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 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:04 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:04 -0400 30 CEBU CITY, Philippines -- The Aboitiz Group on Friday denied any personal or professional relationship between members of the Aboitiz clan and the head of the Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851763&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:10 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851763&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c FERVENT PRAYER. People attend the third healing mass at the Chapel of Sto Nino de Paz in Greenbelt Makati City for the recovery of former President Corazon Aquino who was hospitalized at the Makati Me... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851764&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:07 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851764&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c COTABATO CITY, Philippines -- Automated elections would be the only way to prevent election fraud in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Elections Commissioner Elias Yusoph said on Friday... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851766&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:00 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851766&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 2) The Senate will not suspend its operations even after one of its employees was confirmed to be infected with the Influenza A(H1N1) virus, Senate President Juan Pence ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851765&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:58 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25851765&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Friday that TIM and Smartmatic, the partners in a consortium that won the bidding for the P7.2-billion computerized polls contract, have ironed ou... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849936&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:14:19 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849936&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Telecommunication companies are now mandated to extend the validity of mobile phone loads or credits after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued guidelines Friday on prepaid credi... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849937&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:14:18 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849937&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Marcos revealed she has prayed for the speedy recovery of former President Corazon Aquino who is currently battling colon cancer at the Makati Medical Center. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849938&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:14:17 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849938&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile went directly to the public Friday to drum up support for his two power reduction bills after noting resistance from the fiscal managers of the Arroyo administrat... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849940&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:14:15 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849940&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A bastion in the Czech Republic has been named after National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal and Ferdinand Blumentritt, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported Friday. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849939&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:14:11 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25849939&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A policeman in the Philippines has been arrested for the murder of journalist Crispin Perez on 9 June.The shooting, in central Mindoro Occidental province, is one of scores of alleged murders of journ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25846206&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25846206&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c project to automate next year's Philippine elections is back on track just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal, officials said Friday. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25846829&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:59 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25846829&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Prayers and masses are being held across the Philippines for the recovery of cancer-stricken former President Corazon Aquino. The democracy icon is battling colon cancer.Mrs. Aquino's son, Senator ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25844348&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:09:32 -0400 VOA http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25844348&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c C ommission on Elections (Comelec) chair Jose Melo was all smiles after emerging from a 3-hour closed-door meeting with officials of the Barbados-based Smartmatic and Filipino firm Total Information... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25844688&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:31:03 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25844688&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c (AP) — MANILA, Philippines - Areas of mass found in Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's groin and breast are benign and will not require surgery, her spokesman said Friday. Arroyo c... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25844687&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:16:22 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25844687&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA - Former Philippines leader Corazon Aquino, who is suffering from cancer, is back in the hospital and is in a fragile state, according to family and friends."President Cory Aquino is undergoing... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842220&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:38:51 -0400 Philippines News Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842220&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced that the winning bidders in the automation project have settled their dispute and would proceed with computerizing the polls ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842214&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:19:50 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842214&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA - Filipino prisoners who spawned a worldwide Internet hit with their version of Jackson's "Thriller" video recreated their dance in tribute to the dead star, television reported Friday.The perf... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842218&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:38:50 -0400 Philippines News Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842218&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was declared in good health after biopsies were conducted on lumps found on her breast and groin, her press secretary said on Friday. "B... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25841347&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:24 -0400 The Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25841347&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c LOS ANGELES – Many Filipinos cherish the day the pop icon and legend performed in the Philippines in a solo concert last December 10, 1996 at the Asia World grounds. Production Director Malou Ma... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842219&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:38:50 -0400 Philippines News Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842219&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A new Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) project extending the C-5 road in Quezon City could damage three main underground aqueducts supplying water to Metro Manila, according to some r... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842224&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:03:54 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842224&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c W hile influential figures and other unseen hands have been considered as reasons for the uncertainties in the poll automation project, money also played a major role in it. Earlier, Total Info... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842223&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:03:52 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842223&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c ) of Philippine stocks in June, nudging the broad market higher compared to its level in May, preliminary data from the Philippine Stock Exchange showed Friday. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842213&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:21:23 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25842213&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila - A 68-year-old German man was stabbed to death by an unidentified attacker at his residence in the central Philippines, a police report said Friday. Herman Kruse was watching television with h... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839304&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:02:59 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839304&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- A group of businessmen in Quezon City have opposed a measure which would allow the city government to charge fees from people who leave their vehicles in designated street parki... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839956&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:17 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839956&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- Police raided Thursday a house in Tondo, Manila where fake license plates and Land Transportation Office (LTO) stickers were allegedly being made. A man identified only as Rey, ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839957&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:14 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839957&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- A couple dealing in illegal drugs were arrested by police operatives in Taguig City on Wednesday night. Deputy Director General Jefferson Soriano, chief of the Philippine Nation... