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Five slain five kidnapped in Philippines
COMMUNIST insurgents have killed five civilians and kidnapped five soldiers in the southern Philippines in the latest of a series of violent acts following the collapse of peace talks, authorities ...
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Cayetano the only senator-elect to comply with all SOCE filing requirements
Only one among the 12 senators-elect who were elected or re-elected to the Senate during the recent May polls complied fully with the Commission on Elections' requirements in the filing of expenditures reports, the Comelec said Tuesday.According to an urgent memorandum from the office of Comelec commissioner Christian Robert Lim, Alan Peter Cayetano is the lone senatorial victor who ...
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665 pass Radiologic X-ray technologist licensure exams — PRC
A total of 637 out of 1,122 passed the Radiologic Technologist Licensure Examination given this month, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Tuesday.At the same time, the PRC also announced that 31 out of 138 passed the X-Ray Technologist Licensure Examination also given this ...
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Most Filipinos are more at home in suburban villages—INQUIRER.net poll
MANILA, Philippines--Most Filipinos prefer to live in a single detached house in suburban villages than a condominium unit in the city, an INQUIRER.net survey revealed Tuesday. The question "Where do you prefer to live?" was posted on June 4 with two choices: Suburban detached house and condominium unit. After two weeks or as of 9 p.m. on June 18, among the 2,898 respondents, 2,498 ...
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Poll critics call for impeachment of incumbent Comelec executives
After filing a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman against former poll officials, poll critics are now eyeing the impeachment of incumbent executives of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).Members of the umbrella organization Automated Election System Watch filed a joint supplemental request for investigation and complaint-Affidavit with the anti-graft body on Tuesday for the ...
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DOTC 2 domestic flights canceled due to bad weather
post on its Twitter account, the DOTC said both flights belonged to Cebu Pacific.The canceled flights as of 7:35 p.m. included:5J-905: Manila to Caticlan5J-906: Caticlan to ManilaEarlier, PAGASA warned of possible flash floods and landslides over parts of Luzon and Visayas due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm Emong.PAGASA also warned of possible heavy rain until at least ...
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De Lima to probe 5-year detention of drug suspect
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday said her agency would investigate how authorities managed to detain a drug suspect for five years even without formal charges.The Court of Appeals' Seventh Division earlier granted suspect Joan Urbina's petition for certiorari and habeas corpus and ordered authorities to release her.The court said Urbina should be freed because her ...
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Defend Philippine independence against China invasion threat
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in consular cities all over the world attended the June 12 Philippine Independence Day festivities hosted by their local Philippine embassies and consulates. Like them, I too joined in celebrating the founding of our republic 115 years ago. I proudly wore my Barong Tagalog, watched the performance of native dances and songs and listened to speeches praising the ...
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Angel of the dump transforms lives in the Philippines
In the midst of the Philippines' most notorious slum, the British expat Jane Walker transforms lives by turning rubbish into top-end fashion ...
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18 Vietnamese crew held after cargo ship damages reef near Biliran island
Navy divers continue search for MV Lady of Carmel. Divers from the Naval Special Operations Group on Saturday attempt to reach the area where the MV Lady of Carmel was reported to have sunk off Biliran Island in Masbate on June 14. PN Eighteen Vietnamese crew members of a cargo ship have been detained after it ploughed into a coral reef in the central Philippines, the Coast Guard said ...
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SC junks Romeo Jalosjos bid to run in May 2013 polls
The Supreme Court unanimously junked a petition from convicted rapist Romeo Jalosjos to run as mayor in the May 2013 elections, adding that his "perpetual absolute disqualification" remains even if he had been pardoned.In a summary, the SC Public Information Office (PIO) said the high court sitting in full court dismissed the petition for certiorari filed by the rape convict for being ...
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Former NCCA exec Alvarez Failure of communication behind hold departure order
Former National Commission on Culture and Arts (NCCA) executive director Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, failure of communication was the reason she was prohibited from leaving the country on June 10.Guidote-Alvarez was on her way to the UN General Assembly’s thematic debate in New York on June 12, where she would deliver a speech as president of the Philippine Center of the International Theater ...
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Philippine military says communist rebels abduct 5 unarmed army soldiers in south
MANILA, Philippines - Communist rebels posing as government troops have abducted five Philippine army soldiers on the outskirts of a southern city, the military said Tuesday. New People's Army guerrillas wearing military uniforms stopped the soldiers aboard two motorcycles at a road block late Monday outside Davao city, said local army spokesman Capt. Raul Villegas. The soldiers in ...
