As they join Filipinos in listening to President Benigno Aquino's State of the Nation Address on Monday, Catholic bishops particularly want to hear Aquino tackle his administration's actions on economic growth and graft.The bishops also said they want to learn what Aquino will do to curb corruption stemming from lawmakers' pork barrel funds.President Aquino has so far kept mum on ...
As Congress opens group pushes tougher flag law
With Congress set to open in July 22, an environmental group pushing for amendments to the Flag Law that would outlaw the use of paint with lead and other toxic chemicals in making flags and other national symbols.The EcoWaste Coalition called for such amendments after finding several flag-based souvenir items sold in Quiapo (Manila) and Cubao (Quezon City) contained lead, arsenic, cadmium, ...
PAGASA Rain over Ilocos Mimaropa Vis-Min on SONA eve
Rain is expected over parts of Ilocos and Mimaropa and over Visayas and Mindanao on Sunday, the eve of President Benigno Aquino III's State of the Nation Address, state weather forecasters said. In its 5 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the rain is partly due to the inter-tropical convergence zone across Mindanao. "Visayas and Mindanao and the regions of Ilocos and Mimaropa will experience ...
Former govt peace negotiator pushes resumption of talks with CPP-NDF
A former government peace negotiator over the weekend pushed for the resumption of peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front soonest. Silvestre Bello III, now a 1 Banat and Ahapo partylist congressman, also urged the government to honor 10 earlier agreements between it and the rebel group. "(The two sides) move the talks forward ...
Cecile Guidote-Alvarez breaks silence to accept and defer to SC decision on National Artist honor
Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, whose National Artist recognition was voided as a result of the high court's ruling last Tuesday, issued a statement Friday to state her decision to "accept and defer to the decision of the Supreme Court." The Supreme ...
Cebu Pac passengers say they got P100K each airline mum
A giant crane tries to lift the grounded Cebu Pacific Airbus from the mud off the runway at Davao International Airport on Tuesday. By nightfall, workers had pulled the plane out and towed it out of the runway. FILE PHOTO DAVAO CITY, Philippines--Cebu Pacific Air would neither confirm nor deny it had entered into an out-of-court settlement with a group of passengers that was on board its plane ...
Hitmaker Dionne Warwick back for shows in Davao Smart Araneta
DIONNE Warwick ranks third among all-time best charting female singers. Dionne Warwick, one of the best-selling pop stars of all time who made famous hit songs such as "Walk On By," "Do You Know the Way To San Jose?," "I Say a Little Prayer" and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again," is back in the Philippines for a series of concerts that kicked off ...
Filipinos helped make Malaysia what she is too
Names such as Nobleza, Corpuz, Udarbe, Pascual, Dotimas and of course, Sario, were often heard in the corridors of the Forestry Department headquarters at that time. Skilled Filipinos were also brought in by the British to work as engineers and teachers and for various other ...
PHL FDA bans orders seizure of at least 15 unauthorized cosmetic products
At least 15 cosmetic products, most of them from China, have been added to the list of beauty products banned in the Philippines. The Food and Drug Administration ordered the seizure of the products, which it declared "unsafe and pose imminent danger or injury to consumers." "These products may contain levels of heavy metals like lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic beyond the ...
Pangilinan buying Philippine Star
Manuel V. Pangilinan. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--The group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan said it expects to close within this year a deal that would give it controlling interest in the broadsheet Philippine Star. The group is looking to increase its shares in the broadsheet to 80 percent, said Mike Toledo, head of the MVP group media bureau. "The transaction (is) to be sealed ...
UPDATE 3-Five people sentenced to jail for Costa Concordia disaster
Sat Jul 20, 2013 2:29pm EDT * First convictions in cruise disaster trial * Victims of accident say sentences too light * Lawyers could ask appeals court to overturn plea bargains * Captain Schettino trial still under way By Silvia Ognibene and Naomi O'Leary ROME, July 20 (Reuters) - Four Costa Concordia crew members and a company official were sentenced to jail in Italy on Saturday for their ...
