Manila Informer

  Acclaimed indie filmmaker-rock musician-writer Lav Diaz discusses his latest output, “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan,” which is in competition at the Un Certain Regard category in the ongoing (May 15 to May 26) Cannes Film Festival. Video edited by Cathy Miranda/INQUIRER.net     MANILA, Philippines—Humanity is still barbaric and aim of cinema is to help [...]

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The controversial Manila Bay reclamation project will be the first challenge for former President Joseph Estrada when he starts his term as mayor of Manila in June, a party-list group said Wednesday. Full News here – GMA News Online / News / Metro Manila Get up to 75% discount in Manila hotels!

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SYDNEY — Australian children are accessing social media websites at an increasingly younger age, a new survey suggests, with one in five “tweens” admitting they have chatted to someone online they do not know.   The report “Tweens, Teens and Technology” by online security company McAfee found that children in the tweens age category of [...]

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SEC issues Market-friendly rules on foreign ownership in firms STYLE WEEKEND · FEATURED STORIES · PANORAMA · FEATURED STORIES. |. AGRI-TALK. |. MEDIUM RARE. |. OUR TIMES · FUNPAGE · FEATURE STORIES. |. COMICS. |. GAMES · DIGITAL. Copyright 2013 © Manila Bulletin All Rights Reserved. Full News here – Read more on Manila Bulletin [...]

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MANILA—A 30-year-old restaurant manager notified a co-worker over the phone of a plan to kill himself and ended their conversation by hanging himself late Tuesday afternoon in Quezon City, police said.   Armando Cequeña, manager of a restaurant at a Manila mall and a resident of 3 Maravilles Street in Barangay Teresita was later found [...]

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MANILA, Philippines—Arellano head coach Koy Banal knew the Chiefs would make a statement if they beat perennial NCAA champion San Beda. The Chiefs won but Banal was hardly satisfied after a 67-66 win Wednesday in the FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup at the Arena in San Juan. “Ang motivation namin going into the game was for [...]

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A passenger gave birth aboard a northbound Light Rail Transit 1 coach in Manila early Wednesday morning, the LRT Authority said. Full News here – GMA News Online / News / Metro Manila Get up to 75% discount in Manila hotels!

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TAIPEI—A reporter in Taiwan has been sacked for fabricating a story about a diner refusing to serve Filipinos amid a diplomatic row over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, his company said Wednesday.   The reporter, identified only by his family name Cheng, wrote on his Facebook page that he “witnessed” a diner owner [...]

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IBM to set up Naga City facility IBM yesterday said it will put up a facility in Naga City this year as part of the expansion of its Philippines operations. The new facility will house IBM's business process outsourcing unit, Global Process Services (GPS), and will help expand the … Full News here – Read [...]

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MANILA, Philippines — Mild and moderate earthquakes hit parts of the Philippines Wednesday but no damages were reported, state volcanologists said. At 3:02 a.m., a 3.6 magnitude quake hit 29 kilometers northeast of Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. It had a depth of 82 kilometers and was tectonic in [...]

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The Manila Police District may finally get some relief soon from the water service cutoff at its headquarters due to its failure to settle P8 million in bills. The Metro Manila police office has released an initial P2 million to help settle the water bills, which had amounted to P8 million, radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported [...]

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MANILA, Philippines — A woman gave birth inside one of the trains of the Light Rail Transit Authority Wednesday morning, its spokesman said. In a Twitter post, LRTA spokesman Hernando Cabrera said the passenger gave birth to a baby boy while she was onboard a Doroteo-bound train from Carriedo station around 6:25 a.m. No other [...]

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At least 80 families lost their homes in a fire that hit a residential area in Manila's Tondo district shortly before midnight Tuesday. Full News here – GMA News Online / News / Metro Manila Get up to 75% discount in Manila hotels!

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WASHINGTON—Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.   Teens told researchers [...]

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No limbs, no problem: Nick Vujicic inspires Manila Nick, who arrived in Manila last Friday as part of his Asia tour, is now a certified accountant and the CEO of Life Without Limbs—a non-government agency that motivates and inspires people from all over the world— proving that he did not let his … Full News [...]

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