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Gas2Grid provides update on the Malolos-1 well
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Whirlwind damages homes in Cebu town
CEBU CITY, Philippines -- A whirlwind hit two barangays (villages) in Minglanilla town at past 2 p.m. Tuesday causing damage to at least 10 houses in the area. Police Officer 2 Vincent Aliabo, desk officer of Minglanilla police, said the whirlwind damaged a portion of 10 houses in Deca Homes and a house in Villa Feliza, both in Barangay Tungkil, and the gate of a feed mill company in Barangay ...
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Bird strike grounds Cebu Pacific plane for hours in Naga
NAGA CITY, Philippines -- A Cebu Pacific plane was grounded for hours on Monday after it was hit by birds as the aircraft landed at Naga Airport in Pili, Camarines Sur, according to an aviation official. Monico Basallote, manager of the Civil Aviation Authority of Philippines based at the Naga Airport, said Tuesday that the mechanical crew of Cebu Pacific reported to him that feathers were ...
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Emirates SkyCargo to open second trade lane with the Philippines
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, is set to increase its cargo capacity to the Philippines, when Emirates begins daily non-stop flights to Clark International Airport from 1st October ...
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SC grants SALN request of GMA News Solar
The Supreme Court has approved the request of GMA News and Solar News to obtain copies of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) of the high court's justices.At a press briefing in Manila, Public Information Office chief Theodore Te said the request of GMA News reporter Lia Manalac and Solar News reporter Anjo Alimario were granted by the high court sitting in full ...
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BRP Ramon Alcaraz en route to Balboa for refueling
BRP Ramon Alcaraz, the Philippine Navy's newly acquired warship, is crossing the Panama Canal and is en route to Balboa in Panama for refueling, the Philippine Embassy to Washington said Tuesday.The embassy tweeted that the BRP Ramon Alcaraz is to dock in Balboa, and will then leave for San Diego the next day."[The] BRP Alcaraz [is] expected to dock at Rodman Pier in Balboa on 18 June ...
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Amid threat of heavy rain PNoy Cabinet tackle flood control projects in NCR
As more heavy rains threaten Metro Manila, President Benigno Aquino III met with Cabinet officials on Tuesday afternoon to tackle the status of flood control projects in the country's capital region. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the President called for the meeting last week to "be apprised of all the flood control projects that is going on" in Metro Manila. ...
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After ending formal peace talks govt chief negotiator with NDF nominated as PhilHealth head
President Benigno Aquino III has nominated the government's chief negotiator with the National Democratic Front (NDF) as head of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), two months after talks with the communist-led group were formally ended. Aquino approved the nomination of Alexander Padilla, who serves both as government chief negotiator and Health undersecretary, as ...
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130 inmates so far freed on Judgment Day
At least 130 inmates were freed on Tuesday after trial courts simultaneously heard and decided on cases in five cities with the most inmate population, including Manila and Quezon City.Court Administrator Midas Marquez, who led the event dubbed as "Judgment Day" at the Manila City Jail, said the event aimed to decongest court dockets and prison cells by acting on pending cases, ...
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Emong now a tropical storm more heavy rains expected until Sunday
Many MManila areas flooded due to heavy downpour. Motorists navigate their vehicles in gutter-deep flood along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City after a heavy downpour caused by Tropical Depression Emong on Monday afternoon. Hadji Rieta/GMA News Tropical Cyclone Emong (international codename Leepi) intensified into a tropical storm before noon Tuesday but has started moving north and away from the ...
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Pangasinan high school teacher 2 others arrested for allegedly selling shabu
PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr.Photo from http://www.pnp.gov.ph MANILA, Philippines--A 58-year-old public high school teacher and two others were arrested in Pangasinan allegedly for selling 8 grams of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, or "shabu" to an undercover agent, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency official said Tuesday. In a belated report, PDEA ...
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Philippines - Village chief sues Filipino blocktimer for libel
A village chief in Barili town, Cebu province, sued a radio blocktimer for libel last 14 June 2013, two months after the latter allegedly made a libelous comment.Cebu province in the Visayas island group is some 1,000 kilometers south of Metro Manila.Radio blocktimer Oscar Pasaporte told CMFR last 14 June 2013 that Patupat barangay (village) captain Leonida Gabales filed a libel case against him ...
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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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