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  • PHL govt believes tension with Taiwan defusing

    The Philippine government on Wednesday said the tension with Taiwan is already defusing, with Filipino investigators wrapping up their probe on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Taiwanese government "received well" President Benigno Aquino's expression of gratitude for Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's ...

  • PHL extends sympathies to victims of Oklahoma tornado

    Giant tornado destroys Oklahoma town, at least 37 dead. Overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado touched down in the town of Moore, near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Monday. The huge tornado that struck the town on May 20 was given a preliminary rating of at least EF4, or the second highest strength level, with winds of up to 200 miles per hour (321 kph), a US government agency said. At least ...

  • Mar defends police ops in Revilla compound as Bong cries harassment

    Interior Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednesday denied the alleged police harassment on Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla and his family, saying the law enforcers who went to the Revillas' family compound in Cavite province last week observed standard operating procedures (SOP).In an interview on GMA News TV's "News to Go," Roxas said rules in proper police operations were followed ...

  • Senators SALNs out Villar the only billionaire Chiz the poorest

    Sen. Manuel Villar remained the only billionaire member of the Senate last year, with Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero the poorest, based on their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) for 2012.Villar, whose family owns a highly successful real estate business, declared P1,452,615,408 in assets for 2012. He has no listed liabilities. His combined net worth with his wife, ...

  • Taipei journo made-up story on anti-Filipino sentiment

    (56 mins ago) A new reporter in Taiwan has been sacked for fabricating a story about a diner refusing to serve Filipinos amid a diplomatic row over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, his company said today. The journalist, identified only by his family name Cheng, wrote on his Facebook page that he ';witnessed'' a diner owner refusing to sell boxed lunches to two men ...

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Fast Five [Blu-Ray]

Fast Five [Blu-Ray]

At one point in Fast Five, the fifth entry in the unexpectedly long-lived car-crash-and-crime series started a decade ago by The Fast and the Furious (2001), one character describes another character as Old Testament: ... ...

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  • Taiwan reporter sacked over Philippine hoax

    Chen Wen-chi (left), from Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice of the Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs, listens as Chen Ming-tang, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Justice Ministry, speaks while holding a picture showing a bullet found in the fishing vessel after it was attacked by Philippine coastguards, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei ...

  • Philippines Brazil agree on new flights

    MANILA--Daily flights between the Philippines and Brazil, South America's largest country, may start soon following the approval of new air rights between the two countries this week. The on Wednesday announced that the Philippine and Brazilian governments had signed an air agreement. Under the accord signed by the Philippine air panel this week, a total of seven flights a week are now ...

  • Report PHL ready to pay P1.38M to Taiwanese fishermans kin

    The Philippines is ready to pay NT$1 million (P1.38 million) to the family of a Taiwanese fisherman shot dead in an encounter off disputed waters last May 9, the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office said late Tuesday.But MECO head Amadeo Perez Jr. told Taiwan's Central News Agency it is still not clear at this time if the amount will be considered a "donation" or ...

  • Militants picket TECO office in Makati seek early resolution to row

    Militant groups on Wednesday picketed the office of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Makati City to call for an early resolution to the row stemming from the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters last May 9. The militants, who gathered near the RCBC Tower where the MECO office is located, also voiced sympathies to the relatives of the slain fisherman, radio ...

  • Coast Guard finalizes report on USS Guardian grounding

    The Philippine Coast Guard is now finalizing its report on the grounding of the minesweeper USS Guardian at Tubbataha Reef last Jan. 17 and will soon submit it to Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya. Administrative sanctions for those found liable may be included in the final report of the Coast Guard's Marine Casualty Investigation Team, radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported ...

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