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  • Ex-OIC mayor of Davao del Sur town killed in apparent robbery—police

    BANSALAN, Davao del Sur, Philippines - Unidentified armed men, in what initially appeared to be a robbery, killed a retired government official whose career started in 1986 when he was appointed this town's officer-in-charge mayor by the late president Corazon Aquino in the aftermath of the Edsa Revolution. But investigators said they were considering other angles in the slaying of Romulo ...

  • 4 Philippine UN peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels released

    MANILA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Four Philippine U.N. peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights five days ago have been freed, Philippine government officials said on Sunday. They had been seized by the rebels at an observation post on the ceasefire line between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday. ...

  • Comelec to proclaim winning party-lists without announcing number of seats obtained

    The Commision on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, will proclaim leading party-list groups without announcing the number of seats they obtained.Poll chief Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Wednesday they arrived at this decision after hearing the manifestations of various groups appealing for an early proclamation."We will be proclaiming the parties, not the number ...

  • Malolos judge named new Court of Tax Appeals justice

    President Benigno Aquino III has appointed a judge from Bulacan province as the newest associate justice of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA).The appointment of Ma. Belen Ringpis Liban, current judge of the Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch 85, was contained in a one-page transmittal letter of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, and was also announced in ...

  • 3.9M families went hungry in March including more non-poor – SWS

    More Filipinos experienced hunger in March, with about 3.9 million Filipino families saying they had nothing to eat at some point during that time, according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations.In ...

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [Blu-Ray]

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [Blu-Ray]

Following on the heels of the grandly operatic Star Trek II: The Wrath of the Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock feels like its practically crawling. While in no sense a bad movie, Star Trek III is, nonetheless, something of a let-down, a longwi ... ...

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  • Los Angeles city councilman Garcetti opens lead in race for mayor

    Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti greets supporters during an election night party at the Hollywood Palladium, May 21, 2013. (LUCY ...

  • AFP NPA earned only P26M in recent election racket

    Communist New People's Army (NPA) rebels were able to rake in P26 million in extortion activities during the recently concluded midterm elections, the military said Wednesday, citing reports.According to Maj. Ramon Zagala, public affairs office chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the figure was way lower than the supposed P500 million target of the rebels."Documents and ...

  • STOCKS NEWS PHILIPPINES-JV listing hopes lift Alliance Global

    Wed May 22, 2013 4:07am EDT Shares in conglomerate Alliance Global Group Inc jumped 3.8 percent to a one-week high of 27.2 peso amid hopes of potential gains from a planned listing of its hotel joint venture, a Manila-based equity trader said. Alliance Global Group shares have risen 8.6 percent since the listing plan report on May 10, outperforming a 2.7 percent gain of the broader Philippine ...

  • PHL govt believes tension with Taiwan defusing

    The Philippine government on Wednesday said the tension with Taiwan is already defusing, with Filipino investigators wrapping up their probe on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Taiwanese government "received well" President Benigno Aquino's expression of gratitude for Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's ...

  • PHL extends sympathies to victims of Oklahoma tornado

    Giant tornado destroys Oklahoma town, at least 37 dead. Overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado touched down in the town of Moore, near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Monday. The huge tornado that struck the town on May 20 was given a preliminary rating of at least EF4, or the second highest strength level, with winds of up to 200 miles per hour (321 kph), a US government agency said. At least ...

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