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Catholic Church takes on reproductive rights in Philippines risks further alienation
And for the 1.2 billion adherents to the faith worldwide, it is a decisive moment. The faithful are looking to a new pope to bring a time of healing - and better governance - to a church tarnished by scandal and deeply ...
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No Filipino injuries deaths reported in Oklahoma tornado
A truck lays damaged in a field near the Moore Medical Center, background, after a tornado moves through Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. AP MANILA, Philippines — No Filipino was reported hurt so far in the deadly tornado that ripped through the US Midwest, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday. "The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago reported that so ...
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Philippines boosts military by $A1.8bn
PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino has announced a $A1.84 billion military upgrade to help defend his country's maritime territory against "bullies", amid an ever-worsening dispute with China. The announcement came on the same day that the Philippines filed a protest with China over the "illegal and provocative" presence of a Chinese warship and two other vessels at a ...
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Philippine Navy awaits delivery of 5 helicopters
CAVITE CITY, Philippines– The Philippine Navy is looking forward to the delivery of five Navy helicopters, three of which are due to arrive in December. ';We arealso [waiting for] the acquisition of naval helicopters. The initial batch will be arriving by December of this year,'; Flag-Officer-in-Command Vice Admiral Jose Louis Alano told reporters in an ambush interview at the ...
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Ateneo profs 60-30-10 poll results pattern gets Comelecs attention
Although he had dismissed it as mere "trending," Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said they would look into the supposed 60-30-10 pattern of election results that was bared by a math professor at the Ateneo de Manila University."Pinapaaral ko sa aming mga tao kung totoo ‘yan, although, initially parang may ganun naging pattern," Brillantes ...
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Volvo Philippines launches luxury 5-door 5-seater hatchback
The All-New Volvo V40, a modern expressive car, with characteristics from larger Volvos wrapped in a sleek, compact package, is now in the Philippines. This 5-door, 5-seater luxury hatchback combines trendsetting design with class-leading driving ...
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Philippines boosts military to resist bullies amid China dispute
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III addresses the media shortly after leading the 115th Philippine Navy anniversary celebration at Fort San Felipe, Cavite city, south-west of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Mr Aquino on Tuesday announced a US$1.8 billion (S$2.26 billion) military upgrade to help defend his country's maritime territory against "bullies", amid an ...
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Comelec eyes Internet voting for Filipino voters abroad
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. RYAN LEAGOGO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines – Internet voting could be the solution to the low voter turnout of overseas absentee voting (OAV) in the recently concluded May 2013 elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Tuesday. Senator Franklin Drilon said in a statement that there was ...
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NPA rebels take 6 hostages after raiding Davao del Norte security agency
The NPA is the armed unit of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and has been waging an insurgency since 1969. AFP FILE PHOTO DAVAO CITY - Communist rebels took six people hostage and confiscated firearms, set off two explosives including one that wounded six soldiers and forcibly took away several vehicles in at least four attacks in a span of 24 hours in the provinces of North Cotabato and ...
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Philippines to acquire warfare equipment for Navy
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III disclosed Tuesday the warfare equipment to be purchased by his administration that will help boost the capability of the Navy.The country's second class cutter, the BRP Ramon Alcaraz, which came from the United States, is expected to arrive in Manila in August."We are planning to buy three multi-purpose attack craft, eight amphibious assault ...
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Philippines protests China warships presence
CAVITE, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines has protested the presence of a Chinese warship and other vessels off a Filipino military-occupied shoal in the disputed Spratly ...
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Philippine president creates task force to improve business competitiveness
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III has created an inter-agency task force that will help investors do business in the country.Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Tuesday that Aquino signed Administrative Order No. 38, creating the Task Force on Ease of Doing Business (EODB Task Force) that will improve the country's global ranking in business competitiveness.The task force ...
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PHL protests fresh Chinese incursions in West PHL Sea
The Philippine government has protested latest Chinese incursions in areas within its exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea and asked Beijing to respect Manila’s sovereignty over its waters.In a provocative move that could spike tensions anew between Manila and Beijing, two Chinese maritime surveillance ships and a warship were spotted off Ayungin Shoal within Philippine ...
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Winning party-list groups known within the week — Brillantes
Winners in the 2013 party-list race are expected to be announced within the week, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Tuesday."Possible tomorrow or Thursday or Friday at worse," Brillantes ...
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Taiwan tourists cancel Philippines plans
/enpproperty--> BORACAY, Philippines - Taiwan tourists to Boracay, a world-renowned resort in central Philippines, have started canceling hotel reservations since Taiwan issued an advisory against traveling to the country after Philippine Coast Guards killed a Taiwan fisherman. Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to Kalibo International Airport ...
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Philippine pivot in the South China Sea
By Richard Javad Heydarian MANILA - After three years of inconclusive bilateral negotiations with China and a year of precarious diplomatic brinkmanship under Cambodia's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines has sought new ways to resolve its territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Despite earlier hopes that China's leadership ...
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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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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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