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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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DOTC 2 domestic flights canceled due to bad weather
post on its Twitter account, the DOTC said both flights belonged to Cebu Pacific.The canceled flights as of 7:35 p.m. included:5J-905: Manila to Caticlan5J-906: Caticlan to ManilaEarlier, PAGASA warned of possible flash floods and landslides over parts of Luzon and Visayas due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm Emong.PAGASA also warned of possible heavy rain until at least ...
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De Lima to probe 5-year detention of drug suspect
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday said her agency would investigate how authorities managed to detain a drug suspect for five years even without formal charges.The Court of Appeals' Seventh Division earlier granted suspect Joan Urbina's petition for certiorari and habeas corpus and ordered authorities to release her.The court said Urbina should be freed because her ...
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Defend Philippine independence against China invasion threat
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in consular cities all over the world attended the June 12 Philippine Independence Day festivities hosted by their local Philippine embassies and consulates. Like them, I too joined in celebrating the founding of our republic 115 years ago. I proudly wore my Barong Tagalog, watched the performance of native dances and songs and listened to speeches praising the ...
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Angel of the dump transforms lives in the Philippines
In the midst of the Philippines' most notorious slum, the British expat Jane Walker transforms lives by turning rubbish into top-end fashion ...
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18 Vietnamese crew held after cargo ship damages reef near Biliran island
Navy divers continue search for MV Lady of Carmel. Divers from the Naval Special Operations Group on Saturday attempt to reach the area where the MV Lady of Carmel was reported to have sunk off Biliran Island in Masbate on June 14. PN Eighteen Vietnamese crew members of a cargo ship have been detained after it ploughed into a coral reef in the central Philippines, the Coast Guard said ...
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SC junks Romeo Jalosjos bid to run in May 2013 polls
The Supreme Court unanimously junked a petition from convicted rapist Romeo Jalosjos to run as mayor in the May 2013 elections, adding that his "perpetual absolute disqualification" remains even if he had been pardoned.In a summary, the SC Public Information Office (PIO) said the high court sitting in full court dismissed the petition for certiorari filed by the rape convict for being ...
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Former NCCA exec Alvarez Failure of communication behind hold departure order
Former National Commission on Culture and Arts (NCCA) executive director Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, failure of communication was the reason she was prohibited from leaving the country on June 10.Guidote-Alvarez was on her way to the UN General Assembly’s thematic debate in New York on June 12, where she would deliver a speech as president of the Philippine Center of the International Theater ...
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Philippine military says communist rebels abduct 5 unarmed army soldiers in south
MANILA, Philippines - Communist rebels posing as government troops have abducted five Philippine army soldiers on the outskirts of a southern city, the military said Tuesday. New People's Army guerrillas wearing military uniforms stopped the soldiers aboard two motorcycles at a road block late Monday outside Davao city, said local army spokesman Capt. Raul Villegas. The soldiers in ...
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Gas2Grid provides update on the Malolos-1 well
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Whirlwind damages homes in Cebu town
CEBU CITY, Philippines -- A whirlwind hit two barangays (villages) in Minglanilla town at past 2 p.m. Tuesday causing damage to at least 10 houses in the area. Police Officer 2 Vincent Aliabo, desk officer of Minglanilla police, said the whirlwind damaged a portion of 10 houses in Deca Homes and a house in Villa Feliza, both in Barangay Tungkil, and the gate of a feed mill company in Barangay ...
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Bird strike grounds Cebu Pacific plane for hours in Naga
NAGA CITY, Philippines -- A Cebu Pacific plane was grounded for hours on Monday after it was hit by birds as the aircraft landed at Naga Airport in Pili, Camarines Sur, according to an aviation official. Monico Basallote, manager of the Civil Aviation Authority of Philippines based at the Naga Airport, said Tuesday that the mechanical crew of Cebu Pacific reported to him that feathers were ...
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Emirates SkyCargo to open second trade lane with the Philippines
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is set to increase its cargo capacity to the Philippines, when Emirates begins daily non-stop flights to Clark International Airport from 1st October ...
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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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