Provides the latest RSS feeds for Philippines News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Philippines News.Net http://www.philippinesnews.net/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:05:04 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:05:04 -0400 30 E lection watchdog group Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) is ready for full, partial, or zero automation, said co-convenor Carlos Medina. From 6,000 volunteer lawyers in the 2007 el... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25856214&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:11 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25856214&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 RUNWAY 06 for landing, Runway 24 for takeoff. The Caticlan Airport in Aklan, the nearest jump-off point to the world-famous Boracay island resort, is strictly implementing this policy after a passenge... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25854041&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:41 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25854041&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 DESPITE the broadening of Philippine ties with the outside world, one bilateral relationship that has remained the most important overall is our partnership with the United States. It is a partnership... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25854040&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:31 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25854040&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 CEBU CITY, Philippines -- The Aboitiz Group on Friday denied any personal or professional relationship between members of the Aboitiz clan and the head of the Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851763&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:10 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851763&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 FERVENT PRAYER. People attend the third healing mass at the Chapel of Sto Nino de Paz in Greenbelt Makati City for the recovery of former President Corazon Aquino who was hospitalized at the Makati Me... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851764&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:07 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851764&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 COTABATO CITY, Philippines -- Automated elections would be the only way to prevent election fraud in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Elections Commissioner Elias Yusoph said on Friday... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851766&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:00 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851766&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 2) The Senate will not suspend its operations even after one of its employees was confirmed to be infected with the Influenza A(H1N1) virus, Senate President Juan Pence ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851765&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:58 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25851765&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Biopsy tests, and not breast repair, were performed on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo when she was admitted at the Asian Hospital last June 30, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde s... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25847146&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:27:18 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25847146&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 A policeman in the Philippines has been arrested for the murder of journalist Crispin Perez on 9 June.The shooting, in central Mindoro Occidental province, is one of scores of alleged murders of journ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25846206&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25846206&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 project to automate next year's Philippine elections is back on track just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal, officials said Friday. http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25846829&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:59 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25846829&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Prayers and masses are being held across the Philippines for the recovery of cancer-stricken former President Corazon Aquino. The democracy icon is battling colon cancer.Mrs. Aquino's son, Senator ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25844348&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:09:32 -0400 VOA http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25844348&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 C ommission on Elections (Comelec) chair Jose Melo was all smiles after emerging from a 3-hour closed-door meeting with officials of the Barbados-based Smartmatic and Filipino firm Total Information... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25844688&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:31:03 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25844688&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 (AP) — MANILA, Philippines - Areas of mass found in Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's groin and breast are benign and will not require surgery, her spokesman said Friday. Arroyo c... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25844687&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:16:22 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25844687&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA - Former Philippines leader Corazon Aquino, who is suffering from cancer, is back in the hospital and is in a fragile state, according to family and friends."President Cory Aquino is undergoing... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842220&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:38:51 -0400 Philippines News Online http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842220&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA - Filipino prisoners who spawned a worldwide Internet hit with their version of Jackson's "Thriller" video recreated their dance in tribute to the dead star, television reported Friday.The perf... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842218&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:38:50 -0400 Philippines News Online http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842218&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Cancer-stricken democracy icon and former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino remains strong-willed despite her present condition, Mrs. Aquino's youngest daughter Kris said. "... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842222&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:31:11 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842222&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was declared in good health after biopsies were conducted on lumps found on her breast and groin, her press secretary said on Friday. "B... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25841347&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:24 -0400 The Star http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25841347&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced that the winning bidders in the automation project have settled their dispute and would proceed with computerizing the polls ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842214&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:19:50 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842214&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - The dispute has ended. Smartmatic and its Filipino partner, Total Information Management (TIM), were able to iron out their differences over the control of funds for the P11.3-bi... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842221&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:31:11 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842221&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 LOS ANGELES – Many Filipinos cherish the day the pop icon and legend performed in the Philippines in a solo concert last December 10, 1996 at the Asia World grounds. Production Director Malou Ma... