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With elections over PNP lowers alert levels in most parts of country
With the Election Day "fever" dying down, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday morning lowered its alert level in most parts of the country to "normal." PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said the downgrading took effect at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, radio dzBB reported. However, Cerbo said the PNP units in Mindanao, from Regions 9 to 13, will ...
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Filipinos in Taiwan keep low profile
/enpproperty--> The Philippines' special envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high over the shooting death of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Amadeo Perez, chairman of Taiwan's Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said after returning to Manila from Taipei late on ...
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DepEd Govt has funds for hiring 61000 new teachers
This school year, the Department of Education can afford to hire some 61,000 teachers, as well as to pay the allowances of teachers redeployed to areas with a shortage of instructors. In a news release, the DepEd said the Department of Budget and Management made available 61,510 new teacher items for 2013, and allowed funding for teachers to be redeployed. "We welcome the opening of new ...
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Filipino assaulted by 4 Taiwanese in Tainan
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Police confirmed that a Philippine worker was attacked by four Taiwanese and beaten with iron sticks and baseball bats in Tainan City on May 16 following the recent heated dispute between Taiwan and the ...
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US pushes resolution in Taiwan-Philippines row
WASHINGTON--The United States reiterated its call Thursday for Taipei and Manila to work out a resolution to their row over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines on May ...
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Daisy Hontiveros Avellana–Why she will always be the ‘First Lady of Philippine Theater’
DAISY Hontiveros Avellana, 1917-2013. "I just hope to be remembered as a good human being. And that I tried my best." When I first worked with Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, she was all of 88. By then she had survived five heart attacks, was suffering from crippling arthritis, had seen the loss of a baby, her husband, and even of her house to fire. I was asked by her daughter Ivi ...
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‘The only thing wrong with the Filipino audience is that there isn’t enough of it’
"[English teacher and drama coach] Jean Edades gave me the best lesson in humility. At that time, I was already the star of all the plays in UP. And then, when we were putting up these three one-act plays, she said I was going to play the role of a maid! I was hurt, of course, and humiliated. I told Mrs. Edades I had a headache and went home. I told my parents about it, expecting them to ...
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Filipino workers suffer harassment in Taiwan
ISLAND ON FIRE Taiwanese Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks during a press conference in Taipei on Wednesday where he announced Taiwan would recall its representative and discourage travel to the Philippines. AP DAGUPAN CITY--The Philippines' de facto ambassador to Taiwan has advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island ...
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Philippines Volcanoes poised to erupt with rising rugby popularity
You know a sport is starting to make its mark on the public when the nation's leading protagonists are deemed big enough celebrities to advertise underwear. The players who represent the Philippines Volcanoes rugby team may be a little shy of the status of Manny Pacquiao just yet. However, they are still popular enough to brand it like Beckham. "They have abroad-based players from ...
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Philippines - Politician aides attack TV crew in Philippines
A politician and his aides mauled and attempted to shoot members of a television crew covering an alleged vote-buying incident in Ozamis City last 12 May 2013, the eve of the Philippine midterm elections.Ozamis City is in the province of Misamis Occidental in Mindanao, and is about 1,500 kilometers south of ...
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Cebu Pacific readies direct flights to Phuket
Cebu Air Inc., the listed operator of budget carrier Cebu Pacific, is launching in August flights to Phuket, Thailand, allowing passengers to directly travel to the vacation hotspot famous for its beaches and world-class resorts. The budget airline of the Gokongwei group will begin flights on Aug. 16, it said. In a separate statement, Cebu Pacific said the Manila-Phuket route would operate ...
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To speed up process Comelec used grouped canvass report for proclamation
Comelec denies UNA motion to defer proclamation of winning senators. Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal (back to camera) listens as Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes and Commissioner Lucenito Tagle announce that the proclamation of at least five winning senatorial bets will proceed at the PICC on Thursday. The Comelec en banc has denied the motion of UNA to defer the proclamation until the slow ...
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Comelec proclaims three more winning senatorial candidates
Comelec denies UNA motion to defer proclamation of winning senators. Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal (back to camera) listens as Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes and Commissioner Lucenito Tagle announce that the proclamation of at least five winning senatorial bets will proceed at the PICC on Thursday. The Comelec en banc has denied the motion of UNA to defer the proclamation until the slow ...
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2 vessels harass Palawan mayor 200 others at sea
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines - The mayor of Kalayaan town in Palawan, along with around 200 people, were harassed by two unidentified vessels while they were traveling by sea before midnight Thursday, the local official said. Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Kalayaan, which governs Pag-asa and four other islets in the Spratlys claimed by the Philippines, said they left Pag-asa Island on ...
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Ghobash Philippines Secretary of Labour discuss joint cooperation
ABU DHABI, May 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Labour has met Rosalinda D. Baldoz, Secretary of Department of Labour and Employment of Philippines on the sidelines of 'International conference on the impact of labour mobility on sustainable development' held in Abu Dhabi from 14th to 15th the current month in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, they ...
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3 more winning Senate bets to be proclaimed Friday night
Comelec denies UNA motion to defer proclamation of winning senators. Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal (back to camera) listens as Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes and Commissioner Lucenito Tagle announce that the proclamation of at least five winning senatorial bets will proceed at the PICC on Thursday. The Comelec en banc has denied the motion of UNA to defer the proclamation until the slow ...
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Relations sour between Taiwan and Philippines
A Taiwanese fisherman was killed by gunfire from a Philippine coast guard vessel last week Taiwan's president describes it as a "cold-blooded murder" The Philippines says the fisherman's death was "unintended" Taiwan has imposed a series of punitive measures to show its ...
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MMDAs Tolentino P21M richer in 2012 DFA’s Del Rosario still richest Cabinet exec
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino grew significantly richer in 2012 based on his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth that year.Tolentino's SALN in 2012 shows that his net worth was P43,773,691.02, or over P20 million more than his P22,540,381.52 net worth in 2011.Tolentino’s SALN lists three different properties in Tagaytay City and one in ...
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Rainy Saturday expected for NLuzon Mindanao
A diffused tail-end of a cold front and the inter-tropical convergence zone may bring rain to Northern Luzon and Mindanao in the next 24 hours, state weather forecasters said Friday afternoon. PAGASA, in its 5 p.m. bulletin, said the tail-end of a cold front is affecting Northern Luzon while the ITCZ is affecting Southern Mindanao. "Mindanao, the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and ...
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Filipinos no longer welcome in Taiwan restaurants says Meco exec
Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks while holding a picture showing the number of gun holes in a fishing vessel after it was assaulted by the Philippine coastguard, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei on May 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Mandy Cheng DAGUPAN CITY – Filipinos have been refused service in restaurants and supermarkets, as tensions continue to rise over the ...
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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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