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  • PAGASA Rain over parts of north Luzon Mindanao

    Rain showers and thunderstorms may occur over parts of Northern Luzon and Mindanao, even as state weather forecasters said there remains no sign of any cyclone near the country. PAGASA forecaster Gener Quitlong told dzBB radio Saturday the rain will be from thunderstorms from the tail-end of a cold front or the inter-tropical convergence zone. In its 5 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the diffused ...

  • Daughter of slain Taiwanese fisherman asks for end of attacks on OFWs

    The daughter of the Taiwanese fisherman who died in an incident that has become a raging issue between Taiwan and the Philippines has pleaded with fellow Taiwanese not to attack Filipinos. Tzu-Chien Hong, first-born of Hung Shih-Cheng, also asked Taiwanese to not harass Filipino workers. "She says don’t attack Filipinos in Taiwan. She will tell the government and she will tell the ...

  • In New York Filipino costume and set designer Clint Ramos wins Obie Award

    Costume design for the Imelda Marcos hit musical "Here Lies Love" Set and costume designer Clint Ramos received the 2013 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design at the 58th Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Theater Awards ceremony. He was also the recipient of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design and a nominee of Outstanding Costume Design for his ...

  • How Filipino talent continues to bring magic to HK Disneyland

    RONY FORTICH, now on his seventh year as music director of Hong Kong Disneyland In 2005, I was one of hundreds of Filipinos auditioning for a job at Hong Kong Disneyland. I didn't have to dance or sing, but the nerves and nausea were still there. You see, my audition for musical director was to run the audition, as Disney executives observed. It involved sight reading, teaching songs and ...

  • ‘Triple Threats of Philippine Theater’ to hold solo concerts at CCP

    Nonie Buencamino It is an industry term, we were told the other day. The term "triple threat" in the theater world refers to a performer who can sing, dance and act at the same time. With this in mind, get ready for the Cultural Center of the Philippines' triple-whammy solo concert series titled "Triple Threats: Leading Men and Women of Philippine Musical Theater." The ...

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The Godfather Part II [DVD]

The Godfather Part II [DVD]

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  • Philippine Govt Displeased With Recent Novel by Dan Brown

    Manila, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The Philippine government is extremely displeased with the latest novel by the author of the "Da Vinci Code," Dan Brown, which portrays this city as hell''s antechamber. The novel called "Hell" describes Manila as a place of suffocating traffic and pollution, massive poverty and child prostitution. The head of Manila's Municipal ...

  • Mixed messages on home deliveries in Philippines

    More than half of all births take place at home MANILA, 24 May 2013 (IRIN) - Varied implementation of a Department of Health (DOH) policy advocating health facility-based delivery under the care of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has health officials and advocates worried that the policy may be doing more harm than good. The DOH policy known as ...

  • Winning bets with poll offenses not yet off the hook — Brillantes

    Winning candidates in the May 13 elections with pending election offenses cannot rest easy yet, as their proclamation will have no effect on the progress of their case, poll chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Friday."Lahat ng illegal postering, tuloy-tuloy lang ang aming election offense sa law department. It should not affect the proclamation," Brillantes said.He cited the case of the ...

  • Comelec disqualifies with finality five party-list groups

    The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has canceled the registration of five party-list groups with pending cases to the Supreme Court, effectively removing their votes from the party-list derby.According to a Comelec resolution promulgated May 24, 2013, the poll body resolved that the cancellation of the registration of the following five groups as "final and ...

  • SC asked to stop Comelec from removing PCOS machines from polling precincts

    Defeated senatorial candidate Richard Gordon has asked the Supreme Court to stop the Commission on Elections from removing the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines used in the May 13 polls. A statement issued Thursday by Gordon's camp said the former senator filed a 14-page urgeny mandamus motion on Wednesday asking the high court to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the ...

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