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  • P600-B project eyed to solve flooding problem in Metro Central Luzon Calabarzon

    MANILA, Philippines — How do you solve a problem like flooding in Metro Manila? An ambitious project calls for a massive, multi-year flood-control program, but it would cost P600 billion, according to a bill filed at the 15th Congress. But the bill appropriating the amount to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been stranded at the committee level since August 2012. ...

  • Cebu gov Garcia asks court to junk motion seeking her suspension

    Outgoing Cebu governor Gwen Garcia on Wednesday asked the Sandiganbayan Second Division to junk a motion filed by the Office of the Ombudsman seeking her suspension from office.In her petition, Garcia disputed the prosecution’s claim that she has effectively admitted the validity of the charges against her when she entered "not guilty" pleas during her arraignment last March ...

  • PNP chopper crashes on Kalinga mountain

    PNP Robinson R44 chopper crashes in Kalinga, 3 hurt. A PNP Robinson R44, which is similar to the two secondhand helicopters allegedly sold by former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo to the PNP in 2009, lies on its side after it crashed due to mechanical failure in Mt. Bitulayungan, Tinglayan, Kalinga on Wednesday, June 19. The three occupants of the chopper were injured and airlifted to Tabuk City ...

  • 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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Time Bandits [Blu-Ray]

Time Bandits [Blu-Ray]

In making Time Bandits, co-writer/director Terry Gilliam said that he wanted to make a film that was intelligent enough for children and exciting enough for adults, a clever reversal of standard Hollywood intent that is precisely what makes it one of the greatest of childrens fan ... ...

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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 ...

  • Drowning a public health issue like TB malaria — group

    Drowning has become a public health issue in the Philippines especially among minors that it should be treated "like tuberculosis and malaria" by the government, the head of a water safety and lifesaving awareness group said Wednesday.Unlike diseases which can be avoided through vaccination or medicine, drowning can be prevented mainly through "survival swimming," or the ...

  • Philippines Golan peacekeepers to stay for now

    Philippines troops at the Quneitra crossing between Syria and the Israeli annexed Golan Heights last week. The Philippines Wednesday said it would keep its peacekeepers in the Golan Heights until at least August, and may stay longer if the United Nations increased security ...

  • U.N. U.S. ask Filipinos not to leave Golan Heights

    Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario talks about three big issues involving the Philippines, including the presence of the Philippine contingent to the UN peacekeeping forces at the Golan Heights during a news conference Wednesday June 19, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit ...

  • UN US warn of maximum volatility in Golan Heights if Philippine peacekeepers withdraw

    MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines' top diplomat says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have appealed to Manila not to withdraw more than 300 Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights to avoid "maximum volatility" in the restive Middle East region. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Wednesday the diplomats made the appeal to ...

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