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  • 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 ...

  • PAGASA Rainy weather over parts of Luzon Mindanao

    Rainy weather may prevail over parts of Northen and Central Luzon and Mindanao Saturday due to the tail-end of a cold front and the inter-tropical convergence zone, state weather forecasters said. PAGASA forecaster Ricky Fabregas also said Metro Manila and the rest of the country can expect isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. "Apektado pa ng tail-end of a cold front ang Northern and ...

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In Woody Allen's "Celebrity," the center of modern cultural decay is filled with the famous and infamous, and they come in all shapes and sizes: actors and actresses, producers, directors, plastic surgeons, weathermen, supermodels, critics, hostages, authors, agents, and even the celebrated dregs of society like hookers, skinheads, and Ku Klux Klan members who are watched daily on talk shows by mi ... ...

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  • DepEd Govt has funds for hiring 61000 new teachers

    This school year, the Department of Education can afford to hire some 61,000 teachers, as well as to pay the allowances of teachers redeployed to areas with a shortage of instructors. In a news release, the DepEd said the Department of Budget and Management made available 61,510 new teacher items for 2013, and allowed funding for teachers to be redeployed. "We welcome the opening of new ...

  • US pushes resolution in Taiwan-Philippines row

    WASHINGTON--The United States reiterated its call Thursday for Taipei and Manila to work out a resolution to their row over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines on May ...

  • Daisy Hontiveros Avellana–Why she will always be the ‘First Lady of Philippine Theater’

    DAISY Hontiveros Avellana, 1917-2013. "I just hope to be remembered as a good human being. And that I tried my best." When I first worked with Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, she was all of 88. By then she had survived five heart attacks, was suffering from crippling arthritis, had seen the loss of a baby, her husband, and even of her house to fire. I was asked by her daughter Ivi ...

  • ‘The only thing wrong with the Filipino audience is that there isn’t enough of it’

    "[English teacher and drama coach] Jean Edades gave me the best lesson in humility. At that time, I was already the star of all the plays in UP. And then, when we were putting up these three one-act plays, she said I was going to play the role of a maid! I was hurt, of course, and humiliated. I told Mrs. Edades I had a headache and went home. I told my parents about it, expecting them to ...

  • Filipino workers suffer harassment in Taiwan

    ISLAND ON FIRE Taiwanese Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks during a press conference in Taipei on Wednesday where he announced Taiwan would recall its representative and discourage travel to the Philippines. AP DAGUPAN CITY--The Philippines' de facto ambassador to Taiwan has advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island ...

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