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842219&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:38:50 -0400 Philippines News Online http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842219&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 A new Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) project extending the C-5 road in Quezon City could damage three main underground aqueducts supplying water to Metro Manila, according to some r... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842224&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:03:54 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842224&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 W hile influential figures and other unseen hands have been considered as reasons for the uncertainties in the poll automation project, money also played a major role in it. Earlier, Total Info... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842223&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:03:52 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842223&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 ) of Philippine stocks in June, nudging the broad market higher compared to its level in May, preliminary data from the Philippine Stock Exchange showed Friday. http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842213&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:21:23 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25842213&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Optical Media Board (OMB) chairman Edu Manzano wants a congressional inquiry into the loss of some P60 million worth of seized replicating machines used in video piracy. In an... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25839680&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:04:45 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25839680&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Manila - A 68-year-old German man was stabbed to death by an unidentified attacker at his residence in the central Philippines, a police report said Friday. Herman Kruse was watching television with h... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25839304&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:02:59 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25839304&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - A Senate employee has been confirmed infected with the A(H1N1) virus, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said Friday. Radio dzBB's Nimfa Ravelo reported this was the first... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25836966&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:50:32 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25836966&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 -(Dow Jones)- Around two million Filipino contract workers are estimated to be abroad at any one time in the April-September period last year, up 14.6% from a year earlier, a National Statistics Off... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25836697&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:48:52 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25836697&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 China demonstrated its power in the ongoing Philippine Badminton Open by sending all their shutters into men's and women's singles quarterfinals on Thursday. All the five men participants and three wo... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25836827&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:46:38 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25836827&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Washington — Sometimes, the smallest notions turn out to be the biggest successes. In the Philippines, Melissa “Aissa” Peñafiel, 22, and Juan Miguel “Migs” Ocampo, 20, wanted to make a fil... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25827559&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:47 -0400 America.org http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25827559&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 T he Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and the Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), a non-profit association subsidized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25827560&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:47:12 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25827560&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 O wners and managers of the business establishments in Quezon City are up in arms against a proposed ordinance, which seeks to impose parking fees on “places of special interest” in the co... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25827561&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:47:08 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25827561&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 While most wait for flash support to arrive on the iPhone, others are wondering when Bluetooth file transfer will become available on Apple’s mobile phone. Well, w ...More http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822653&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:00 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822653&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- A key ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the House of Representatives parried attacks against the head of Total Information Management Inc. (TIM) and said the issue be... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822654&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:46 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822654&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- Backing out of a government project after it has been awarded to a winning bidder makes the supplier criminally liable and open to imprisonment of six to 15 years, Justice Secre... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822655&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:43 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822655&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - In a life brimming with drama, she defeated a dictator and survived seven coup attempts. How is she faring in what is probably her last big battle? No one could say for now, d... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822660&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:19:58 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822660&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo checked out of the Asian Hospital "with a clean bill of health" at 2 p.m. Thursday after nearly two days of quarantine, Malacanang said. "She u... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822656&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:37 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822656&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A stream of relatives and neighbors, all wanting to hug her, welcomed Mae Vecina in the village of Kilada in Matalam, North Cotabato, at a homecoming that the overseas Filipino worke... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822659&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:37 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822659&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte -- A deal that would allow Japan to use at least 600,000 hectares of land in the Philippines for biofuel production has taken shape on a huge tract of grasslands here, site of t... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822658&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:35 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822658&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- Five congressmen, three governors and city mayors belonging to the administration have rejoined the Liberal Party (LP) as it intensified its efforts to woo back its former allie... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822657&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:31 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822657&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines said yesterday they have killed more than 500 government troops in 10 months of fighting since the collapse of peace talks, a claim the military dismissed as ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822661&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:54 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25822661&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 A DMC nurse uses the high-tech ‘infrared thermal scanner’ on a faculty upon entry in the campus. DMC is the first campus in Dipolog City to utilize such gadget to monitor its students amid the fea... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25817824&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:55:44 -0400 Ambibo http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25817824&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who has cancer, left a hospital intensive care unit and was in stable condition, her spokeswoman said Thursday, as prayers for her recovery poured in from friends ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25817103&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:52:47 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25817103&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Sheila and Abaya Fashion, one among the signature events of Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2009, came to a spectacular end on Tuesday, June 30, at BurJuman. http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25813053&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:26:26 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25813053&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 By Joel D Adriano MANILA - There is uneasiness surrounding the political ambitions of deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada. Ousted, convicted and jailed on economic plunder charges in 20... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25813938&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:19:03 -0400 Asia Times http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25813938&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 In his column, The Ateneo and public opinion polling , Mahar Mangahas kept referring to “the spiral of silence phenomenon,” without every actually explaining ...More http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25810941&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:47:09 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25810941&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- The possible failure of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to computerize the 2010 elections would be a big setback to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's much hyped 10-point... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25810943&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:47:05 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25810943&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Government security forces killed two separatist rebels in a clash in the restive southern Philippines, a military official said on Thursday. Jonathan Ponce, spokesman for the Philippine Army's 6th In... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25807706&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:30:32 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25807706&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA - High school teacher Gertrudes Cielo Farias will finally retire from work on Friday, after teaching for 36 years. As she retires, one of the things she will no longer have to do is serve in th... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25805180&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:20:11 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25805180&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines--Senator Richard Gordon would be inclined to join other hopefuls in the selection process for the standard-bearer of Lakas Kampi-CMD for the 2010 polls, only if the candidate is ch... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25805178&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:09:01 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25805178&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 TAGUM CITY -- Police are readying charges against 11 soldiers for alleged obstruction of justice even as local authorities called for a deeper investigation into shooting incidents in Sto. Tomas town ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25799435&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:59 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25799435&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 FOR ONE murder convict, escape was as casual as jogging out of jail. A former vice mayor of Masbate City bolted the provincial jail where he was serving quadruple life terms for killing former Masbate... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25799436&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:55 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25799436&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today deplored the recent murder of a radio commentator in the Philippines, the fourth such killing of a journalist in the Asi... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25795544&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:48:24 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25795544&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 COTABATO CITY, Philippines, (Reuters) - Muslim fighters want the Philippine government to halt an offensive in the southern Mindanao region and revive peace talks to end a decades-old conflict that ha... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25795545&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:30 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25795545&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 T hese days, Supreme Court (SC) Justice Arturo Brion doesn’t leave home without bodyguards—a marked change in his life since he joined the Court a year ago. Recently, he was tipped ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25795543&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:01 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25795543&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines -- Lawmakers on Thursday cautioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against tapping the P11.3-billion supplemental budget Congress approved early this year if the automation o... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786711&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:27:41 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786711&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Close this MANILA, Philippines -- Senator Richard Gordon said he was willing to join the administration party Lakas-Kampi CMD so long as its standard bearer for 2010 would be chosen based on qualifica... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786712&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:27:37 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786712&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 EL CERRITO, California: A visiting Filipino choir from Saudi Arabia wowed a diverse Bay Area audience at the Saint John the Baptist Church here on Monday night with a delightfully varied repertoire... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786714&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:53 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786714&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wildlife officials have foiled an apparent attempt to smuggle rare 200-year-old trees out of the Philippines, the government said Wednesday. Officers seized 35 Podocarpus costalis trees at a gardening... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786204&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:34:52 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786204&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 For more than 40 years, Filipino rebels of the New People's Army have been fighting the government, surviving one step at a time.Their struggle is now the longest-running communist insurgency in Asia,... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786715&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:26:00 -0400 Al Jazeera http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25786715&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Rubicon Intrepid FPSO GPC advised that there continues to be a delay in reconnection of the FPSO Rubicon Intrepid following the disconnection that was undertaken last week due to adverse weather in th... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782129&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:55:46 -0400 Rigzone http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782129&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 High school teacher Gertrudes Cielo Farias will finally retire from work on Friday, after teaching for 36 years. As she retires, one of the things she will no longer have to do is serve in the upcomin... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782457&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:46:44 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782457&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, July 1 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The number of people who contracted the new H1N1 flu strain in the Philippines has doubled in a week, Philippines health officials said Wednesday. The number of conf... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782127&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:48:38 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782127&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 hospital as a precautionary measure, cancelling all public engagements a day after her return from a Latin American trip even though she is healthy and has no flu symptoms, Executive Secretary http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782456&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:42:48 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25782456&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Aquinas University in Albay province, a volcanic region, is teaching people the ancient methods of water filtration. The result is low-cost potable water and better health. http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25778244&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:30:39 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25778244&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Two legislators have urged the government to declare a state of national health emergency and ensure that poor people would have access to affordable medicine, even as the Depart... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25779041&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:19:26 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25779041&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Children living in a sprawling dumpsite in Manila collect water. A funding crunch due to the global financial crisis means less money used by NGOs and welfare groups for anti-poor projects in the Phil... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776085&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:59:38 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776085&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Friends and relatives of former President Corazon Aquino gathered at a chapel in Greenbelt in Makati Wednesday to pray for the speedy recovery of the ailing former Philippine lea... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776389&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:57:10 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776389&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Manila - Communist rebels on Wednesday raided a police station in a southern Philippine town and seized several firearms, a regional police spokesman said. Senior Superintendent Nestor Fajura said at ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25775481&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:55:34 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25775481&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 In his column, The Ateneo and public opinion polling , Mahar Mangahas kept referring to “the spiral of silence phenomenon,” without every actually explaining ...More http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776388&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:47:30 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776388&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 New York—Police in the Philippines must step up investigations into journalist killings following the shooting death of radio commentator Jonathan Petalvero on Saturday, the Committee to Protect... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776390&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:31:45 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25776390&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. will be the officer-in-charge of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the next few weeks, Malacañang anno... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25773419&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:38:55 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25773419&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Manila: Police say separate lightning strikes have killed two people in the Philippines. Police say Mauricia Sacuebo was walking in a rice field in central Iloilo province when she was struck Tuesday.... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25772932&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:06:25 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25772932&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of Filipino workers could be hired in the construction of new military bases on the U.S. territory of Guam, the island’s governor said during a visit to th... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25773418&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:50:36 -0400 Japan Today http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25773418&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - A bomb threat prompted the Office of the Ombudsman to allow its employees to go home after noon Wednesday, days after the compound was rocked by an explosion over the weekend, a ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770448&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:14:44 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770448&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - As manual counting looms, poll watchdog groups are mobilizing volunteers and watchers as part of a "flexible" plan for the 2010 national elections. But Parish Pastoral Council... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770449&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:14:41 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770449&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines--Environmentalists called on the government to fast track the phaseout of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in large transformers and voltage regulators in the power sector. Manny C... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770446&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:03:59 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770446&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines--P21.3 billion, and counting. That's how much the Department of Education owes the Government Service Insurance System, according to top GSIS officials. The amount represents premi... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770445&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:03:55 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770445&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines--Petron Corp. announced that it would raise the price of liquefied petroleum gas by P3 per kilogram effective 6 a.m. Wednesday, said spokesperson Virginia Ruivivar. http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770447&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:03:51 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25770447&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Wednesday advised employees of the House of Representatives who have flu-like symptoms to just skip President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo'... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767620&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:43:23 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767620&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - A lone winner bagged the P73.341-million jackpot in the SuperLotto (6/49) draw of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Tuesday night. The http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767621&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:43:22 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767621&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines - Despite the controversy they generated, the explosion at the Office of the Ombudsman and the discovery of an improvised explosive device at the Department of Agriculture can be c... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767622&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:43:21 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767622&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 MANILA, Philippines--The Department of Foreign Affairs has yet to confirm that any Filipino was among the fatality in the Yemeni plane crash. In a statement, the DFA said "the Philippine embassy in R... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767619&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:34:19 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25767619&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 The DPDS Alumni Association in Chicago held the “Pilot Project” on Saturday, June 27 at the Lone Tree Manor in Niles, IL. In welcoming guests to one of the community’s best-attended ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25763939&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:36:00 -0400 Ambibo http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25763939&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Residents along with soldiers look at the bomb blast site in front of a coffe shop in the town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan in Maguindanao on Mindanao island yesterday. The bombs ripped through a cafe, kill... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25763384&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:13 -0400 The Peninsula http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25763384&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Inquirer Politics . "Inquirer Politics symbolizes INQUIRER.net, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and the rest of the Inquirer Group of Companies' commitment to reach out to Filipinos here and abroad, in... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25759213&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:52:54 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25759213&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 K aren May Abu was an eager young college student at the University of the Philippines when she learned that she had lupus. It started when friends noticed that her face was inflamed. “I w... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25759214&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:36:38 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25759214&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Manila: The Philippine government has given partners of a joint venture that won a $150-million (Dh550.5 million) bid to automate next year's elections until Friday to patch up their differences, the ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25758578&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:29:47 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25758578&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 As the fate of the Philippines' poll automation hung in the balance, Chairman Jose Melo of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) brokered an emergency meeting on Tuesday between estranged partners... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754897&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:06:50 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754897&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 COUPLE Salvador Soliven, 37, and Rowena Ricaide, 29, were relieved as they walked out of the municipal hall of Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya, one Wednesday afternoon. The bride, an overseas Filipino worker ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754896&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:56:58 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754896&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 T he dire situation of thousands of families displaced by fighting in parts of North Cotabato and sheltered in makeshift evacuation centers in Datu Piang town in Maguindanao is a potential humanitaria... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754898&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:11 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754898&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tens of thousands of hectares of deforested land in the Philippines has been handed over to farmers in a novel job-creation and reforestation program, the government said Tuesday. http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754895&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:52 -0400 Manila Times http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25754895&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 L ast week, a top official of poll automation project’s local partner Total Information Management (TIM) got calls from a well-connected businessman. A source familiar with the poll autom... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750657&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:36 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750657&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 A group of tobacco farmers from the Ilocos region on Tuesday called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to initiate programs that would help them shift to alternative crops, citing increasing capi... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750656&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:38 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750656&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 S ome 60 journalists from Manila and Mindanao were held for more than an hour this morning in Guindolongan, Maguindanao by elements of the Bravo Company of the 46th Infantry Battalion. The journa... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750658&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:13 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750658&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 A group of UK-based companies expressed readiness to develop long-term partnerships with Filipino firms to invest in renewable energy and other carbon market-related businesses. British experts u... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750659&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:09 -0400 Newsbreak http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750659&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 (AP) — MANILA, Philippines - The president of the Philippines has placed herself under voluntary quarantine after returning from a 13-day trip to countries affected by swine flu-despite the fa... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750654&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58:55 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750654&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Sheila and Abaya Fashion, one among the Signature Events of Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2009 continued its glamorous showcase of traditional fashion at BurJuman on June 29. http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25749584&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:41:07 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25749584&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Philippine external debt in the first quarter declined 4 percent on year to 52.5 billion U.S. dollars on foreign exchange adjustments and higher investment in the country's debt papers, the Philippine... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750655&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:33:55 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25750655&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Some 5,000-strong students and young professionals could not wait until the massive protest action scheduled Friday to demonstrate their protest against the proposed constituent assembly (con-ass) as ... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25747104&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:59:55 -0400 GMA News http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25747104&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 (AFP)--Attempts to automate next year's Philippine elections to make voting faster and less corrupt were thrown into disarray after a contractor abruptly pulled out of the project, officials said Tu... http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25747103&cat=0267775d6f1c3971 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:57:35 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=25747103&cat=0267775d6f1c3971