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  • 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 ...

  • Aquino appoints 13 new judges in 9 provinces

    President Benigno Aquino III has appointed 13 new judges to various courts in nine provinces in Luzon.A transmittal letter sent by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said the new judges were appointed in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and the Bicol Region.["B]y virtue hereof, you may qualify and enter upon the ...

  • DFA chief Del Rosario Asia tension could lead to conflict

    TOKYO - A Philippine official has warned that territorial rows in Asia are "causing considerable tension that could lead to conflict" as several countries face off with China over island claims. Speaking at a business conference here on Thursday, Foreign Affairs chief Albert del Rosario said China's "nine-dash line claim encompassing almost the entire South China Sea" is ...

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Two-Lane Blacktop [DVD]

Two-Lane Blacktop [DVD]

There were a lot of similar films that followed immediately in the wake of the unexpected counterculture hit Easy Rider (1969), but none were quite like Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop. It explores many of the same themes that had exploded the American movie ind ... ...

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  • Comelec proclaims top 14 winning party-list groups Friday

    The Comelec has announced the proclamation, with one guaranteed seat, of 14 party-list groups for having garnered so far two percent of total votes cast.Commissioner Elias Yusoph made the announcement Friday morning.The 14 groups ...

  • PHL tourism not affected amid row with Taiwan

    Despite the cancellation of some chartered flights from Taiwan bound for the Philippines, Philippine tourism is not affected, the Philippine Tours Association (PHILTOA) said. In an interview with 24-Oras' Marisol Abdurahman Thursday, PHILTOA officer Cesar Cruz said that the Philippines' proximity to Taiwan and the affordability of vacation packages are the main reasons tourism is not ...

  • Philippine poll body dismisses election fraud claims

    Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Thursday rebutted the so-called "60-30-10" theory, saying he was willing to have all the ballot boxes in the country opened to show that there was no fraud. Brillantes said he was confident that the review by political parties and citizen watchdogs of the source code of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) ...

  • Confidence at record high in Philippines

    Business confidence in the Philippines hit an all-time high in the second quarter, as the assignment of an investment grade to the Philippines prompted expectations that economic growth would remain robust and would continue to boost corporate earnings. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP or centra bank) on Thursday reported that the business confidence index for the second quarter hit +54.9 ...

  • New team of Taiwanese investigators expected in PHL to probe fishermans death

    While a team from the National Bureau of Investigation awaits the go-signal to fly to Taiwan to look into the encounter that killed a Taiwanese fisherman last May 9, a new team of Taiwanese investigators is set to arrive in the Philippines anytime for its own probe. The arrival of the Taiwanese team is part of the parallel investigation into the encounter that occurred in disputed waters, radio ...

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