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839958&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:09 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839958&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- A suspected drug dealer who has long been under surveillance by the police yielded P3 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) during a raid on his house in Pasig ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839959&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:06 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25839959&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c -(Dow Jones)- Around two million Filipino contract workers are estimated to be abroad at any one time in the April-September period last year, up 14.6% from a year earlier, a National Statistics Off... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25836697&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:48:52 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25836697&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c China demonstrated its power in the ongoing Philippine Badminton Open by sending all their shutters into men's and women's singles quarterfinals on Thursday. All the five men participants and three wo... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25836827&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:46:38 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25836827&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- A man believed to be a victim of summary execution was found along Quezon Boulevard underpass in Quiapo, Manila early friday morning, authorities said. The Manila Police Distric... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25832150&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:05 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25832150&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Washington — Sometimes, the smallest notions turn out to be the biggest successes. In the Philippines, Melissa “Aissa” Peñafiel, 22, and Juan Miguel “Migs” Ocampo, 20, wanted to make a fil... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25827559&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:47 -0400 America.org http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25827559&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c T he Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and the Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), a non-profit association subsidized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25827560&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:47:12 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25827560&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila: Authorities claim they already know the mastermind behind the recent series of bomb-related incidents in Metro Manila. National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said they have enough informa... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25826716&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:40:38 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25826716&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c While most wait for flash support to arrive on the iPhone, others are wondering when Bluetooth file transfer will become available on Apple’s mobile phone. Well, w ...More http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822653&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:00 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822653&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- A key ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the House of Representatives parried attacks against the head of Total Information Management Inc. (TIM) and said the issue be... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822654&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:46 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822654&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- Backing out of a government project after it has been awarded to a winning bidder makes the supplier criminally liable and open to imprisonment of six to 15 years, Justice Secre... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822655&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:43 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822655&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo checked out of the Asian Hospital "with a clean bill of health" at 2 p.m. Thursday after nearly two days of quarantine, Malacanang said. "She u... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822656&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:37 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822656&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- Five congressmen, three governors and city mayors belonging to the administration have rejoined the Liberal Party (LP) as it intensified its efforts to woo back its former allie... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822657&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:31 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822657&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines said yesterday they have killed more than 500 government troops in 10 months of fighting since the collapse of peace talks, a claim the military dismissed as ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822661&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:54 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25822661&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A civil society group is threatening to sue the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for allowing the consortium of Smartmatic and Total Information Management (TIM) to take part in the bidding for it... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25823316&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:01 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25823316&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Besides ballot-counting machines, the package also comes with high-powered servers for storing and canvassing votes, laptop computers and workstations for monitoring the data, printers for the pape... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25823318&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:00 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25823318&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c The Supreme Court confirmed Thursday that Associate Justice Arturo Brion has received a death threat, prompting the High Tribunal to provide him with additional security. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25823317&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:24:59 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25823317&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who has cancer, left a hospital intensive care unit and was in stable condition, her spokeswoman said Thursday, as prayers for her recovery poured in from friends ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25817103&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:52:47 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25817103&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c In his column, The Ateneo and public opinion polling , Mahar Mangahas kept referring to “the spiral of silence phenomenon,” without every actually explaining ...More http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25810941&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:47:09 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25810941&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- The possible failure of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to computerize the 2010 elections would be a big setback to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's much hyped 10-point... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25810943&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:47:05 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25810943&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Government security forces killed two separatist rebels in a clash in the restive southern Philippines, a military official said on Thursday. Jonathan Ponce, spokesman for the Philippine Army's 6th In... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25807706&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:30:32 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25807706&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines--Senator Richard Gordon would be inclined to join other hopefuls in the selection process for the standard-bearer of Lakas Kampi-CMD for the 2010 polls, only if the candidate is ch... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25805178&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:09:01 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25805178&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- A total of 968 police recruits were assigned yesterday to Metro Manila with Chief Supt. Roberto Rosales, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director, administrating t... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25799947&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:58 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25799947&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- A policeman on a motorcycle was killed after he was struck by a speeding truck in Ermita, Manila, Wednesday morning. Senior Police Officer 2 Ferdie Alejandrino, who was assigned... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25799948&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:55 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25799948&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- Workers of Triumph International (Philippines) Inc. who are about to be laid off will not accept their separation pay or any other offers from the company unless they are first ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25799949&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:51 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25799949&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today deplored the recent murder of a radio commentator in the Philippines, the fourth such killing of a journalist in the Asi... