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One killed as light plane crashes in southern Philippines
One person was killed and another injured when a light plane used for spraying pesticide over plantations crashed in southern Philippines late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.Bonifacio Cabansag, 42, a traffic control personnel for banana firm Dole Philippines died after being hit by the company's spray aircraft as it landed on an airstrip in Mapawa village, Maragusan town, in ...
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Drowning a public health issue like TB malaria — group
Drowning has become a public health issue in the Philippines especially among minors that it should be treated "like tuberculosis and malaria" by the government, the head of a water safety and lifesaving awareness group said Wednesday.Unlike diseases which can be avoided through vaccination or medicine, drowning can be prevented mainly through "survival swimming," or the ...
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Philippines Golan peacekeepers to stay for now
Philippines troops at the Quneitra crossing between Syria and the Israeli annexed Golan Heights last week. The Philippines Wednesday said it would keep its peacekeepers in the Golan Heights until at least August, and may stay longer if the United Nations increased security ...
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U.N. U.S. ask Filipinos not to leave Golan Heights
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario talks about three big issues involving the Philippines, including the presence of the Philippine contingent to the UN peacekeeping forces at the Golan Heights during a news conference Wednesday June 19, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit ...
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UN US warn of maximum volatility in Golan Heights if Philippine peacekeepers withdraw
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines' top diplomat says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have appealed to Manila not to withdraw more than 300 Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights to avoid "maximum volatility" in the restive Middle East region. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Wednesday the diplomats made the appeal to ...
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NBI rescues kidnapped OFW in Cebu 1 suspect killed 1 arrested
MANILA, Philippines--A member of a kidnapping group was killed and one of his accomplices was arrested in a bloody rescue of an abducted overseas Filipino worker in Talisay, Cebu by the National Bureau of Investigation. NBI Director Nonnatus Rojas on Wednesday said the fatality was Wane B. Tiano, a member of a kidnapping gang in the province. Ronelo Martel Roble, 47, from Kalinaw 2, San ...
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PNP to procure 2500 vehicles for P2 billion — Roxas
With an "unprecedented" budget of P2 billion, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will procure some 2,500 vehicles that will be distributed to police offices all over the country, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas II announced Wednesday."This is the first time nagkaroon ng ganitong kalaking pagbili," Roxas said at a press briefing in Camp Crame. "Unprecedented itong P2 ...
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Govt needs 23 years to complete NCR flood control plan
The government needs 23 years to complete its P351-billion master plan to solve the perennial flooding in Metro Manila, but short-term steps are being undertaken to address the problem, Cabinet officials said Wednesday. At a press briefing in Malacañang, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson explained that the full implementation of the flood control plan will only be realized in 2035 ...
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Philippines sends fresh troops to disputed shoal guarded by Chinese ships in new standoff
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has deployed a fresh batch of marines and supplies to a shoal in the disputed South China Sea, where a Chinese warship and surveillance vessels appeared last month and triggered a new standoff in the strategic waters, the Philippine defence secretary said Wednesday. The new contingent of Filipino marines replaced troops at the Second Thomas Shoal, where the ...
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PNoy wants sanctions for local execs who allow return of informal settlers near waterways
President Benigno Aquino III wants sanctions for local government officials who will allow informal settlers to return and build houses near waterways, a Cabinet official said Wednesday.Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson said Aquino gave the directive during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting to make sure that the government will be able to implement its plan to clear eight priority ...
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SC justices back Sereno in SQA order vs. Comelec money ban
Supreme Court magistrates have formally supported the status quo ante (SQA) order issued by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno stopping the implementation of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution against large cash withdrawals before the May 13 polls.To recall, an SC resolution days before the elections said the order was "[g]iven by authority of Chief Justice [Maria Lourdes ...
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American predator professor suspected to have abused Filipino children roamed Asia
Mexican authorities have arrested an American professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen. Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres said Walter Lee Williams, 64, (pictured) a former university professor, is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling to Philippines for child sex. Garcia said Williams was ...
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National local governments addressing flood problem — officials
Government officials together with local government units (LGUs) are doing their parts in addressing the country's perennial flood problems, at least two Cabinet secretaries said Wednesday."Tumutulong naman ang mga LGUs, 'yung ating mga mayors ay kausap natin, at iba't ibang ahensya ng LGUs ay nakatutok naman dito sa ating mga baha," said Interior and Local Government ...
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Govt now on final phase of updating 80-year-old Penal Code
The government is now in the final part of a two-phase revision of the 80-year-old Revised Penal Code (RPC), enacted during the American occupation in 1932. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said the Criminal Code Committee (CCC), created in April 2011 to carry out the task of updating the country's general criminal code, has started "Phase 2" or drafting "Book 2" of the ...
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COA Over P90M of P155 fund for rehab centers still unliquidated
Part of the P155 million funding intended for the construction and maintenance of drug rehabilitation centers in the country has yet to be accounted for, according to the Commission on Audit (COA) in a report.The funds were released by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) to national government agencies (P140.57 million), local government units (P13.99 million), and non-government organizations ...
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Tobacco enriches corrupts northern Philippines
This photo taken on May 2, 2013 shows children sorting tobacco leaves for curing at a farm in Currimao town, Ilocos norte province, northern Philippines. Tobacco enriches and corrupts in the dry, sun-drenched northern Philippines, where family fortunes as well as political empires are built on the golden leaf. AFP / TED ALJIBE CANDON CITY, Philippines--Tobacco enriches and corrupts in the dry, ...
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IHT Rendezvous Sending a Signal Philippines to Destroy Ivory Stock
Workers arrange some of five tons of confiscated ivory at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife center in Quezon city. The tusks will be destroyed Friday to oppose the illegal wildlife trade, Philippines officials ...
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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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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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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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