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Philippine poll body dismisses election fraud claims
Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Thursday rebutted the so-called "60-30-10" theory, saying he was willing to have all the ballot boxes in the country opened to show that there was no fraud. Brillantes said he was confident that the review by political parties and citizen watchdogs of the source code of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) ...
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Confidence at record high in Philippines
Business confidence in the Philippines hit an all-time high in the second quarter, as the assignment of an investment grade to the Philippines prompted expectations that economic growth would remain robust and would continue to boost corporate earnings. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP or centra bank) on Thursday reported that the business confidence index for the second quarter hit +54.9 ...
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New team of Taiwanese investigators expected in PHL to probe fishermans death
While a team from the National Bureau of Investigation awaits the go-signal to fly to Taiwan to look into the encounter that killed a Taiwanese fisherman last May 9, a new team of Taiwanese investigators is set to arrive in the Philippines anytime for its own probe. The arrival of the Taiwanese team is part of the parallel investigation into the encounter that occurred in disputed waters, radio ...
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PAGASA Expect more thunderstorms in coming weeks as rainy season draws near
The rise in the number of thunderstorms in recent weeks indicates the rainy season is drawing closer, state weather forecasters said Friday. PAGASA forecaster Fernando Cada said Filipinos can expect more of these thunderstorms at the end of May and early June. "Lalo ngayon partapos ang buwan, maraming thunderstorms ang naitatala lalo sa western section ng ating bansa (As May is ending, we ...
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Filipinos in flight want to go online
MANILA, Philippines--In-flight Wi-Fi topped the list of most-wanted in-flight entertainment in new research conducted by leading global travel search site Skyscanner, with 52 percent of passengers prepared to pay to access the Internet at 30,000 feet. A total of 1,000 Filipino travelers were asked which in-flight add-ons they would pay extra for. While in-flight WiFi is in demand, less than 40 ...
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Otto Energy to drill Philippines oil development wells in June
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Otto Energy (ASX: OEL) expects to spud the first of two Galoc Phase II in June with the mobilisation of the Ocean Patriot semi-submersible drilling rig to the Galoc oil field offshore Philippines.The rig is currently under tow from Singapore and is expected to arrive on site in early June. After it is anchored, it will proceed to spud the Galoc-5H and ...
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Filipino rice farmers urged to follow India
MANILA, Philippines--Filipino farmers are starting to use the rice-growing method that has recently made India the world's top rice exporter. The system of rice intensification (SRI) method involves simple changes in farmers' practices such as transplanting younger seedlings singly and at wider distances and drying the fields intermittently, using nonchemical weeding methods and ...
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Kiram standoff site in Sabah now offers turtle conservation to attract tourists
The site of a deadly standoff between followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and Malaysian forces earlier this year is now one of the areas where Sabah authorities are promoting turtle conservation to attract tourists. A report by Malaysia's state-run Bernama news agency said Sabah's Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry is intensifying promotions on smaller tourism products. ...
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Slain Taiwanese was ‘good to Filipino fishermen’
Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng’s boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, is checked by Taiwanese officers after arriving at Liuqiu port in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Taiwanese boat owner Steven Liao said the damage to the Guang Ta Hsin 28 costs around NT$8 million (P11 million). AP PHOTO TAIPEI--Filipinos in Pintung county, where the Taiwanese fisherman ...
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Philippines cemetery provides Manilas poor a place to live among the dead
Every morning, Alberto Lagarda Evangelista, 71, leaves the two-storey, lemon-yellow home he has lived in for the past decade and walks to work at the cemetery next door. As a caretaker of about 20 graves, Evangelista earns just 20,000 pesos (315) a year, a sum so small that he must share his house with seven other people - all of whom are dead.Evangelista lives and works in the Cementerio del ...
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Luzon names Israel squad for home finals
"This is a hard day for me," said coach Guy Luzon after naming his final 23-man squad for this summer's UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home ...
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Business confidence in Philippines reaches new heights
Philippines has soared to an all-time high after the country was awarded investment grade credit ratings. The central bank said the overall confidence index rose 54.9 per cent from the first quarter's 41.5 per cent. "This is the highest reading since the start of the nationwide survey in the fourth quarter of 2006," said the central bank. The confidence index is the percentage ...
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Carpio PHL should appeal Chinas 9-dash Rule to world opinion
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has said that even if the Philippines wins in the arbitral dispute it has lodged against China on the West Philippine Sea, the decision would most likely go unenforced. In a speech he delivered before graduating law students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Carpio noted that under the United Nations Charter, a winning state in a ...
