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  • DFA will not issue passport to Mancao

    The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday said no passport will be issued to former police officer and fugitive double murder suspect Cezar Mancao II, who is reportedly planning to flee the country. Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez also assured that all mechanisms are in place to ensure that Mancao will not be able to obtain a passport even under a fictitious name or assumed identity. ...

  • Senator-elect Honasan wants to put the past behind eager to work in Senate

    With a colorful career in and out of uniform, Senator-elect Gringo Honasan knows what it’s like to keep your head down and work with a big group. He was 17 years a soldier, after all. But the soldier-turned-politician Honasan also has a streak of mischief in him, with seven years as a rebel under his ...

  • Brillantes wants October 2013 barangay SK polls postponed

    The Commission on Elections (Comelec), under fire at the heels of the May 13 elections, may postpone the October 2013 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to late next year or early 2015.According to Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr., postponing the barangay and SK elections to a later date will give the poll body time to deal with the protests that may come following the ...

  • Storm Nock-Ten claims over 400000 USD worth of Philippine crops

    Tropical storm Nock-Ten (local name: Juaning) damaged 17.17 million pesos (about 407,664 U.S. dollars) worth of Philippine crops, according to initial report filed Thursday by the agriculture department.Nock-Ten, which triggered flash floods, destroyed 2,977 hectares of farmland planted with rice, damaging 10.83 million pesos (257,183 U.S. dollars) worth of unmilled rice.A total of 612 metric ...

  • Seven soldiers killed in southern Philippine clash

    Seven government soldiers were killed in a clash between Philippine troops and the Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group in the southern Philippine province of Sulu on Thursday.According to Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, spokesman for the Armed Forces' Western Mindanao Command, the encounter between the 11th Marine Battalion Landing Team and Abu Sayyaf under Raidula Sahiron and Isnilon Hapilon, ...

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State and Main [DVD]

State and Main [DVD]

David Mamet's State and Main is a sly comedy about a crew of Hollywood filmmakers who descend on a picturesque small town in Vermont and turn it upside down. The film is both cynical and big-hearted, and it is extremely funny. ...

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  • One killed as light plane crashes in southern Philippines

    One person was killed and another injured when a light plane used for spraying pesticide over plantations crashed in southern Philippines late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.Bonifacio Cabansag, 42, a traffic control personnel for banana firm Dole Philippines died after being hit by the company's spray aircraft as it landed on an airstrip in Mapawa village, Maragusan town, in ...

  • Gun raps recommended vs. alleged smuggler Bigcas

    The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the filing of a criminal case against controversial car dealer Lynard Allan Bigcas, whose name hit national headlines in 2011 after a Hollywood screenwriter's missing motorcycle was found in his possession.The case, however, was connected with the alleged unlicensed firearms and ammunition found in his possession during a raid on his property in ...

  • Philippine c.bank further limits access to special deposit accounts

    MANILA | Mon May 20, 2013 2:58am EDT MANILA May 20 (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank has narrowed banks' access to short-term special deposit accounts (SDAs), the latest in a series of moves to tweak a liquidity facility that has attracted a high volume of funds and contributed to financial strains on the monetary authority. Policymakers have lowered the SDA rate three times ...

  • To those who say Filipinos are stupid

    SAN FRANCISCO — Perhaps the stupidest reaction to the last Philippine elections came from people who concluded that, based on the outcome, Filipinos are really stupid. Someone even came up with a faux Time magazine cover making that argument. In an ironic twist, a few who embrace the stupidity claim believed the spoof was for real. Then there's the Philippine Star columnist who ...

  • Cebu mayor’s son arrested

    CEBU CITY — The son of Mayor Socrates Fernandez of Talisay City, Cebu was arrested by the police at 9:30 a.m. Monday at a beach in Sitio (subvillage) Bas Dako, Barangay Saavedra, Moalboal town, around 90 kilometers from this city. Joavan Fernandez was about to board a motor banca to Negros Island when he was arrested. Senior Superintendent Patrocinio Commendador Jr., Cebu provincial ...

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