Seven dead in Philippine communist attackSeven people were killed when communist insurgents attacked a rural army outpost in the southern Philippines the military said on Saturday.
MANILA: Seven people were killed when communist insurgents attacked a rural army outpost in the southern Philippines, the military said on Saturday. Six rebels and a pro-government militiaman were killed while another militiaman was wounded during the five-hour gunbattle on Friday, said the military, adding the attack only ended after they deployed helicopter gunships. Around 60 fighters of ...
Filipinos shifting from ?sari-sari? stores to supermarkets
STUART Jamieson, managing director of Nielsen Philippines It may be too early to pronounce the sari-sari store industry dead, but Filipinos' shopping habits are definitely changing along with the times and the surging economy. According to the results of a survey conducted by international market research firm Nielsen, local buying habits-- especially for grocery items-- are also changing ...
NBI alarmed by abundance of illegal drugs in Cebu
CEBU CITY - The Philippines is no longer just a conduit for the transport of illegal drugs but has become its final destination, according to the National Bureau of investigation. And the authorities as well as some members of Cebu City's high society are alarmed by this development. "We are no longer just a transhipment area, but have become a drop off point based on the alarming ...
Filipino filmmaker is head of Locarno film fest jury
LAV DIAZ (right) at work on "Norte." The 66th Locarno International Film Festival has appointed award-winning Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz as the president of the jury of Concorso Internazionale (international competition). Diaz's films will be featured at the fest, which is set in Switzerland from Aug. 7 to 17: "Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan" and "Batang West ...
Aquinos speech at Ignatian Festival no hints about SONA
With just two days to go before he delivers it, President Benigno Aquino didn't give a clue on what his State of the Nation Address on July 22 will be about, even during his speech at an activity at the Ateneo de Manila University ? his alma mater.Aquino delivered a message at the ADMU's Ignatian Festival 2013 but did not even give hints of the SONA, according to a report on ...
Weather disturbance nears Hinatuan rain over Palawan Vis-Min
Rain may fall over parts of Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao in the next 24 hours as a potential cyclone ? a low-pressure area ? hovered near Hinatuan City Saturday afternoon, state weather forecasters said.In its 5 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA said that as of 4 p.m., the LPA was estimated at 280 km east of Hinatuan City, and was embedded along the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone affecting ...
Pangilinan group to acquire Philippine Star
Manny V. Pangilinan. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines - The group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan expects to close within this year a deal to take over a controlling interest in broadsheet Philippine Star, a spokesman said Saturday. The group is looking to acquire 80 percent of the broadsheet, said Mike Toledo, head of the MVP group media bureau. "Transaction (is) to be sealed within ...
Cebu Pacific pays passengers in Davao airport accident
FILE PHOTO DAVAO CITY, Philippines--Did Cebu Pacific enter into an out-of-court settlement with a group of passengers of a plane that missed the runway on landing at Davao's Francisco Bangoy International Airport here last June 2? Members of a group demanding that Cebu Pacific pay them P1 million each in damages said they had received compensation but an official of airline would not ...
2 killed as armed men attack B?laan community in Davao del Sur
DIGOS CITY, Philippines--Unidentified armed men swooped down on a B'laan tribal neighborhood in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, early Saturday morning and shot dead two persons without any provocation, the police said. Senior Superintendent Ronaldo Llanera, Davao del Sur police director, said Santigao Marikit, 19, and Usman Labires were outside their homes in Sitio Banog in Barangay Kimlawis ...
PUP reminds students No class suspension on SONA day
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines on Saturday reminded its students there will be no suspension of classes on Monday, when President Benigno Aquino delivers his State of the Nation Address.In a post on its Twitter account, the PUP indicated regular classes will go on as ...
Sabah cops probe revenge letter claiming to be from Kiram camp
Police in Sabah are investigating a letter claiming to be from the camp of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, and hinting at a revenge attack in August.But this early, police doubt the letter is really from Kiram's camp, according to a report posted Saturday on Malaysia's The Star Online."We have started our own investigations even though they have been no official police ...
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