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  • Filipino ultramarathon man Cesar Guarin is running the world

    Cesar Guarin, seen here in Abu Dhabi recently, plans to be the first Filipino global runner, covering 42,000km across 47 countries. Fatima Al Marzooqi / The ...

  • Filipino Muslim rebels take tentative steps towards governance

    MILF-backed candidates release doves on the campaign trail to symbolize peace MANILA, 21 May 2013 (IRIN) - The oppressive summer heat bore down on this impoverished southern Philippine town on Mindanao Island as thousands gathered to hear a "proxy candidate" of the country's largest Muslim rebel force address the crowd on the eve of recently concluded mid-term elections. In the ...

  • CHED allows more than 300 colleges universities to hike tuition

    More than 300 private colleges and universities nationwide will increase their tuition this coming school year by about 8 percent, a report on GMA News' "24 Oras" said Tuesday.According to the report, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the application of 343 private colleges and universities for tuition increases."Out of 451 application, 343 institutions ...

  • Philippines protests Chinese warship’s presence

    Members of the Philippine Navy SEALS display their gear during a ceremony celebrating the 115th anniversary of the Philippine navy at Fort San Felipe, Cavite city southwest of Manila, Philippines Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The Philippine government is planning to spend $1.8 billion dollars to modernize the Philippine navy with acquisition of additional ships and anti-submarine helicopters. AP ...

  • Brillantes wont budge following groups call for his resignation

    If he were to resign as Chairman of the Commission on Elections, it would not be because a group called for him to do so, Sixto Brillantes Jr. said ...

Movie Review

Batman and Robin

How does the old adage go? Two's company, three's a crowd, and four is really pushing it? Such is the case with "Batman and Robin," proof positive that only a select few movie series can survive past a third installment without going stale. Director Joel Schumacher (who reinvented the series in 1995 with "Batman Forever") pours on the same tricks thicker and heavier than ever, but all to no avail. ... ...

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  • Brillantes Some CF cards seem to have been tampered with

    Some compact flash (CF) cards used in the recently concluded elections had been deliberately destroyed and tampered with presumably to delay transmission of results, poll chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. admitted Tuesday."Kung ako ayaw ko lumabas 'yung results ng isang PCOS [machine], sisirain ko 'yung CF card para walang mai-transmit," Brillantes said.The CF cards store the ...

  • Catholic Church takes on reproductive rights in Philippines risks further alienation

    And for the 1.2 billion adherents to the faith worldwide, it is a decisive moment. The faithful are looking to a new pope to bring a time of healing - and better governance - to a church tarnished by scandal and deeply ...

  • No Filipino injuries deaths reported in Oklahoma tornado

    A truck lays damaged in a field near the Moore Medical Center, background, after a tornado moves through Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. AP MANILA, Philippines — No Filipino was reported hurt so far in the deadly tornado that ripped through the US Midwest, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday. "The Philippine Consulate General in Chicago reported that so ...

  • Philippines boosts military by $A1.8bn

    PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino has announced a $A1.84 billion military upgrade to help defend his country's maritime territory against "bullies", amid an ever-worsening dispute with China. The announcement came on the same day that the Philippines filed a protest with China over the "illegal and provocative" presence of a Chinese warship and two other vessels at a ...

  • Philippine Navy awaits delivery of 5 helicopters

    CAVITE CITY, Philippines– The Philippine Navy is looking forward to the delivery of five Navy helicopters, three of which are due to arrive in December. ';We arealso [waiting for] the acquisition of naval helicopters. The initial batch will be arriving by December of this year,'; Flag-Officer-in-Command Vice Admiral Jose Louis Alano told reporters in an ambush interview at the ...

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