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  • Philippine Govt Displeased With Recent Novel by Dan Brown

    Manila, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The Philippine government is extremely displeased with the latest novel by the author of the "Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown, which portrays this city as hell''s antechamber. The novel called "Hell" describes Manila as a place of suffocating traffic and pollution, massive poverty and child prostitution. The head of Manila's Municipal ...

  • Mixed messages on home deliveries in Philippines

    More than half of all births take place at home MANILA, 24 May 2013 (IRIN) - Varied implementation of a Department of Health (DOH) policy advocating health facility-based delivery under the care of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has health officials and advocates worried that the policy may be doing more harm than good. The DOH policy known as ...

  • Winning bets with poll offenses not yet off the hook — Brillantes

    Winning candidates in the May 13 elections with pending election offenses cannot rest easy yet, as their proclamation will have no effect on the progress of their case, poll chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Friday."Lahat ng illegal postering, tuloy-tuloy lang ang aming election offense sa law department. It should not affect the proclamation," Brillantes said.He cited the case of the ...

  • Comelec disqualifies with finality five party-list groups

    The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has canceled the registration of five party-list groups with pending cases to the Supreme Court, effectively removing their votes from the party-list derby.According to a Comelec resolution promulgated May 24, 2013, the poll body resolved that the cancellation of the registration of the following five groups as "final and ...

  • SC asked to stop Comelec from removing PCOS machines from polling precincts

    Defeated senatorial candidate Richard Gordon has asked the Supreme Court to stop the Commission on Elections from removing the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines used in the May 13 polls. A statement issued Thursday by Gordon's camp said the former senator filed a 14-page urgeny mandamus motion on Wednesday asking the high court to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the ...

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The Godfather Part II [DVD]

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  • Palace to Pinoys Dont be swayed by gates of hell reference

    A Malacañang official on Friday urged "ordinary readers" to believe testimonials on Manila’s beauty rather than be swayed by a fictional character's unpleasant observations about the place.??"We trust that ordinary readers will give more weight to the testimonials of real people who have enjoyed their stay here in our beautiful country over the experiences of a ...

  • PNoy Presidents work in poor country of 100M people not easy

    While he said he was not complaining, President Benigno Aquino on Friday admitted leading a poor country of nearly 100 million people – 10 million of whom are scaterred in over 200 countries – is not an easy job."You might think that I’m complainingbut I just want to impart to youthere are difficult burdens in this particular job especially when you want to lead ...

  • DepEd reminds schools on no-collection policy sets hotlines

    With school set to start in a little over a week, the Department of Education on Friday reminded school officials to observe the policy prohibiting the collection of fees during enrolment. DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro cited DepEd Order 41 issued in 2012, stating that no fee shall be collected from pupils in kindergarten up to Grade 4 anytime during School Year 2013-2014. There will also be no ...

  • PHL in transition to rainy season due early June

    The rainy season is not due until early June, but the transition from summer has begun, state weather forecasters said Friday. In a radio interview, PAGASA forecaster Alvin Pura said the transition period is causing very humid weather at times of the day. "Nasa transition tayo papunta tag-ulan. Meron tayong nararanasang easterlies kaya maalinsangan ang maasahan," he said in an ...

  • MILF to form political party for 2016 polls

    The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is set to form its political party this year and will likely participate in the 2016 elections, a television report said. A report by Ruth Cabal on GMA News TV's State of the Nation on Thursday, MILF chief of information Mohagher Iqbal said the creation of a political party would be necessary in anticipation of the Bangsamoro Region. The Bangsamoro ...

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