PHL rejects Taiwans claim that coast guards murdered Taiwanese fisherman

GMA News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

NBI to check weapons used in strafing of Taiwanese fishing boat. The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday presents the guns used by Coast Guard personnel in strafing a Taiwanese fishing vessel which resulted in the death of a fisherman off Batanes last week. The guns will be subjected to ballistic tests. Danny Pata The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its ...

Palace Airports BI on alert for disguised Mancao

GMA News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Malacañang on Saturday said it expects immigration personnel to be on alert for possible attempts by former police Superintendent Cezar Mancao II to leave the country under a disguise, now that Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has bared such a supposed plot.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte also said de Lima’s disclosure of such a supposed plan shows the government has ...

Foreign ships harass Philippine mayor of disputed isle

Asia News Network - Saturday 18th May, 2013

The mayor of Kalayaan town in Palawan was harassed by two unidentified vessels while travelling with around 200 others by sea toward midnight on Thursday. Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Kalayaan, which governs Pag-asa and four other islets in the Spratlys claimed by the Philippines, said they left Pag-asa Island on Wednesday, two days after casting their votes. He said they were on their way to ...

Philippines man killed by store security for alleged theft of sandals

wsws.org - Saturday 18th May, 2013

On April 12, 23-year-old Mario Ducayag was killed by store security guards in the Philippines city of Cebu, after being accused of stealing a pair of sandals that cost less than a thousand pesos ($US25). A secondary school graduate, Ducayag was unemployed and had two children, one of them three years old, to support. Like millions of Filipinos confronting the bleak choice of long-term ...

MILF commander to file protest vs. AFP MNLF for attack in North Cotabato

GMA News - Friday 17th May, 2013

A commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Saturday accused the Moro National Liberation Front and the military of attacking its forces and burning its members' houses in Cotabato last Thursday.In ...

Public uproar prompts NBI to speed up Taiwan incident probe

GMA News - Friday 17th May, 2013

NBI to check weapons used in strafing of Taiwanese fishing boat. NBI Director Nonnatus Rojas on Friday, May 17 presents the firearms of the Coast Guard personnel who were involved in the strafing of a Taiwanese fishing boat that killed one fishermen in Batanes last week. The firearms will undergo ballistic checks. John Consulta The head of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) team probing ...

With elections over PNP lowers alert levels in most parts of country

GMA News - Friday 17th May, 2013

With the Election Day "fever" dying down, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday morning lowered its alert level in most parts of the country to "normal." PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said the downgrading took effect at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, radio dzBB reported. However, Cerbo said the PNP units in Mindanao, from Regions 9 to 13, will ...

Filipinos in Taiwan keep low profile

China Daily - Friday 17th May, 2013

/enpproperty--> The Philippines' special envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high over the shooting death of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Amadeo Perez, chairman of Taiwan's Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said after returning to Manila from Taipei late on ...

DepEd Govt has funds for hiring 61000 new teachers

GMA News - Friday 17th May, 2013

This school year, the Department of Education can afford to hire some 61,000 teachers, as well as to pay the allowances of teachers redeployed to areas with a shortage of instructors. In a news release, the DepEd said the Department of Budget and Management made available 61,510 new teacher items for 2013, and allowed funding for teachers to be redeployed. "We welcome the opening of new ...

Filipino assaulted by 4 Taiwanese in Tainan

The China Post - Friday 17th May, 2013

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Police confirmed that a Philippine worker was attacked by four Taiwanese and beaten with iron sticks and baseball bats in Tainan City on May 16 following the recent heated dispute between Taiwan and the ...

US pushes resolution in Taiwan-Philippines row

The China Post - Friday 17th May, 2013

WASHINGTON--The United States reiterated its call Thursday for Taipei and Manila to work out a resolution to their row over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines on May ...

Daisy Hontiveros Avellana–Why she will always be the ‘First Lady of Philippine Theater’

Inquirer Lifestyle - Friday 17th May, 2013

DAISY Hontiveros Avellana, 1917-2013. "I just hope to be remembered as a good human being. And that I tried my best." When I first worked with Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, she was all of 88. By then she had survived five heart attacks, was suffering from crippling arthritis, had seen the loss of a baby, her husband, and even of her house to fire. I was asked by her daughter Ivi ...

‘The only thing wrong with the Filipino audience is that there isn’t enough of it’

Inquirer Lifestyle - Friday 17th May, 2013

"[English teacher and drama coach] Jean Edades gave me the best lesson in humility. At that time, I was already the star of all the plays in UP. And then, when we were putting up these three one-act plays, she said I was going to play the role of a maid! I was hurt, of course, and humiliated. I told Mrs. Edades I had a headache and went home. I told my parents about it, expecting them to ...

Filipino workers suffer harassment in Taiwan

Inquirer Global Nation - Friday 17th May, 2013

ISLAND ON FIRE Taiwanese Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks during a press conference in Taipei on Wednesday where he announced Taiwan would recall its representative and discourage travel to the Philippines. AP DAGUPAN CITY--The Philippines' de facto ambassador to Taiwan has advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island ...

Philippines Volcanoes poised to erupt with rising rugby popularity

The National - Friday 17th May, 2013

You know a sport is starting to make its mark on the public when the nation's leading protagonists are deemed big enough celebrities to advertise underwear. The players who represent the Philippines Volcanoes rugby team may be a little shy of the status of Manny Pacquiao just yet. However, they are still popular enough to brand it like Beckham. "They have abroad-based players from ...

Philippines - Politician aides attack TV crew in Philippines

IFEX - Friday 17th May, 2013

A politician and his aides mauled and attempted to shoot members of a television crew covering an alleged vote-buying incident in Ozamis City last 12 May 2013, the eve of the Philippine midterm elections.Ozamis City is in the province of Misamis Occidental in Mindanao, and is about 1,500 kilometers south of ...

Cebu Pacific readies direct flights to Phuket

Inquirer Business - Friday 17th May, 2013

Cebu Air Inc., the listed operator of budget carrier Cebu Pacific, is launching in August flights to Phuket, Thailand, allowing passengers to directly travel to the vacation hotspot famous for its beaches and world-class resorts. The budget airline of the Gokongwei group will begin flights on Aug. 16, it said. In a separate statement, Cebu Pacific said the Manila-Phuket route would operate ...