Torture Victim Filipino-American Activist Melissa Roxas Calls CHR Decision An Injustice, A Cover-up
April 27, 2011
"There is a lack of due process for the CHR to come up with this conclusion. By doing this, the CHR Resolution makes it obvious that it wants to distract...
Shock as British University loses Tier 4 sponsorship status: 150 Filipino students investigated
April 25, 2011
In a shock move from the Home Ofiice's Borders Agency (UKBA), a?Scottish university has been suspended from sponsoring foreign students after concerns were raised that the student visa system is...
Mechado is a beef dish from the Philippines. The addition of soy sauce and calamansi juice to the marinating liquid gives this recipe its distinct Filipino character.
Kaldereta is a popular dish in the Philippines, especially on Luzon island. The common ingredients?are goat shoulders with tomato paste and liver spread; however with beef, chicken or pork as...
Pancit or pansit is the term for noodles in Filipino cuisine. Noodles were introduced into the Philippines by the Chinese and have since been adopted into local cuisine.
Logging Ban must include forest communities in decision making for effective implementation say Greenpeace
January 19, 2011
Quezon City, 19 January 2011.?Greenpeace today commended President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's initiative to introduce a nationwide log ban and called upon him to be resolute and demonstrate...
The death toll in the collision of a truck and a jeepney in Piat, Cagayan, rose to 14 after two injured victims died while being treated in hospitals in the...
At least five presidential aspirants on Monday vowed to go after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in connection with the ?Hello Garci" if they get elected into office.
CLARK IMMIGRATION OFFICERS SUSPENDED OVER INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING/PROSTITUTION
February 14, 2010
The government has scored victory in its campaign against human trafficking syndicates which are victimizing Filipino women for supposed greener pastures abroad but ending up in prostitution.
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is hoping that the delivery of eight brand new combat utility helicopters will begin this year after a purchase contract was sent to a European...
EU FUNDED PROGRAM TO STOP EXTRA JUDICIAL MURDERS IN RP BEGINS
February 12, 2010
The Philippines launched a European-funded program to reduce the country's large number of extralegal killings and disappearances of activists, journalists and union workers.
MOTELS COMING UNDER SCRUTINY OVER NON-PAYMENT OF VAT
February 12, 2010
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) expects to collect as much as P500 million from motels as part of its new campaign to ensure correct tax collections from such establishments....
LACSON STAYS IN HIDING BUT ASKS COURT TO DISMISS MURDER CHARGES
February 12, 2010
Senator Panfilo ?Ping? Lacson Thursday asked the Manila Regional Trial Court to recall the warrant of arrest it issued against him and to dismiss the Information for two counts of...
ANGELES CITY ? A retired member of the United States Navy was shot dead in front of his residence in Barangay Pulung Maragul on Wednesday.
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In his report, Chief...
Electricity users in Luzon now face prospects of hours-long rotating power interruptions a day starting early next week due to critically low supply, power industry officials said in separate interviews...
PFIZER's PATENT ROW OVER ANTI-CHOLESTEROL DRUG DEALT A BLOW IN THE COURTS
February 12, 2010
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. has suffered a setback in its bid to stop generic drug maker United Laboratories, Inc. (Unilab) from selling an anti-cholesterol drug while the main patent infringement...
Lucena police operatives arrested a suspected illegal recruiter accused of duping?desperate job seekers?from different Quezon towns, police said Thursday.
Supt. Pascual Mu?oz, Lucena police chief, identified the suspect...
Lucena police operatives arrested a suspected illegal recruiter accused of duping?desperate job seekers?from different Quezon towns, police said Thursday.
Supt. Pascual Mu?oz, Lucena police chief, identified the suspect...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled Thursday that Lilia Pineda won over incumbent Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio after a recount of the votes in the 2007 local elections.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Tuesday said it has intensified its inheritance tax collection due to losses from non-payment of revenues from the heirs and beneficiaries of dead...
A Filipino-Chinese businessman was sued for estafa after he failed to cater the food for a newly-wed couple at the compound of the Davao Prisons and Penal Farm (formerly Davao...
MANILA & THE NORTH: TRAVEL REVIEW FROM THE LONDON TIMES
February 11, 2010
I?m Going Back to the Philippines was a hit song for Menudo in the 1980s and this poor but beautiful country of more than 7,000 islands is a great place...
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., (PSPC) called the decision of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to confiscate the incoming shipment of their raw materials an ?oppressive act.?
MURDERS, PROMISES TO CUT CORRUPTION & PHOTO CALLS - IT'S ELECTION TIME AGAIN
February 9, 2010
Campaign posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies Tuesday as the Philippines' richest politician and the son of its democracy icon began a tight race to succeed scandal-tainted...
An investigation by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism shows some interesting facts and figures surrounding presidential hopefuls, and money?
A BILLIONAIRE and four other millionaires lead the pack of...
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AL JAZEERA's INVESTIGATION INTO THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE HITS HARD
February 7, 2010
The Qatar based television station Al Jazeera has conducted an investigation into the fallout from the Maguindanao/Ampatuan killings which left 57 murdered, 30 of them Filipino reporters.
OFW PESO REALLY PROPPED UP RP's ECONOMY IN THE PAST YEAR - OFFICIAL STATISTICS
December 31, 2009
RP dodges recession amid global crisis
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While other Asian economies contracted, the Philippines escaped recession, thanks to the overseas Filipino workers remittances (OFWs) and to the government's policy to...
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