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25795544&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:48:24 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25795544&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c COTABATO CITY, Philippines, (Reuters) - Muslim fighters want the Philippine government to halt an offensive in the southern Mindanao region and revive peace talks to end a decades-old conflict that ha... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25795545&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:30 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25795545&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c T hese days, Supreme Court (SC) Justice Arturo Brion doesn’t leave home without bodyguards—a marked change in his life since he joined the Court a year ago. Recently, he was tipped ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25795543&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:01 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25795543&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- Lawmakers on Thursday cautioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against tapping the P11.3-billion supplemental budget Congress approved early this year if the automation o... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786711&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:27:41 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786711&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Close this MANILA, Philippines -- Senator Richard Gordon said he was willing to join the administration party Lakas-Kampi CMD so long as its standard bearer for 2010 would be chosen based on qualifica... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786712&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:27:37 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786712&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c The LPG Marketers Association also implemented a P3 a kilogram increase in cooking gas prices over the weekend, because of the higher international contract price for the commodity. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25787338&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:54 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25787338&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c The court and not the boardroom looks like the next destination of the two proponents of the yet unborn joint-venture project that was supposed to give the Philippines its first national automated ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25787337&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:55 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25787337&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c EL CERRITO, California: A visiting Filipino choir from Saudi Arabia wowed a diverse Bay Area audience at the Saint John the Baptist Church here on Monday night with a delightfully varied repertoire... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786714&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:53 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786714&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wildlife officials have foiled an apparent attempt to smuggle rare 200-year-old trees out of the Philippines, the government said Wednesday. Officers seized 35 Podocarpus costalis trees at a gardening... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786204&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:34:52 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786204&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c For more than 40 years, Filipino rebels of the New People's Army have been fighting the government, surviving one step at a time.Their struggle is now the longest-running communist insurgency in Asia,... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786715&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:26:00 -0400 Al Jazeera http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25786715&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Rubicon Intrepid FPSO GPC advised that there continues to be a delay in reconnection of the FPSO Rubicon Intrepid following the disconnection that was undertaken last week due to adverse weather in th... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25782129&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:55:46 -0400 Rigzone http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25782129&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, July 1 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The number of people who contracted the new H1N1 flu strain in the Philippines has doubled in a week, Philippines health officials said Wednesday. The number of conf... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25782127&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:48:38 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25782127&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c hospital as a precautionary measure, cancelling all public engagements a day after her return from a Latin American trip even though she is healthy and has no flu symptoms, Executive Secretary http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25782456&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:42:48 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25782456&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Aquinas University in Albay province, a volcanic region, is teaching people the ancient methods of water filtration. The result is low-cost potable water and better health. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25778244&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:30:39 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25778244&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Children living in a sprawling dumpsite in Manila collect water. A funding crunch due to the global financial crisis means less money used by NGOs and welfare groups for anti-poor projects in the Phil... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25776085&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:59:38 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25776085&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila - Communist rebels on Wednesday raided a police station in a southern Philippine town and seized several firearms, a regional police spokesman said. Senior Superintendent Nestor Fajura said at ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25775481&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:55:34 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25775481&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c In his column, The Ateneo and public opinion polling , Mahar Mangahas kept referring to “the spiral of silence phenomenon,” without every actually explaining ...More http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25776388&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:47:30 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25776388&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c New York—Police in the Philippines must step up investigations into journalist killings following the shooting death of radio commentator Jonathan Petalvero on Saturday, the Committee to Protect... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25776390&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:31:45 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25776390&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila: Police say separate lightning strikes have killed two people in the Philippines. Police say Mauricia Sacuebo was walking in a rice field in central Iloilo province when she was struck Tuesday.... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25772932&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:06:25 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25772932&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines--Environmentalists called on the government to fast track the phaseout of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in large transformers and voltage regulators in the power sector. Manny C... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25770446&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:03:59 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25770446&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines--P21.3 billion, and counting. That's how much the Department of Education owes the Government Service Insurance System, according to top GSIS officials. The amount represents premi... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25770445&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:03:55 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25770445&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines--The Department of Foreign Affairs has yet to confirm that any Filipino was among the fatality in the Yemeni plane crash. In a statement, the DFA said "the Philippine embassy in R... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25767619&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:34:19 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25767619&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Residents along with soldiers look at the bomb blast site in front of a coffe shop in the town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan in Maguindanao on Mindanao island yesterday. The bombs ripped through a cafe, kill... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25763384&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:13 -0400 The Peninsula http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25763384&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Inquirer Politics . "Inquirer Politics symbolizes INQUIRER.net, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and the rest of the Inquirer Group of Companies' commitment to reach out to Filipinos here and abroad, in... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25759213&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:52:54 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25759213&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c K aren May Abu was an eager young college student at the University of the Philippines when she learned that she had lupus. It started when friends noticed that her face was inflamed. “I w... