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  • Philippines sends fresh troops to disputed shoal

    MANILA (AP) - The Philippine defence secretary says his country sent fresh troops and supplies to a Philippine-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea where Chinese ships recently established a presence. Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said on Wednesday that a small contingent of Filipino marines was sent to replace troops at the Second Thomas Shoal early this week. The Filipino ...

  • National local governments addressing flood problem — officials

    Government officials together with local government units (LGUs) are doing their parts in addressing the country's perennial flood problems, at least two Cabinet secretaries said Wednesday."Tumutulong naman ang mga LGUs, 'yung ating mga mayors ay kausap natin, at iba't ibang ahensya ng LGUs ay nakatutok naman dito sa ating mga baha," said Interior and Local Government ...

  • Govt now on final phase of updating 80-year-old Penal Code

    The government is now in the final part of a two-phase revision of the 80-year-old Revised Penal Code (RPC), enacted during the American occupation in 1932. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said the Criminal Code Committee (CCC), created in April 2011 to carry out the task of updating the country's general criminal code, has started "Phase 2" or drafting "Book 2" of the ...

  • COA Over P90M of P155 fund for rehab centers still unliquidated

    Part of the P155 million funding intended for the construction and maintenance of drug rehabilitation centers in the country has yet to be accounted for, according to the Commission on Audit (COA) in a report.The funds were released by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) to national government agencies (P140.57 million), local government units (P13.99 million), and non-government organizations ...

  • IHT Rendezvous Sending a Signal Philippines to Destroy Ivory Stock

    Workers arrange some of five tons of confiscated ivory at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife center in Quezon city. The tusks will be destroyed Friday to oppose the illegal wildlife trade, Philippines officials ...

Movie Review

Any Given Sunday

In "Any Given Sunday," director Oliver Stone indulges all of his worst impulses in the service of a storyline that is conventional at best, but he still manages to emerge with a mildly engaging film. Overwrought and underdeveloped, "Any Given Sunday" explodes on the screen with all the sound and fury of Stone's "Natural Born Killers" (1994) without any of the substance. Far from the searing indic ... ...

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  • UPDATE 1-Robinsons Retail plans up to $924 mln Philippine IPO

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:54am EDT (Adds details on company and Philippine IPO market) * Plans to sell 461.9 mln shares at 86.64 pesos each * Offering is one of the biggest IPOs in Philippines * Manila index down more than 12 pct since mid-May HONG KONG/MANILA, June 19 (Reuters) - Robinsons Retail Group, which operates supermarkets, hardware and department stores in the Philippines, plans to raise up ...

  • PAGASA No danger of Luzon dams overflowing despite recent heavy rain

    Despite heavy rain in past weeks, the water levels in major dams in Luzon are not in danger of overflowing, state hydrologists said Wednesday.PAGASA noted water levels in some of the dams, including one in Quezon City, even went down slightly compared to Tuesday, radio dzBB's Manny Vargas reported.In ...

  • Philippine woman detained in police prison for more than 5 years without charge

    The Philippine justice secretary Tuesday demanded an investigation after a woman was detained in a police prison for more than five years without charge, in a case likened to the plight of terror suspects languishing in Guantanamo Bay. Joanne Urbina was arrested along with a male suspect after police found 150 grammes of banned stimulants and marijuana at her Manila home on December 14, 2007, ...

  • Emong moves north as PAGASA tracks new potential LPA

    Many MManila areas flooded due to heavy downpour. Motorists navigate their vehicles in gutter-deep flood along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City after a heavy downpour caused by Tropical Depression Emong on Monday afternoon. Hadji Rieta/GMA News Even as Tropical Storm Emong (Leepi) continued to move north, state weather forecasters started tracking before noon Wednesday a cloud formation that could ...

  • Philippines to launch 6-month tourist visa

    Foreign visitors who want to extend their vacation in the Philippines may now do so without the usual hassles. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Tuesday that foreigners who would like to stay longer in the country, could avail of a six-month, long-stay tourist visa from the agency. The program is set to be formally launched next week, according to the BI. In a statement, Immigration ...

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