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For Senator-elect JV Ejercito no bad blood between him and brother Jinggoy
Incoming senator JV Ejercito on Tuesday said that despite turning down an offer from half-brother Senator Jinggoy Estrada to star in a political campaign with him, the senator-elect said he does not think Estrada harbors ill will towards ...
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PNoy belies govt harassment on ZTE whistle-blower Lozada
-- President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday denied whistle-blower Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada Jr.'s accusation that the present administration is harassing him.Aquino said he has no power to dictate on Sandiganbayan anti-graft court to stop the graft cases against Lozada, who, in 2008, bared supposed anomalies in the national broadband network (NBN) deal signed by the administration of ...
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PNoy rallies Navy says PHL will not be cowed by threats
– Faced with an ongoing diplomatic row with Taiwan and a long-standing territorial dispute with China, President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday rallied Navy troops here, saying the Philippines will not be cowed by threats including those from the outside."Sa ilalim ng ating agenda ng mabuting pamamahala, malinaw ang pahiwatig natin ngayon sa buong mundo: Ang sa Pilipinas ay sa ...
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Purple Vote vs White Vote It was a tie
The Reproductive Health (RH) law was an election campaign battleground, with the Purple Vote movement (pro) and the White Vote camp (anti) each vociferously backing their endorsed ...
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New batch of Mancao photos also photoshopped De Lima says
As far as Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is concerned, photos of fugitive murder suspect Cezar Mancao II showing him in various locations, including outside the Department of Justice (DOJ) main office on Padre Faura in Manila, are "obviously photoshopped."Interviewed on Tuesday, De Lima appealed to the media not to entertain Mancao, a suspect in the high-profile Dacer-Corbito double ...
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PHL open to fisheries pact after resolving diplomatic row with Taiwan
FORT SAN FELIPE, Cavite City -- The Philippines is open to discussing a fisheries agreement with its neighboring countries after resolving its diplomatic row with Taiwan triggered by the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters earlier this ...
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Coin tossing breaks tie in Philippine mayoral race
Marvic Feraren and Boyet Py both received 3,236 votes for mayor of San Teodoro town in Mindoro Oriental province in Monday's elections.The Elections Commissions suggested the two men flip a coin five times each, which is allowed under the country's Election Code to break a tie.Feraren won Tuesday, but not before a second round of coin flipping.They tied in the first round ...
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PNoy still not keen on Cha-cha in next Congress
- President Benigno Aquino III is still not keen on changing economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution in the next Congress, despite getting most of his allies elected in both chambers of the legislature during the midterm polls.In an interview here Tuesday, Aquino said his administration would rather focus on making the bureaucracy more efficient and building infrastructure to attract ...
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Australia increases aid to PHL
Australia is increasing its development assistance to the Philippines with continued focus on education, poverty reduction, and climate change. The Australian government will provide Manila P5.7 billion or AUS$141 million in official development assistance for the period 2013-2014, a AUS$12.3 million or P494 million increase from last year’s AUS$128.7 million or P5.5 billion. ...
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PNoy thumbs down proposal to defer 2013 barangay polls
- President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday rejected a proposal from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to defer the 2013 barangay elections."Kinakabahan ako baka maraming postponement na mangyariKailangan kayanin nila (Comelec)," Aquino told reporters after attending a Philippine Navy event here.On ...
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US concerned over Philippines killing of Taiwanese fisherman
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the increasing tensions between the Philippines and China's Taiwan following last week's fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard. At a news briefing, the State Department's acting deputy spokesman Patric Ventrell also urged the two sides to take "all ...
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Malaysia completes probe of Kiram intrusion focuses on three individuals
Malaysian authorities have completed their investigation into the entry into Sabah of armed followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, with the probe zeroing in on least three individuals, a Malaysian news site reported on Tuesday. ...
