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  • Saudi signs accord to protect Philippine maids

    Saudi Arabia that would protect thousands of Filipina maids from being exploited in the Middle Eastern kingdom.The agreement guarantees Filipina maids benefits like a day off each week while preventing their hiring costs from being deducted from their salary among other safeguards, said Labour ...

  • Disqualified party-list groups want votes counted as valid

    Several disqualified party-list groups have asked the Supreme Court to order the Commission on Election (Comelec) to recognize the votes they got in the May 13 mid-term ...

  • Mike Velardes party-list leads in partial official count

    Buhay Hayaang Yumabon (Buhay) party-list topped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) first tally of partial and official count, while Mikey Arroyo's former group Ang Galing Pinoy (AGP) got the least votes. Buhay, which was founded by El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde, describes itself on its website as an "organization that acknowledges the sanctity and value of human life as the ...

  • Trillanes 16 to 19 senators in 16th Congress for Drilon Senate Presidency

    Senator-elect Antonio Trillanes IV, a known rival of current Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, said he expects around 16 to 19 senators, both incoming and current, to vote for a Franklin Drilon Senate presidency when the 16th Congress opens in ...

  • Binay urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers

    Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Jejomar Binay has called on Taiwan to assure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there amid reports of attacks against Philippine nationals, an apparent backlash following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this month. In a letter to Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Manila, Binay ...

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National Lampoon's Van Wilder

Upon finding out that he and his other fraternity brothers have been permanently kicked off campus, John Belushi's Bluto utters, in all sincerity, the single best line in all of National Lampoon's Animal House (1978): "Christ, seven years of college down the drain!" The line is funny for a number of reasons, including the fact that it illustrates so perfectly how, for Bluto, college is not ... ...

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  • Universal takes charge on Philippine payout at heart of FBI probe

    Reuters © The logo of the Universal Entertainment Corp. is seen at the company's headquarters in Tokyo February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya ...

  • Palace to poll critics Bring complaints to proper avenues

    Malacañang on Monday told critics of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to go to "proper avenues" if they have any complaints on the conduct of the 2013 midterm polls."If, at this point, they feel that they have to avail or to go down that proper avenue, then that is the prudent thing to do, to dispose of these concerns," deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail ...

  • Philippine Stock Market Table May 20 2013

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  • Top vote-getting councilor killed in Davao Oriental town

    GOVERNOR GENEROSO, Davao Oriental, Philippines -- The number 1 elected councilor in this municipality was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Sunday, but authorities were quick to rule out politics as a motive behind the murder. Romie Almacin was on his way to his farm when attacked by motorcycle-riding men in Tibanban village past 8 p.m., according to Senior Superintendent Jose Carumba, Davao ...

  • Proclamation of winning senators based on projections poll chief says

    Senate roster for 16th Congress complete. Senate's "Magic 12" now complete with the proclamation Saturday night of last 3 winners Gringo Honasan, Cynthia Villar, and JV Ejercito. Re-proclaimed were Koko Pimentel (L) and Nancy Binay (center). Danny Pata Amid criticisms that the proclamation of the winners of the senatorial race was rushed and premature, the Commission on Elections ...

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