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  • Philippines rejects Taiwan murder claims

    MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat.The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters.Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, said most ...

  • Palace exec Taiwanese investigators not snubbed by PHL govt

    NBI to check weapons used in strafing of Taiwanese fishing boat. The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday presents the guns used by Coast Guard personnel in strafing a Taiwanese fishing vessel which resulted in the death of a fisherman off Batanes last week. The guns will be subjected to ballistic tests. Danny Pata Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte on Saturday said the ...

  • PHL rejects Taiwans claim that coast guards murdered Taiwanese fisherman

    NBI to check weapons used in strafing of Taiwanese fishing boat. The National Bureau of Investigation on Friday presents the guns used by Coast Guard personnel in strafing a Taiwanese fishing vessel which resulted in the death of a fisherman off Batanes last week. The guns will be subjected to ballistic tests. Danny Pata The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its ...

  • Palace Airports BI on alert for disguised Mancao

    Malacañang on Saturday said it expects immigration personnel to be on alert for possible attempts by former police Superintendent Cezar Mancao II to leave the country under a disguise, now that Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has bared such a supposed plot.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte also said de Lima’s disclosure of such a supposed plan shows the government has ...

  • Foreign ships harass Philippine mayor of disputed isle

    The mayor of Kalayaan town in Palawan was harassed by two unidentified vessels while travelling with around 200 others by sea toward midnight on Thursday. Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Kalayaan, which governs Pag-asa and four other islets in the Spratlys claimed by the Philippines, said they left Pag-asa Island on Wednesday, two days after casting their votes. He said they were on their way to ...

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The Love Letter

"The Love Letter" starts out as a light, romantic farce, and ends up a dissatisfying exploration of the emptiness and lost opportunities suffered by all the major characters. The movie doesn't work precisely because it doesn't know what it wants to be. Part of the time, it's a sexy-silly game of romantic mix-up, with various characters incorrectly assuming that the titular letter is intended ... ...

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  • Philippines man killed by store security for alleged theft of sandals

    On April 12, 23-year-old Mario Ducayag was killed by store security guards in the Philippines city of Cebu, after being accused of stealing a pair of sandals that cost less than a thousand pesos ($US25). A secondary school graduate, Ducayag was unemployed and had two children, one of them three years old, to support. Like millions of Filipinos confronting the bleak choice of long-term ...

  • MILF commander to file protest vs. AFP MNLF for attack in North Cotabato

    A commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Saturday accused the Moro National Liberation Front and the military of attacking its forces and burning its members' houses in Cotabato last Thursday.In ...

  • Public uproar prompts NBI to speed up Taiwan incident probe

    NBI to check weapons used in strafing of Taiwanese fishing boat. NBI Director Nonnatus Rojas on Friday, May 17 presents the firearms of the Coast Guard personnel who were involved in the strafing of a Taiwanese fishing boat that killed one fishermen in Batanes last week. The firearms will undergo ballistic checks. John Consulta The head of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) team probing ...

  • With elections over PNP lowers alert levels in most parts of country

    With the Election Day "fever" dying down, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday morning lowered its alert level in most parts of the country to "normal." PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said the downgrading took effect at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, radio dzBB reported. However, Cerbo said the PNP units in Mindanao, from Regions 9 to 13, will ...

  • Filipinos in Taiwan keep low profile

    /enpproperty--> The Philippines' special envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high over the shooting death of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Amadeo Perez, chairman of Taiwan's Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said after returning to Manila from Taipei late on ...

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