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  • Group finds lead toxic chemicals in rice sacks

    An ecological group urged the Department of Agriculture this week to make sure sacks used to package rice are free from lead and other toxic chemicals, after finding such substances in samples it obtained.The EcoWaste Coalition said it found traces of lead – up to 2,605 parts per million (ppm) – in 59 rice sacks used by rice dealers in 10 cities."We should emphasize that lead ...

  • Philippines eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016

    MANILA, Philippines - In line with heightened efforts to boost the country's tourism industry, the government is eyeing to double its tourism receipts to $8 billion in 2016, a tourism official said. Tourism Promotion Board chief operating officer Domingo Ramon Enerio III, in an interview with The STAR at the Puregold Sari-Sari Store Convention, said for this year alone, tourism receipts - ...

  • High School State Swimming Championships CIF Los Angeles City

    LOS ANGELES, California, May 22. THE Palisades Charter Dolphins swept the team titles at the CIF-Los Angeles City High School Swimming and Diving Championships May 14-17. Prelims were held May 14 and finals were conducted May 17, both at East Los Angeles College. A separate diving competition was held May 15 at L.A. Valley College.GirlsThe Dolphins claimed their fourth straight title in ...

  • PAGASA Rain over northern Luzon humid weather over NCR

    Rain brought by the diffused tail-end of a cold front may affect parts of Northern Luzon Thursday, while Metro Manila and other parts of the country may have to continue enduring humid weather, state weather forecasters said. PAGASA forecaster Glaiza Escollar also said their meteorological models indicate there may be no tropical cyclone for this month. "(Sa Metro Manila), asahan na rin ang ...

  • Filipino Workers to Get More Rights in Saudi Arabia

    story on domestic workers in the U.S. , as part of our Global Nation coverage. Well, there are more than half a million Filipinos working in Saudi Arabia and until this week they had very few protections. The governments of Saudi Arabia and the Philippines have now signed an agreement giving Filipino workers more rights – specifically Filipino household service workers. Anchor Marco ...

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The Golden Age of Television [DVD]

The Golden Age of Television [DVD]

On May 9, 1961, Newton Minow, then chair of the Federal Communications Commission, delivered a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, D.C., that will forever be known as the Vast Wasteland Speech. In it, Minow excoriated the three maj ... ...

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  • Philippines weighs move on China incursion

    AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines is weighing what course of action to take in the wake of the latest Chinese incursion in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) even as the country asserted its capability to defend its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday that it was already coordinating with the Philippine Coast Guard ...

  • Catholic Church in Philippines Holds Mass in Malls

    Early on a Sunday morning, people are already streaming into a massive shopping mall in Manila. The seven-story Robinsons Place is a temple of consumerism. It houses about 350 stores, including gun shops, dental offices, massage parlors, and a Kenny Rogers Roaster. The music and the crowds can be a little overwhelming after a while. But up on the fourth floor, next to the Cineplex and a barber ...

  • Filipino fishermen pay price of sea disputes

    Filipino boys carry a container with fish from a boat in the coastal town of Infanta, Pangasinan province, in this May 7, 2013, photo. Since China took control of the Scarborough Shoal last year, Filipino fishermen say Chinese maritime surveillance ships have shooed them from the disputed waters in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and roped off the entrance to the vast lagoon that had ...

  • Senate committee OKs Filipino Veterans Family Reunification amendment

    WASHINGTON, D.C.-Filipino World War II veterans who have waited for years to reunite with their adult children have something to cheer about today. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved an amendment introduced by U.S. Sen. Maize Hirono (D-HI) that would fast track these children's approved visa applications. "We thank Sen. Hirono for pushing this amendment through so ...

  • Philippine activity on Ren’ai Reef draws Chinese caution

    Chinese navy and marine surveillance forces are closely monitoring activities conducted by the Philippines on a vessel stranded on the Ren'ai Reef in the South China Sea, a source close to the matter told the Global Times.The Philippines filed a protest with the Chinese embassy in Manila Tuesday that the recent presence of a Chinese warship and two marine surveillance vessels near the reef ...

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