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  • MECO to work with Taiwanese officials to stop harassment of Pinoys — Palace

    Malacañang on Saturday said Philippine officials in Taiwan are documenting incidents of harassment of Filipinos and will report them to the appropriate Taiwanese officials. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Manila Economic and Cultural Office organized a team that will document the incidents and report them to Taiwan’s foreign ministry. "The MECO has ...

  • Comelec takes one-day break

    After several long nights of canvassing votes, the Commission on Elections finally went on a temporary break and recess that would last all of one day - Sunday. But the promise of a well-deserved rest appeared perfectly acceptable to Comelec personnel, who applauded when Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. announced the break. "We shall go on temporary break and recess. We shall resume ...

  • Taipei has explained Philippine row to US King

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's representative in the United States has maintained that he has clearly explained Taipei's position to Washington in the wake of the ongoing row with Manila over the deadly shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast ...

  • How overseas Filipinos voted

    The results of overseas voters have yet to be officially tallied. However, here are unofficial results from different parts of the ...

  • PH urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers

    Vice President Jejomar Binay. RYAN LEAGOGO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines--Malacaang has formed a team from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) in Taipei to ensure protection for Filipino workers in Taiwan after reports of harassment and attacks by Taiwanese angry over the fatal shooting of one of their fishermen by Philippine coast guards last week. Vice President Jejomar Binay, ...

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Derailed

Derailed

Part Hitchcockian exercise in ruthless wrong man at the wrong time tension and part pseudo-film noir, Derailed tells the story of a beleaguered suburban father/husband who makes one fatally bad decision and then spends the rest of the movie suffering for it. Because his bad decis ... ...

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  • Save more Filipinos urged

    ORMAN. Photo by DORIS DUMLAO Suze Orman, a two-time Emmy Award-winning television host, bestselling author and one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women, according to Forbes Magazine, lives by simple rules: Live below your means but within your needs, and get as much joy out of saving as you do spending. Follow these rules, says the former waitress who eventually made it big as a ...

  • N. Luzon fiesta maker to market former US military property

    SAN FERNANDO CITY--In the past, a provincial fiesta was held based on the need to honor a Catholic saint's feast day. But then came the Baguio Flower Festival, or Panagbenga in 1995, which changed the rules by becoming the first secular fiesta, after Bacolod's popular Masskara, during the month of February. Occurring simultaneously in February is the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, which has ...

  • Philippines beat UAE in relegation battle

    MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines beat the United Emirates 24-8 in the Asia Five Nations on Saturday as the hosts' maiden win ensured their survival in their first season in the region's top flight.Graeme Hagan, the hosts' hooker, scored a try early in the second half to douse a rally by the UAE, who had come back from 12-nil with a penalty conversion followed by a try off a rolling ...

  • Asian Five Nations UAE cannot fight off Philippines or relegation

    Pen: Russell A power cut five minutes before full time at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila may have briefly delayed the inevitable for the beleaguered national team. However, the lights eventually went out on the UAE's three year stay in the Asian Five Nations after they succumbed to the Philippines. The defeat meant the national team finished the campaign without a point, and have ...

  • Int’l migrant group appeals for protection of Filipino workers in Taiwan

    Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks while holding a picture showing the number of gun holes in a fishing vessel after it was assaulted by the Philippine coastguard, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei on May 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Mandy Cheng MANILA--"Filipino migrants are innocent; they should be protected," the Hong Kong-based International Migrants Alliance ...

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