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  • COA Over P90M of P155 fund for rehab centers still unliquidated

    Part of the P155 million funding intended for the construction and maintenance of drug rehabilitation centers in the country has yet to be accounted for, according to the Commission on Audit (COA) in a report.The funds were released by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) to national government agencies (P140.57 million), local government units (P13.99 million), and non-government organizations ...

  • IHT Rendezvous Sending a Signal Philippines to Destroy Ivory Stock

    Workers arrange some of five tons of confiscated ivory at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife center in Quezon city. The tusks will be destroyed Friday to oppose the illegal wildlife trade, Philippines officials ...

  • UPDATE 1-Robinsons Retail plans up to $924 mln Philippine IPO

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:54am EDT (Adds details on company and Philippine IPO market) * Plans to sell 461.9 mln shares at 86.64 pesos each * Offering is one of the biggest IPOs in Philippines * Manila index down more than 12 pct since mid-May HONG KONG/MANILA, June 19 (Reuters) - Robinsons Retail Group, which operates supermarkets, hardware and department stores in the Philippines, plans to raise up ...

  • PAGASA No danger of Luzon dams overflowing despite recent heavy rain

    Despite heavy rain in past weeks, the water levels in major dams in Luzon are not in danger of overflowing, state hydrologists said Wednesday.PAGASA noted water levels in some of the dams, including one in Quezon City, even went down slightly compared to Tuesday, radio dzBB's Manny Vargas reported.In ...

  • Philippine woman detained in police prison for more than 5 years without charge

    The Philippine justice secretary Tuesday demanded an investigation after a woman was detained in a police prison for more than five years without charge, in a case likened to the plight of terror suspects languishing in Guantanamo Bay. Joanne Urbina was arrested along with a male suspect after police found 150 grammes of banned stimulants and marijuana at her Manila home on December 14, 2007, ...

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Any Given Sunday

In "Any Given Sunday," director Oliver Stone indulges all of his worst impulses in the service of a storyline that is conventional at best, but he still manages to emerge with a mildly engaging film. Overwrought and underdeveloped, "Any Given Sunday" explodes on the screen with all the sound and fury of Stone's "Natural Born Killers" (1994) without any of the substance. Far from the searing indic ... ...

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  • Emong moves north as PAGASA tracks new potential LPA

    Many MManila areas flooded due to heavy downpour. Motorists navigate their vehicles in gutter-deep flood along Araneta Avenue in Quezon City after a heavy downpour caused by Tropical Depression Emong on Monday afternoon. Hadji Rieta/GMA News Even as Tropical Storm Emong (Leepi) continued to move north, state weather forecasters started tracking before noon Wednesday a cloud formation that could ...

  • Philippines to launch 6-month tourist visa

    Foreign visitors who want to extend their vacation in the Philippines may now do so without the usual hassles. The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Tuesday that foreigners who would like to stay longer in the country, could avail of a six-month, long-stay tourist visa from the agency. The program is set to be formally launched next week, according to the BI. In a statement, Immigration ...

  • Time running out for Philippine peace talks

    Even in ordinary, everyday life, missed deadlines are no trifling matter. When something is not done or delivered or paid for at the agreed-upon time, there are consequences. A student who turns in a late assignment runs the risk of a failing grade. A bounced check can land its issuer in court for estafa. A business supplier unable to produce the required goods under contract faces legal ...

  • Embassies accused of sexually exploiting Filipino workers

    It's not just foreign employers who are abusing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Even Philippine Embassy officials are allegedly involved in the sexual exploitation of their countrymen--so says Party-list Akbayan Representative Walden Bello. Bello, who chairs the House committee on overseas workers' affairs, on Tuesday said three "predators" from Philippine overseas offices ...

  • Communists junk Philippine govts localised peace talks

    The National Democratic Front (NDF), the political arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has ruled out "localised peace talks", the government's preferred method of negotiations to deal with the decades-old communist insurgency. Luis Jalandoni, the lead negotiator of the NDF peace panel, on Tuesday said the units of the New People's Army (NPA)--the armed wing ...

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