03 September 2010
Philippine President Benigno Aquino said today he takes full responsibility for the outcome of the bus siege that killed eight members of a Hong Kong tour group. “At the end of the day, I’m responsible for everything that has transpired,” Aquino told reporters in Manila. “What happened last week was a wake-up call for our [...]
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31 August 2010
The Philippine Information Agency’s (PIA) website was hacked last Sunday, August 29, 2010 by a hacker whose identity is yet unconfirmed. The Agency’s website was defaced and was replaced by an image of a black screen with a Chinese Flag with the words “Hacked by 7Z21″ and “Black Matrix team | 0x.oday@Gmail.com” Sunday afternoon and [...]
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24 August 2010
STATEMENT of His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines On the hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand [August 23, 2010] With the rest of the Filipino people, I wish to offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims whose lives were lost in the hostage situation at the Quirino Grandstand. [...]
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23 August 2010
Reports from Philippines capital say armed former police officer dead following day-long standoff
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13 August 2010
Klassical Music Foundation, in partnership with Bosendorfer, ROS Music Center, Vibal Publishing, and Philippine Artistic Ventures Organization, presents Viva Bel Canto, a bel canto style performance of different arias by tenor Arthur Espiritu with soprano Rachelle Gerodias accompanied by pianist Najib Ismail. The performance opens on Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. at the Philam Life [...]
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13 August 2010
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim led on Thursday the rites to light up one of the most crime-prone areas in the city. Lim had more street lights installed along the stretch of Jose Abad Santos Avenue from CM Recto Avenue to Hermosa Street in Tondo. The lighting of the major thoroughfare, he said in a statement, [...]
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09 August 2010
TACLOBAN CITY – As reported by the Department of Health (DOH) Tacloban the number of dengue in the city soars up high based on the new information and data they gathered all over the city public and private hospitals. According to the City Health Officer Doctor Jaime Opinion the cases all over the the Region [...]
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10 July 2010
The Aquino Administration is considering the idea of slashing the pork barrel funds allotted for every congressman and senator. This proposal was raised as a solution to the financial woes of the government. The Aquino Administration says that the previous administration made the government penniless and with huge amount of debt. The pork barrel is [...]
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28 June 2010
The policeman in Binondo, Manila, was off duty. And still he acts like a policeman, a really good one. See the video below… [iframe http://www.gmanews.tv/evideo/62358/off-duty-cop-foils-robbery-involving-p500000-in-binondo 480 400] Despite being outnumbered, Police officer 2 Jomel Caronan, of Parañaque City-Police Community Precinct 7, was able to wound Nolito Garaes and arrested Larion Milan, 29. The MPD identified [...]
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17 June 2010
Malacanang has declared June 30, Wednesday, as a special non-working holiday, a radio report said today. The day will be the inauguration of Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III as the new President of the Republic of the Philippines. Under the Constitution, outgoing President Arroyo and other elected officials in government will relinquish their respective offices [...]
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26 May 2010
UAE Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Mahmoud Mohamed Al Mahmoud and Ambassador Zenaida Tacorda-Rabago of Republic of the Philippines to Bangladesh have discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of boosting them in various fields, especially economic, trade and tourism fields. During the meeting, the Philippine Ambassador hailed the privileged treatment accorded to nationals [...]
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25 May 2010
Rain showers on Tuesday morning provided much-needed relief to parts of Metro Manila after several days of 37-degree temperatures. In eastern Metro Manila, radio dzBB’s Sam Nielsen reported that some residents in San Juan City were surprised over the sudden rainfall past 8 a.m. Light rains also fell on parts of Quezon City, according to [...]
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25 May 2010
Police claimed to have busted a budding drug laboratory operation following the arrest of two foreigners and the raid of the laboratory in Manila Monday night. Radio dzBB reported Tuesday that Manila Police District Station 11 head Superintendent Rogelio Rosales said the laboratory, which he described as “small-scale,” had started operating only two weeks ago. [...]
25 May 2010
Manila Electric Co. named corporate whiz Manuel V. Pangilinan as its new president and chief executive officer on Tuesday. Representing First Pacific Co. Ltd. of Hong Kong, which now owns at least 41.3 percent of Meralco, Pangilinan told reporters the group would be “always open,” when asked if the group would buy more shares in [...]
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24 May 2010
Fourteen passengers of a Manila-bound passenger bus cheated death after their drunken driver crashed the giant six-wheeler into the mountain slope in Barangay Poypoy, here, late Sunday afternoon, police said Monday. Chief Superintendent Villamor Bumanglag, Police Regional Office (PRO) director for Cordillera, ordered the full force of the law applied on bus driver Mahemias Dela [...]
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10 May 2010
Election violence erupted in the province of Isabela a day before the May 10 polls as Liberal Party (LP) supporters and volunteer poll watchers were threatened at gunpoint and mauled in two separate incidents. In Tumauini, five volunteers were about to distribute poll watcher IDs when Mayor Arnold Bautista and his police body guards blocked [...]
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10 May 2010
In a bid to solve the long queues and delays in the voting, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) extended the voting period by 1 hour. Comelec chair Jose Melo said the voting period will end at 7 p.m., instead of 6 p.m. as originally scheduled. The Liberal Party (LP), through its counsel Sixto Brillantes, actually [...]
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09 May 2010
Saturday marks the last day of campaigning for Philippines’ general elections, which will be a huge test for the country’s first ever automated polling system. Preparations for the use of the 82,000 scanning machines, which are expected to speed up the count of some 50 million voters and help avoid human error or rigging, have [...]
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07 May 2010
The Supreme Court finally intervened in the brewing electoral crisis, when it ordered the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday to disclose all its preparations for the first-ever nationwide automated elections scheduled on Monday, May 10. “The Court may, and given the alarming developments of late in the run-up to the May 10 2010 elections, [...]
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