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25759214&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:36:38 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25759214&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila: The Philippine government has given partners of a joint venture that won a $150-million (Dh550.5 million) bid to automate next year's elections until Friday to patch up their differences, the ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25758578&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:29:47 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25758578&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c T he dire situation of thousands of families displaced by fighting in parts of North Cotabato and sheltered in makeshift evacuation centers in Datu Piang town in Maguindanao is a potential humanitaria... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25754898&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:11 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25754898&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Money, or how it would be divided up by a consortium that won a multibillion poll automation contract, was the reason behind the decision of a partner in the joint venture to pull out from the comp... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25755476&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:58 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25755476&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Filipino workers can land jobs in Guam as the US territory was in need of about 15,000 workers for infrastructure projects that would pave the way for the transfer of US military bases there, the g... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25755477&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:57 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25755477&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c The Education secretary said Tuesday that he was urging the company that accused him of graft to join the new bidding of the controversial P427-million instant noodles supply contract for a school-... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25755478&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:55 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25755478&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tens of thousands of hectares of deforested land in the Philippines has been handed over to farmers in a novel job-creation and reforestation program, the government said Tuesday. http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25754895&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:52 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25754895&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c L ast week, a top official of poll automation project’s local partner Total Information Management (TIM) got calls from a well-connected businessman. A source familiar with the poll autom... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750657&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:36 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750657&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A group of tobacco farmers from the Ilocos region on Tuesday called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to initiate programs that would help them shift to alternative crops, citing increasing capi... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750656&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:38 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750656&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c S ome 60 journalists from Manila and Mindanao were held for more than an hour this morning in Guindolongan, Maguindanao by elements of the Bravo Company of the 46th Infantry Battalion. The journa... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750658&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:13 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750658&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A group of UK-based companies expressed readiness to develop long-term partnerships with Filipino firms to invest in renewable energy and other carbon market-related businesses. British experts u... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750659&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:09 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750659&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c (AP) — MANILA, Philippines - The president of the Philippines has placed herself under voluntary quarantine after returning from a 13-day trip to countries affected by swine flu-despite the fa... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750654&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:55 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750654&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Philippine external debt in the first quarter declined 4 percent on year to 52.5 billion U.S. dollars on foreign exchange adjustments and higher investment in the country's debt papers, the Philippine... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750655&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:33:55 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25750655&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c (AFP)--Attempts to automate next year's Philippine elections to make voting faster and less corrupt were thrown into disarray after a contractor abruptly pulled out of the project, officials said Tu... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25747103&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:57:35 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25747103&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Manila - The Philippine military has joined an investigation into the bombing of the Office of the Ombudsman in Manila and the recovery of another bomb at the Agriculture Department, the armed forces ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25744360&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:41:33 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25744360&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- Senators warned President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that she might suffer the same fate of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya if she does not stop her allies from pursuing Ch... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25744361&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:34:26 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25744361&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- The Senate blue ribbon committee will investigate the pullout of a Filipino technology firm from a consortium that won the contract to automate the 2010 elections, Senator Richa... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25744362&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:34:21 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25744362&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c The Philippine central bank said the country's inflation might fall to its lowest point in two decades in June, dragged down by cheaper electricity, food and fuel, local newspaper reported Tuesday. Th... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25743373&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:40:17 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25743373&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A motorcycle-riding gunman shot and killed a radio blocktimer in Brgy. Poblacion in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur. The victim, 43-year-old Jonathan Petalvero, sustained a lone gunshot wound on the he... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25741718&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:07:00 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25741718&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will begin on Tuesday a four-day self-quarantine following her recent overseas trip to A/H1N1 flu-devastated areas, a governmen... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25741720&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:28:20 -0400 SINA http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25741720&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c By Harvey S. Keh I was in Naga City over the weekend to witness the inauguration of the Naga City Governance Institute, which is an initiative by the local government of ...More http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25738905&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:04:08 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25738905&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c A major contract was signed by a government corporation recently, and guess who reportedly didn’t get a share of the “benefits” from that new investment. The guy to whom the GOCC h... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25736535&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:26:07 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25736535&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mounties say a man suspected in the gangland slayings of six men in a Surrey condominium complex two years ago is back on Canadian soil and behind bars. At a news conference Tuesday in Surrey, B.C.'s... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25733318&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:07:37 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25733318&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c KIK.AX )(PINK:KAIRF) has been advised by Focus Oil and Gas Pte Ltd that as it is unable to meet the required condition precedent of concluding its investor contracts to fund their obligations under th... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25732798&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:48:15 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25732798&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c said Monday it has opened its latest call center in Marikina, the Philippines. NCO's Marikina site covers almost 10,500 square feet and includes 650 call center seats as well as recreational faci... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25728868&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:42:05 -0400 Business Journal http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25728868&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c MANILA, Philippines -- Senator Francis Escudero said the Department of Health (DoH) might have relaxed its rules in dealing with the Influenza A(H1N1) virus to spare President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ... http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25729448&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:35:26 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=25729448&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c