divided by the number of votes they ...
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PAL Cebu Pacific eye direct flights between Iloilo Korea
ILOILO CITY, Philippines--Direct flights between Iloilo and Korea are being eyed by airlines in the country, according to the Department of Tourism. DOT Western Visayas director Helen Catalbas said the Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific have been conducting market studies on flights between Incheon in South Korea and Iloilo. "This is a feasible venture because of the significant volume ...
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New anti-dengue technique needs at least 3 more years of work DOH open to field test
A new way to fight dengue mosquitoes by "bugging" them with a virus is still years away from deployment, but this early the Department of Health has indicated that it is open to field testing the technique. The DOH has expressed its willingness to have bugging of mosquitoes field-tested in the country although Dr. Scott O'Neill pointed out that at the moment, "there is no ...
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Filipinos celebrate Philippine Independence Day at SF’s Union Square
Moreau high school dancers in Union Square, San Francisco. https://www.facebook.com/KalayaanSF SAN FRANCISCO--What a way to celebrate the 115th year of Philippine independence--Filipinos transformed San Francisco's landmark Union Square into a Philippine town plaza for a day last June 15. Where there were usually art shows and buskers, was now filled with food booths vending lumpia, ...
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Philippine Muslims Wait for Peace Agreement
Manila, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (FMLI) expressed its dissatisfaction with the governmental delay in the signing of the peace agreement. Our organization feels discouraged by the constant delay of the government to reach definitive peace, said in a ABS-CBN television station's report Ghazali Jaafar, vice President of FMLI, group that was founded in 1984 with ...
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US 7-11 stores rapped for exploiting Filipinos
Graphics depicting the locations of 7-Eleven stores involved in a federal indictment are shown after a news conference at the US Attorney’s office, Monday, June 17, 2013, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Philippine officials in the US are investigating the reported exploitation of Filipino immigrants at several 7-Eleven convenience stores in two East Coast states under a scheme likened ...
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Fila throws full support behind Philippine Volcanoes
FILA president/CEO Cris Albert, Philippine Volcanoes' representative/chair William Bailey Global sportswear brand Fila is known for its specialized product lines in running, basketball, racquet sports and golf. It opened in the country in 1983, launching an apparel line and later specializing in footwear. Since then, it has become one of the country's premier footwear brands, under ...
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With crummy airport and mercenary taxi drivers it’s not fun in the Philippines
Tourism Secretary Ramon R. Jimenez, Jr. will have to get airport authorities to improve their services, particularly transport, if we are to convince visitors is it, indeed, more fun in the Philippines. Last week's column on overcharging taxi drivers stirred a hornet's nest. The feedback I received would make travelers, including Filipinos, want to take the first flight out of the ...
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Five slain five kidnapped in Philippines
COMMUNIST insurgents have killed five civilians and kidnapped five soldiers in the southern Philippines in the latest of a series of violent acts following the collapse of peace talks, authorities ...
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Cayetano the only senator-elect to comply with all SOCE filing requirements
Only one among the 12 senators-elect who were elected or re-elected to the Senate during the recent May polls complied fully with the Commission on Elections' requirements in the filing of expenditures reports, the Comelec said Tuesday.According to an urgent memorandum from the office of Comelec commissioner Christian Robert Lim, Alan Peter Cayetano is the lone senatorial victor who ...
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665 pass Radiologic X-ray technologist licensure exams — PRC
A total of 637 out of 1,122 passed the Radiologic Technologist Licensure Examination given this month, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Tuesday.At the same time, the PRC also announced that 31 out of 138 passed the X-Ray Technologist Licensure Examination also given this ...
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Most Filipinos are more at home in suburban villages—INQUIRER.net poll
MANILA, Philippines--Most Filipinos prefer to live in a single detached house in suburban villages than a condominium unit in the city, an INQUIRER.net survey revealed Tuesday. The question "Where do you prefer to live?" was posted on June 4 with two choices: Suburban detached house and condominium unit. After two weeks or as of 9 p.m. on June 18, among the 2,898 respondents, 2,498 ...
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Poll critics call for impeachment of incumbent Comelec executives
After filing a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman against former poll officials, poll critics are now eyeing the impeachment of incumbent executives of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).Members of the umbrella organization Automated Election System Watch filed a joint supplemental request for investigation and complaint-Affidavit with the anti-graft body on Tuesday for the ...
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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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