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Report Domination of LP coalition in senate race a personal victory for PNoy
The domination of the administration Liberal Party-led coalition in the 2013 midterm senatorial election was a "personal" victory for President Benigno S.C. Aquino, a television report on Thursday ...
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Ex-Pangasinan mayor treasurer get up to 18 years for malversation
A former mayor in Pangasinan province and his co-accused were sentenced to 10-18 years imprisonment after they were found guilty of malversation of public funds by the Sandiganbayan First Division on Thursday.The case against Marius Ladio, former mayor of Layug town, and Virgilio Arquero, OIC municipal treasurer, stemmed from the unaccounted P787,700 government money that was illegally released ...
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Leni Robredo to first focus on LGU-related laws as congresswoman
Congresswoman-elect Leni Robredo said she plans to continue initiatives her late husband, the late Interior Sec. Jesse, started, especially with regard to legislation on local government units ...
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Dan Browns Inferno Upsets Philippines
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in his new novel Inferno has provoked anger in the Philippines. The plot of his latest work includes a character who is visiting the capital, and while doing so is shocked by the poverty, crime and sex trade. Brown's vivid description of the city has incurred an angry response from the Philippines, where the book ...
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Pope Francis may visit Philippines in 2016—CBCP
Pope Francis. AP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines may just be on Pope Francis' travel itinerary in 2016, the head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said on Thursday. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, CBCP president, said Church officials were hoping Pope Francis would be able to visit in January 2016 after the Vatican asked that the date for a major ...
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Woman’s body dumped on edge of cliff near Cebu City
CEBU CITY — The body of a still unidentified woman was dumped into a cliff by two men early Thursday along the Transcentral Highway in Balamban town, about 64 kilometers west of this city. The woman, believed to be in her mid-20s with blond hair and fair complexion, had what appeared to be a gunshot wound on her left chest. Half of her body was covered by an overall with the name of the ...
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18000 PCOS machines suffered transmission woes — Brillantes
Almost a quarter of the total number of the vote-counting machines used in the recently concluded elections showed transmission problems, the Philippines' top poll official admitted Thursday.According to Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr., about 18,000 of the 78,000 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines - or 23 percent - had transmission problems due to ...
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PHL denies report Taiwan barred NBI team from country
Both Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) have denied reports that Taiwan's Ministry of Justice has prevented Philippine investigators from going to Taiwan to probe the death of a fisherman off Balintang Island in northern ...
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2 Cebu City girls rescued from working as GRO in Pampanga bar
MANILA, Philippines -- Four girls, including a minor, were rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation from being forced to work as guest relations officer in a bar in Pampanga. The recruiter, who was arrested and charged with human trafficking, was identified in the NBI report as Herminigilda Hermosa Maalac, 49, of Habilan, Floridablanca, Pampanga. Agents of the NBI Central Luzon Regional ...
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Gazmin PHL to defend territory in disputed waters to the last soldier standing
The Philippines vowed Thursday to fight China "to the last man standing," as a Chinese warship patrolled around a remote reef occupied by a handful of Marines in disputed waters. In the latest flare-up over competing claims to parts of the South China Sea, the Philippines this week denounced the "provocative and illegal presence" of the warship and a fleet of Chinese fishing ...
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Japan backs PHL arbitration initiative vs China
MANILA – Japan on Thursday expressed its full support to the Philippines’ decision to bring its territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea before a United Nations arbitration tribunal, underscoring the need to adhere to international law to preserve regional peace and ...
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Pacquiao gets richer in 2012 still wealthiest congressman
Despite two consecutive defeats in the boxing ring last year, Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao grew richer in 2012, with a net worth of more than of P1.7 billion -- making him the lone billionaire and still the wealthiest member of the House of Representatives. Pacquiao, whose net worth was at P1.3 billion in 2011, had real properties worth P1.03 billion, personal properties worth P990 million and ...
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Philippines seeing development in new property segment
Potential first-time home owners and start-up entrepreneurs can now take advantage of a one-of-a-kind SOHO residential unit in 8 Adriatico, according to press material recently released to the Philippines news media by Eton Properties Philippines Inc, a major realty firm run by property tycoon Lucio Tan.
Eton Properties is constructing a number of residential developments in the capital city, all of which are primarily targeted at the country’s first time home owners, a target market that is reflected in the name of their subsidiary handling the construction and sale of one new development, First Homes Inc. Read more
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