Provides the latest RSS feeds for Manila News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Manila News.Net http://www.manilanews.net/ en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:36:29 -0500 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:36:29 -0500 30 Presidential candidates for the May 10 national elections, from left, Benigno Aquino III, John Carlos de los Reyes, Richard Gordon, Jamby Madrigal, Nicanor Perlas, Gilbert Teodoro, Eddie Villanueva an... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32082610&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:49:23 -0500 The Miami Herald http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32082610&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila - The race for the 2010 Philippine presidential elections kicked off Tuesday with analysts predicting vicious mudslinging among the candidates and their supporters. Political analyst Ramon Casi... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32083026&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:42:41 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32083026&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Campaign posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies Tuesday as the Philippines' richest politician and the son of its democracy icon began a tight race to succeed scandal-tainted President... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32083025&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:37:44 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32083025&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre that left 57 people dead, a prosecutor said. Anda... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32082223&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:20:42 -0500 IOL http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32082223&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila - Six communist rebels were killed in a clash with government troops in the southern Philippines at the weekend, a military spokesman said Tuesday. The firefight broke out Saturday when troops ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32079281&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:38 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32079281&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Official campaigning has begun in the Philippines for the first presidential elections in six years.President Gloria Arroyo is not allowed to run again in the vote on 10 May. Competition is intense be... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32078965&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:31:35 -0500 BBC http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32078965&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Official campaigning has begun in the Philippines for the first presidential elections in six years.President Gloria Arroyo is not allowed to run again in the vote on 10 May. Competition is intense be... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32078641&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:31:30 -0500 BBC http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32078641&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c ELECTION lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Monday dismissed fears of having a disrupted election due to brownouts that would pave the way for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to stay in power. Macalintal ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069228&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:37 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069228&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c SUPREME Court (SC) spokesman Jose Midas Marquez defended the inclusion of Judge Myra Garcia-Fernandez in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) shortlist for one of the three vacancies in the appellate co... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069227&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:36 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069227&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c FORMER President Joseph Estrada snubbed the first ever presidential debate organized by Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) due to prior commitments, his spokesperson said Monday. “Various delegations ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069230&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:35 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069230&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A COMPLAINT for impropriety filed by a losing litigant in a “tele sabong” or online cockfight betting game against a Supreme Court (SC) justice has showcased a masked animosity between two rivals ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069229&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:34 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069229&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c THE National Printing Office (NPO) has started the initial run of official ballots to be used for the May polls, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal confirmed Monday. T... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069231&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:33 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069231&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c For updates from around the country, follow Sun.Star on Twitter The poll body began the recount proceedings in August of last year. Second division's presiding commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer last mont... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069232&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:32 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069232&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c WITH less than a hundred days to go before the May 10 elections, the Department of Education (DepEd) warned candidates and their supporters that schools are off-limits to their posters, streamers and ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069234&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:30 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069234&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c CHIEF State Prosecutor Jovencito Zuno on Monday retired after reaching a mandatory age of retirement of 65. He was in government service for 35 years. Zuno said the first order of the day for him wou... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069235&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:29 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069235&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c COOKING gas retailers will impose 50 centavos per kilogram rollback on prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) starting 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Arnel Ty, president of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketer... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069236&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:27 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069236&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c TEN out of the 16 district port collectors were cited by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Monday for exceeding their collection targets in 2009. During celebration of the bureau’s 108th anniversary, Cus... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069237&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:26 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069237&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c TRADE Secretary Peter Favila said the government is extending to another six months the implementation of the zero-percent tariff on milling wheat and cement. Favila told reporters during a luncheon ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069238&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:25 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069238&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c AN EDGIER and bolder Jolina Magdangal braved the stage Sunday afternoon as she was re-launched as the latest multi-media artist. Jolina, who was sporting a new look, promises big changes this year in... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069239&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:24 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069239&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c GMA Network's “The Last Prince” leading man Aljur Abrenica admitted that he's not comfortable when model Daniel Matsunaga is with on screen love team Kris Bernal. In a television interview Sunday... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069240&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:23 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069240&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c SPRINTERS from Far Eastern University (FEU) and Ateneo de Manila remained to be the fastest runners in the league after sailing past rivals at the start of 72nd UAAP track and field championships rece... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069241&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:21 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069241&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c PERPETUAL Help’s Keshia de Luna and April Ann Sartin outlasted St. Benilde’s Giza Yumang and LC Quemada, 21-18, 21-17, to bag its first title in the NCAA beach volleyball competition at the Cantad... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069242&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:19 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069242&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday launched the Luzon Urban Beltway (LUB) project, which is under the Super Region program that she highlighted in her State of the Nation Address (Sona). Arr... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069243&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:46:18 -0500 Sun Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32069243&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c GENERAL SANTOS CITY—After a day of barbering, Rodolfo Gregorio went to his neighborhood karaoke bar still smelling of talcum powder. But Gregorio, 63, a witness to countless fist fights and occ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062485&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:47:00 -0500 Philippines News Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062485&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c BACOLOD CITY—“Anybody but Gibo...anybody but him,” said Gretchen Oppen Cojuangco, wife of business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, when asked by reporters here whom s... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062486&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:46:59 -0500 Philippines News Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062486&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA — The National Bureau of Investigation says Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson may be hiding in a nearby Asian country, but don’t be surprised if you don’t immediately rec... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062487&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:46:59 -0500 Philippines News Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062487&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MIAMI: Inspired by a city still rebuilding from the 2005 devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Saints captured their first Super Bowl crown on Sunday (Monday in Manila) by rallying for a 3... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063043&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:23 -0500 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063043&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c THE government plans to tap small  investors, particularly overseas  Filipino workers (OFW), to help finance its record budget deficit this year, according to the Bureau of Treasury. National Treas... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063042&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:22 -0500 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063042&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Despite their old age, the elders said on Monday they are planning to go back to Mendiola on Wednesday to press President Gloria Arroyo to sign the Expanded Senior Citizens Act (ESCA). “The governm... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063045&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:21 -0500 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063045&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: Laura Chinchilla thanked supporters for electing her Costa Rica’s first female president and only the fifth ever in Latin America late Sunday (Monday in Manila), as her opponen... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063044&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:20 -0500 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32063044&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c DENVER - (Business Wire) StarTek, Inc. (NYSE: SRT), a leading provider of high-value business process outsourcing (BPO) services, announced today the recent signing of a lease for a new customer care ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062488&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:10:39 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32062488&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c forum on Monday but had to meet a delegation of more than 100 political leaders from Mindanao in the morning. Asked whether he was holding a grudge that prevented him from attending the event, Estrada... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32053710&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:59:04 -0500 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32053710&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Gunmen in southern Philippines released Sunday night their Yemeni national captive after ten days in captivity, local police said Monday.Najibal Udaini, a member of World Assembly of Muslim Youth, was... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32051876&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:55:29 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=32051876&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c