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  • Philippines - Village chief sues Filipino blocktimer for libel

    A village chief in Barili town, Cebu province, sued a radio blocktimer for libel last 14 June 2013, two months after the latter allegedly made a libelous comment.Cebu province in the Visayas island group is some 1,000 kilometers south of Metro Manila.Radio blocktimer Oscar Pasaporte told CMFR last 14 June 2013 that Patupat barangay (village) captain Leonida Gabales filed a libel case against him ...

  • US Navy Secretary visits PHL to discuss Asia-Pacific security issues

    United States Navy Secretary Ray Mabus arrived in the country on Monday for a three-day official visit and meeting with US personnel and Philippine government officials.The visit aims to address bilateral and multilateral security issues amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific due to territorial rows between the Philippines, China, and other neighboring countries."I look forward to ...

  • Fishing talks between Philippines Taiwan may violate one-China policy

    The start of fisheries talks between the Philippines and Taiwan might violate the country's one-China policy and Manila should instead craft any future pact with Taipei as a local government of China, an international law expert said. Harry Roque, chairman of the centre for International Law, however, welcomed the decision of the two sides to avoid the use of force in fishing disputes -- a ...

  • Philippines seen posting above-trend growth in next 3 years

    British bank Standard Chartered sees the Philippine economy moving toward a "balanced" and higher growth trend supported by both domestic consumption and investment, with infrastructure spending becoming a key catalyst. In a research dated June 17 titled: "Philippines--Infrastructure boom to boost growth", Stanchart also projected that the peso would resume its upswing on ...

  • Court orders Filipino freed after 5 years without charges

    The Philippine Court of Appeals has directed Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to investigate the incarceration of a woman for five years without charges, a situation that it says is similar to that of detainees in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. In a decision handed down on June 11, the Court of Appeals' Seventh Division dismissed the drug charges government prosecutors ...

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Tout va bien [DVD]

Tout va bien [DVD]

Tout va bien is a sometimes high-minded, sometimes parodic, but always intriguing look at the class struggle in France in the four years since the pivotal events of May 1968. Its cowriters/codirectors, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin, were founding members of the Dziga Verto ... ...

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  • Fixing Philippines exclusive growth

    Everybody's talking about inclusive growth, but the latest labour and employment data suggest that the breathtaking growth the Philippine economy has been achieving lately--the fastest in all of Asia, in fact--is anything but that. The latest quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) of the National Statistics Office (NSO) reports that there were actually 21,000 fewer jobs overall last April ...

  • Philippines Taiwan on way to mending relations

    The Philippines and Taiwan are on the way to restoring their good relations after Friday's breakthrough fishery meeting aimed at preventing the recurrence of violent confrontations in overlapping waters, Manila's representative to Taipei said Monday. Representatives of the two countries are meeting again in early July to continue negotiating on fishing operations in their overlapping ...

  • PAGASA TD Emong nears Aurora accelerates slightly rain over NCR to ease

    Tropical Depression Emong accelerated slightly as it now hovered near Aurora province early Tuesday. Meanwhile state weather forecasters said there may be less rain over Metro Manila compared to ...

  • Factbox Power projects in the Philippines

    Philippines' biggest conglomerates have unveiled plans to push into power generation over the next five years, with investments seen reaching $9 billion. Concerns are growing that some of these projects will face delays, hampering the country's ability to drive steady long-term growth after expanding its economy at an annual rate of 7.8 percent in the first quarter, the fastest in ...

  • Cardinal Tagle takes possession of titular church in Rome

    Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle received a warm welcome from his new parishioners over the weekend as he formally took possession of his titular church in Rome, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said ...

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