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PH thanks Taiwan for call to citizens not to harm Filipino workers
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 ...
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Philippines investigation team on shooting incident to leave for Taiwan
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 ...
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Ex-OIC mayor of Davao del Sur town killed in apparent robbery—police
BANSALAN, Davao del Sur, Philippines - Unidentified armed men, in what initially appeared to be a robbery, killed a retired government official whose career started in 1986 when he was appointed this town's officer-in-charge mayor by the late president Corazon Aquino in the aftermath of the Edsa Revolution. But investigators said they were considering other angles in the slaying of Romulo ...
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4 Philippine UN peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels released
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. ...
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Comelec to proclaim winning party-lists without announcing number of seats obtained
The Commision on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, will proclaim leading party-list groups without announcing the number of seats they obtained.Poll chief Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Wednesday they arrived at this decision after hearing the manifestations of various groups appealing for an early proclamation."We will be proclaiming the parties, not the number ...
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Malolos judge named new Court of Tax Appeals justice
President Benigno Aquino III has appointed a judge from Bulacan province as the newest associate justice of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA).The appointment of Ma. Belen Ringpis Liban, current judge of the Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch 85, was contained in a one-page transmittal letter of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, and was also announced in ...
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3.9M families went hungry in March including more non-poor – SWS
More Filipinos experienced hunger in March, with about 3.9 million Filipino families saying they had nothing to eat at some point during that time, according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations.In ...
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AFP NPA earned only P26M in recent election racket
Communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels were able to rake in P26 million in extortion activities during the recently concluded midterm elections, the military said Wednesday, citing reports.According to Maj. Ramon Zagala, public affairs office chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the figure was way lower than the supposed P500 million target of the rebels."Documents and ...
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STOCKS NEWS PHILIPPINES-JV listing hopes lift Alliance Global
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 ...
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PHL govt believes tension with Taiwan defusing
The Philippine government on Wednesday said the tension with Taiwan is already defusing, with Filipino investigators wrapping up their probe on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Taiwanese government "received well" President Benigno Aquino's expression of gratitude for Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's ...
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PHL extends sympathies to victims of Oklahoma tornado
Giant tornado destroys Oklahoma town, at least 37 dead. Overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado touched down in the town of Moore, near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Monday. The huge tornado that struck the town on May 20 was given a preliminary rating of at least EF4, or the second highest strength level, with winds of up to 200 miles per hour (321 kph), a US government agency said. At least ...
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Mar defends police ops in Revilla compound as Bong cries harassment
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday denied the alleged police harassment on Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla and his family, saying the law enforcers who went to the Revillas' family compound in Cavite province last week observed standard operating procedures (SOP).In an interview on GMA News TV's "News to Go," Roxas said rules in proper police operations were followed ...
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Senators SALNs out Villar the only billionaire Chiz the poorest
Sen. Manuel Villar remained the only billionaire member of the Senate last year, with Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero the poorest, based on their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) for 2012.Villar, whose family owns a highly successful real estate business, declared P1,452,615,408 in assets for 2012. He has no listed liabilities. His combined net worth with his wife, ...
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Taipei journo made-up story on anti-Filipino sentiment
(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 ...
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Taiwan reporter sacked over Philippine hoax
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 ...
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Philippines Brazil agree on new flights
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 ...
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Report PHL ready to pay P1.38M to Taiwanese fishermans kin
The Philippines is ready to pay NT$1 million (P1.38 million) to the family of a Taiwanese fisherman shot dead in an encounter off disputed waters last May 9, the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office said late Tuesday.But MECO head Amadeo Perez Jr. told Taiwan's Central News Agency it is still not clear at this time if the amount will be considered a "donation" or ...
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Militants picket TECO office in Makati seek early resolution to row
Militant groups on Wednesday picketed the office of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Makati City to call for an early resolution to the row stemming from the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters last May 9. The militants, who gathered near the RCBC Tower where the MECO office is located, also voiced sympathies to the relatives of the slain fisherman, radio ...
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Coast Guard finalizes report on USS Guardian grounding
The Philippine Coast Guard is now finalizing its report on the grounding of the minesweeper USS Guardian at Tubbataha Reef last Jan. 17 and will soon submit it to Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya. Administrative sanctions for those found liable may be included in the final report of the Coast Guard's Marine Casualty Investigation Team, radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported ...
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NPA guerrillas release unharmed 6 drivers abducted in north Cotabato
KIDAPAWAN CITY - The New Peoples’ Army released unharmed on Tuesday in Makilala, North Cotabato the six drivers of rented cars the rebels commandeered and used to raid a security agency in Tagum City, Davao Oriental.Senior Inspector Joyce Birrey, chief of Makilala Police, identified the freed drivers ...
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Philippines sovereign rising star says credit watchdog
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 ...
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Jingoistic press not helping Ma Ying-jeou during Philippine row
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 ...
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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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