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  • Philippines Jan-Apr balance of payments posts USD1.8b surplus CB

    (MENAFN) The Philippines central bank said that during the January-April period, the country's balance of payments (BOP) recorded a surplus of USD1.8 billion, reported Xinhua News.Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that the figure exceeds half of the USD3-billion forecast for the current year.In April alone, the BOP surplus reached USD274 million, up from a deficit of USD74 million ...

  • PNoy questions MECO execs supposed joint-probe offer to Taiwan

    President Benigno Aquino III on Monday questioned the supposed offer made by the Philippines' de facto envoy to Taiwan to his counterparts in Taipei for a joint probe into the death of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this ...

  • PCSO 2 bettors share P46.457M Megalotto jackpot

    Two bettors are P23.2 million richer after winning the jackpot of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office's Megalotto 6/45 draw Monday ...

  • Tension with Taiwan could be over before end of May - MECO chief

    Citing a decline in instances of harassment against Filipinos in Taiwan, the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office on Monday said the tension between the Philippines and Taiwan over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman last May 9 could be over before the end of ...

  • Philippine strategies make it overconfident in confronting China

    Tensions over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard are still going on. Looking through the history of the Philippines confronting China on maritime disputes, we find that the Phillipines has always held an unscrupulous and reckless attitude. For example, the naval face-off at Huangyan Island last year was triggered by Philippine navy which had attempted to ...

Movie Review

National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Upon finding out that he and his other fraternity brothers have been permanently kicked off campus, John Belushi's Bluto utters, in all sincerity, the single best line in all of National Lampoon's Animal House (1978): "Christ, seven years of college down the drain!" The line is funny for a number of reasons, including the fact that it illustrates so perfectly how, for Bluto, college is not ... ...

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  • Saudi Saudi Arabia signs accord to protect Philippine maids

    maids from being exploited in the Middle Eastern kingdom. The agreement guarantees Filipina maids benefits like a day off each week while preventing their hiring costs from being deducted from their salary among other safeguards, said labour secretary Rosalinda Baldoz in a statement. "We are very confident that cases of abuse will be less after this agreement takes effect because the ...

  • Disqualified party-list groups want votes counted as valid

    Several disqualified party-list groups have asked the Supreme Court to order the Commission on Election (Comelec) to recognize the votes they got in the May 13 mid-term ...

  • Mike Velardes party-list leads in partial official count

    Buhay Hayaang Yumabon (Buhay) party-list topped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) first tally of partial and official count, while Mikey Arroyo's former group Ang Galing Pinoy (AGP) got the least votes. Buhay, which was founded by El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde, describes itself on its website as an "organization that acknowledges the sanctity and value of human life as the ...

  • Trillanes 16 to 19 senators in 16th Congress for Drilon Senate Presidency

    Senator-elect Antonio Trillanes IV, a known rival of current Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, said he expects around 16 to 19 senators, both incoming and current, to vote for a Franklin Drilon Senate presidency when the 16th Congress opens in ...

  • Binay urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers

    Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Jejomar Binay has called on Taiwan to assure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there amid reports of attacks against Philippine nationals, an apparent backlash following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this month. In a letter to Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Manila, Binay ...

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