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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

Movie Review

Blade

Blade

"Blade," a bloody, nightmarish, horror comic book of a movie, features a vampire underworld organized like the Mafia. Run by twelve elders who are of "pure blood"--meaning they were born vampires rather than being turned by a bite on the neck--they have no interest in taking over the world. Instead, they maintain their ancient power base within the existing structures of human civilization. In ot ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Chicken mangosteen curry papaya salad soft-shell crabs–Thai cuisine reworked for the Filipino palate

    CLASSIC Chicken Satay with peanut sauce and cucumber relish While researching on Thai cuisine in Bangkok, executive chef Cheryl Pineda observed that the locals liked to mix their viands and chicken with mangosteen. That inspired her to create her version of the chicken mangosteen curry. The extract of the mangosteen's purple rind is infused in the curry sauce. This gives the chicken ...

  • Drilon seeking colleagues support for Senate presidency

    Senator Franklin Drilon on Wednesday admitted to making the rounds among his fellow senators to seek help for the Senate presidency. Drilon said President Benigno Aquino III asked him "how things are" at the Senate during a meeting in a private office on Wednesday afternoon. "I said, well, we're talking to the senators. We are seeking their support," the senator said ...

  • DOJ mum on date of NBI teams travel to Taiwan

    Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday said they are unlikely to reveal just yet when agents from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) would be travelling to Taiwan to continue its probe on the death of a Taiwan fisherman allegedly caught fishing illegally in Philippine ...

  • Ex-poll exec questions intel funds for Comelec chief commissioners

    A former poll official on Wednesday questioned the P1.23 million intelligence funds allegedly given to the chairman and the commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).In a statement, Augusto "Gus" Lagman said he "didn't even know that the Comelec commissioners had that function.""Sometime in 2011, I received a check payable to me for P1 million, followed ...

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