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  • Villars Nacionalista Party to remain with admin bloc — Drilon

    Sen. Manny Villar's Nacionalista Party (NP) will remain with the administration coalition when the 16th Congress opens in July, Sen. Franklin Drilon said Thursday, quoting Villar himself."Today I met with Senator Manny Villar, president of the Nacionalista Party, and he said the NP will stay in the coalition, contrary to all these speculations," Drilon told reporters during the ...

  • Grounded ship is PHLs last line of defense in disputed waters

    A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines' last line of defense against China's efforts to control most of the South China Sea, also called West Philippine Sea. The soldiers are stationed on Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands aboard a former US tank-landing vessel that was deliberately abandoned there to ...

  • Experts raise doubts on Philippine poll results

    Information technology (IT) experts have observed a strange "pattern" of votes obtained by administration, opposition and independent senatorial candidates in the Philippines' May 13 elections. The IT experts have been linking with election watchdogs throughout the country to validate the so-called "60-30-10" pattern in which senatorial candidates from Team PNoy ...

  • Philippines to send probe team to Taiwan

    Taipei has approved Manila's request to send investigators to Taiwan to examine evidence and interview witnesses to the May 9 fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards. But Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday declined to tell reporters when a team from the National Bureau of Investigation would leave for Taiwan. "It will be very soon but we don't ...

  • Group finds lead toxic chemicals in rice sacks

    An ecological group urged the Department of Agriculture this week to make sure sacks used to package rice are free from lead and other toxic chemicals, after finding such substances in samples it obtained.The EcoWaste Coalition said it found traces of lead – up to 2,605 parts per million (ppm) – in 59 rice sacks used by rice dealers in 10 cities."We should emphasize that lead ...

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The Golden Age of Television [DVD]

The Golden Age of Television [DVD]

On May 9, 1961, Newton Minow, then chair of the Federal Communications Commission, delivered a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, D.C., that will forever be known as the Vast Wasteland Speech. In it, Minow excoriated the three maj ... ...

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  • Philippines eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016

    MANILA, Philippines - In line with heightened efforts to boost the country's tourism industry, the government is eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016, a tourism official said. Tourism Promotion Board chief operating officer Domingo Ramon Enerio III, in an interview with The STAR at the Puregold Sari-Sari Store Convention, said for this year alone, tourism receipts - ...

  • High School State Swimming Championships CIF Los Angeles City

    LOS ANGELES, California, May 22. THE Palisades Charter Dolphins swept the team titles at the CIF-Los Angeles City High School Swimming and Diving Championships May 14-17. Prelims were held May 14 and finals were conducted May 17, both at East Los Angeles College. A separate diving competition was held May 15 at L.A. Valley College.GirlsThe Dolphins claimed their fourth straight title in ...

  • PAGASA Rain over northern Luzon humid weather over NCR

    Rain brought by the diffused tail-end of a cold front may affect parts of Northern Luzon Thursday, while Metro Manila and other parts of the country may have to continue enduring humid weather, state weather forecasters said. PAGASA forecaster Glaiza Escollar also said their meteorological models indicate there may be no tropical cyclone for this month. "(Sa Metro Manila), asahan na rin ang ...

  • Filipino Workers to Get More Rights in Saudi Arabia

    story on domestic workers in the U.S. , as part of our Global Nation coverage. Well, there are more than half a million Filipinos working in Saudi Arabia and until this week they had very few protections. The governments of Saudi Arabia and the Philippines have now signed an agreement giving Filipino workers more rights – specifically Filipino household service workers. Anchor Marco ...

  • Philippines weighs move on China incursion

    AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines is weighing what course of action to take in the wake of the latest Chinese incursion in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as the country asserted its capability to defend its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday that it was already coordinating with the Philippine Coast Guard ...

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