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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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Comelec intel funds approved to combat poll saboteurs — Valte
Malacañang on Thursday defended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) amid allegations from a former poll commissioner on supposed irregularities in the poll body's intelligence funds.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said President Benigno Aquino III himself approved the realignment of some of the Comelec's savings in 2012 to intelligence funds for this year's ...
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LTFRB to school shuttle operators install safety features
As the start of the new school year draws closer, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board reminded school shuttle service operators to install safety features in their vehicles. LTFRB spokesperson Sonia del Mundo said this is aside from making sure the vehicles are roadworthy, radio dzBB's Allan Gatus reportedThursday. Del Mundo said the safety features should include ...
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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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Pia Cayetano asks SC to allow implementation of RH law
Sen. Pia Cayetano on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to lift the status quo ante order that prevents the implementation of the controversial Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law.In a petition for intervention, Cayetano, a reproductive health advocate, also asked the high court to allow her to formally join the three former health secretaries in asking the tribunal to oppose the ...
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PNoy signs law setting PHL Standard Time
"Filipino time" may become a thing of the past for government offices in the country after President Benigno Aquino III signed a law setting the Philippine standard time.Under Republic Act 10535 signed by the President last May 15, government offices are directed to synchronize all their timepieces to follow a standard time, which will be determined by PAGASA."Lahat po ng ahensya ...
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Grounded ship is Philippines last line of defence
A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines' last line of defence against China's efforts to control most of the South China ...
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Villars Nacionalista Party to remain with admin bloc — Drilon
Sen. Manny Villar's Nacionalista Party (NP) will remain with the administration coalition when the 16th Congress opens in July, Sen. Franklin Drilon said Thursday, quoting Villar himself."Today I met with Senator Manny Villar, president of the Nacionalista Party, and he said the NP will stay in the coalition, contrary to all these speculations," Drilon told reporters during the ...
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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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Group finds lead toxic chemicals in rice sacks
An ecological group urged the Department of Agriculture this week to make sure sacks used to package rice are free from lead and other toxic chemicals, after finding such substances in samples it obtained.The EcoWaste Coalition said it found traces of lead – up to 2,605 parts per million (ppm) – in 59 rice sacks used by rice dealers in 10 cities."We should emphasize that lead ...
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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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High School State Swimming Championships CIF Los Angeles City
LOS ANGELES, California, May 22. THE Palisades Charter Dolphins swept the team titles at the CIF-Los Angeles City High School Swimming and Diving Championships May 14-17. Prelims were held May 14 and finals were conducted May 17, both at East Los Angeles College. A separate diving competition was held May 15 at L.A. Valley College.GirlsThe Dolphins claimed their fourth straight title in ...
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PAGASA Rain over northern Luzon humid weather over NCR
Rain brought by the diffused tail-end of a cold front may affect parts of Northern Luzon Thursday, while Metro Manila and other parts of the country may have to continue enduring humid weather, state weather forecasters said. PAGASA forecaster Glaiza Escollar also said their meteorological models indicate there may be no tropical cyclone for this month. "(Sa Metro Manila), asahan na rin ang ...
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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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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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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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