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DepEd allows 260 schools to raise tuition
DepEd Assistant Secretary Toni Umali told Unang Balita host Arnold Clavio Tuesday morning that the tuition hike for 182 private and elementary schools and 78 private high schools in Metro Manila were approved. Umali said that the schools conducted a consultation with the parents of their students before the tuition hike application was submitted to DepEd. "'Yung konsultasyon doon ...
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Philippine Lower House to push charter change
With a firmer grip on Congress, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is expected to push for changes in foreign equity restrictions to attract more capital in order to create more jobs and reduce poverty incidence. But his political leaders are divided on how to initiate the changes.On one hand, Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., who is expected to retain the speakership, prefers ...
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Barclays ups Philippines growth estimates
Barclays has raised its 2013 growth forecast for the Philippines as it expects the economy to post one of the fastest growth rates among emerging markets in Asia. In one of its latest reports, Barclays said the Philippines was now seen to grow by 6.2 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent in 2014. The international financial services firm earlier projected that the Philippine economy would grow ...
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PNP readies school visibility to help deter bullying
Aside from deterring criminals, the Philippine National Police expects its visibility efforts in school zones to help prevent bullying as well. PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima ordered the deployment of police units to areas where gangs are likely to gather, radio dzBB's Manny Vargas reported Tuesday. The PNP chief said this aims to help school authorities prevent the harassment of ...
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PAGASA ITCZ to bring rain to parts of Mindanao
Satellite Image at 7:30 a.m. Monday, 20 May 2013. | Weather Central The inter-tropical convergence zone may bring rain to parts of Mindanao on Tuesday, with state weather forecasters also predicting isolated rain over Metro ...
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PHL Navy ship starts sea trials off US coast
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz, the Philippine Navy's new warship, on Monday started sea trials as part of preparations for its trip to the Philippines, the Philippine Embassy in Washington ...
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Oil firms hike fuel prices Tuesday morning
Petrol Price said PTT is also raising prices of its products. The dzBB report said fuel prices are to go up by 35 centavos per liter and diesel to go up by 25 centavos per liter. The oil companies cited changes in the world prices of oil for the latest price adjustment, the dzBB report ...
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Taiwanese youth express support for Pinoys after reports of harassment
Taipei youths support OFWs . Taiwanese students hold placards along Chungsan Street in Taipei on Sunday, May 19, showing support for Filipino migrant workers who are being harassed by Taiwanese over the killing of a fisherman by a Philippine Coast Guard crew off Batanes last week. Peter Wan With media reports both in Taiwan and the Philippines showing the growing tensions between the two ...
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Velardes party-list leads in Comelec count teachers group second
Buhay Hayaang Yumabon (Buhay) party-list group topped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) first tally of the partial and official count, while Mikey Arroyo's former group Ang Galing Pinoy (AGP) got the least votes. Buhay, which was founded by El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde, describes itself on its website as an "organization that acknowledges the sanctity and value of human life ...
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Philippine high school senior has 41 names
A high school senior in the Philippines is drawing attention for his unusual name, which includes 40 first names and a surname. The latest senior to enroll at Urdaneta City National High School in Pangasinan is a 15-year-old student named Ratziel Timshel Ismail Zerubbabel Zabud Zimry Pike Blavatsky Philo Judaeus Polidorus Isurenus Morya Nylghara Rakoczy Kuthumi Krishnamurti Ashram Jerram Akasha ...
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Saudi Arabia inks pact to protect Philippine maids
MANILA--The Philippines said Monday it had signed a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia that would protect thousands of Filipina maids from being exploited in the Middle Eastern ...
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Philippines Taiwan to cooperate in fisherman shooting investigation
MANILA -- The Philippines said Monday that it would make "coordinated efforts" with Taiwan to look into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman but stopped short of a joint ...
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Philippines Jan-Apr balance of payments posts USD1.8b surplus CB
(MENAFN) The Philippines central bank said that during the January-April period, the country's balance of payments (BOP) recorded a surplus of USD1.8 billion, reported Xinhua News.Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that the figure exceeds half of the USD3-billion forecast for the current year.In April alone, the BOP surplus reached USD274 million, up from a deficit of USD74 million ...
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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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