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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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PNoy thumbs down proposal to defer 2013 barangay polls
- President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday rejected a proposal from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to defer the 2013 barangay elections."Kinakabahan ako baka maraming postponement na mangyariKailangan kayanin nila (Comelec)," Aquino told reporters after attending a Philippine Navy event here.On ...
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US concerned over Philippines killing of Taiwanese fisherman
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Wednesday expressed concern about the increasing tensions between the Philippines and China's Taiwan following last week's fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard. At a news briefing, the State Department's acting deputy spokesman Patric Ventrell also urged the two sides to take "all ...
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Malaysia completes probe of Kiram intrusion focuses on three individuals
Malaysian authorities have completed their investigation into the entry into Sabah of armed followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, with the probe zeroing in on least three individuals, a Malaysian news site reported on Tuesday. ...
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DepEd allows 260 schools to raise tuition
DepEd Assistant Secretary Toni Umali told Unang Balita host Arnold Clavio Tuesday morning that the tuition hike for 182 private and elementary schools and 78 private high schools in Metro Manila were approved. Umali said that the schools conducted a consultation with the parents of their students before the tuition hike application was submitted to DepEd. "'Yung konsultasyon doon ...
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Philippine Lower House to push charter change
With a firmer grip on Congress, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is expected to push for changes in foreign equity restrictions to attract more capital in order to create more jobs and reduce poverty incidence. But his political leaders are divided on how to initiate the changes.On one hand, Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., who is expected to retain the speakership, prefers ...
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Barclays ups Philippines growth estimates
Barclays has raised its 2013 growth forecast for the Philippines as it expects the economy to post one of the fastest growth rates among emerging markets in Asia. In one of its latest reports, Barclays said the Philippines was now seen to grow by 6.2 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent in 2014. The international financial services firm earlier projected that the Philippine economy would grow ...
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PNP readies school visibility to help deter bullying
Aside from deterring criminals, the Philippine National Police expects its visibility efforts in school zones to help prevent bullying as well. PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima ordered the deployment of police units to areas where gangs are likely to gather, radio dzBB's Manny Vargas reported Tuesday. The PNP chief said this aims to help school authorities prevent the harassment of ...
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PAGASA ITCZ to bring rain to parts of Mindanao
Satellite Image at 7:30 a.m. Monday, 20 May 2013. | Weather Central The inter-tropical convergence zone may bring rain to parts of Mindanao on Tuesday, with state weather forecasters also predicting isolated rain over Metro ...
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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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