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  • Malaysia completes probe of Kiram intrusion focuses on three individuals

    Malaysian authorities have completed their investigation into the entry into Sabah of armed followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, with the probe zeroing in on least three individuals, a Malaysian news site reported on Tuesday. ...

  • DepEd allows 260 schools to raise tuition

    DepEd Assistant Secretary Toni Umali told Unang Balita host Arnold Clavio Tuesday morning that the tuition hike for 182 private and elementary schools and 78 private high schools in Metro Manila were approved. Umali said that the schools conducted a consultation with the parents of their students before the tuition hike application was submitted to DepEd. "'Yung konsultasyon doon ...

  • Philippine Lower House to push charter change

    With a firmer grip on Congress, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is expected to push for changes in foreign equity restrictions to attract more capital in order to create more jobs and reduce poverty incidence. But his political leaders are divided on how to initiate the changes.On one hand, Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr., who is expected to retain the speakership, prefers ...

  • Barclays ups Philippines growth estimates

    Barclays has raised its 2013 growth forecast for the Philippines as it expects the economy to post one of the fastest growth rates among emerging markets in Asia. In one of its latest reports, Barclays said the Philippines was now seen to grow by 6.2 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent in 2014. The international financial services firm earlier projected that the Philippine economy would grow ...

  • PNP readies school visibility to help deter bullying

    Aside from deterring criminals, the Philippine National Police expects its visibility efforts in school zones to help prevent bullying as well. PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima ordered the deployment of police units to areas where gangs are likely to gather, radio dzBB's Manny Vargas reported Tuesday. The PNP chief said this aims to help school authorities prevent the harassment of ...

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True Grit (2010) [Blu-Ray]

True Grit (2010) [Blu-Ray]

One of the primary pleasures of Joel and Ethan Coens career over the past three decades is not confined to the individual films themselves (although more than half of them stand as some of the best American cinema of their era), but in their relation to each other. Never content to repea ... ...

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  • PAGASA ITCZ to bring rain to parts of Mindanao

    Satellite Image at 7:30 a.m. Monday, 20 May 2013. | Weather Central The inter-tropical convergence zone may bring rain to parts of Mindanao on Tuesday, with state weather forecasters also predicting isolated rain over Metro ...

  • PHL Navy ship starts sea trials off US coast

    The BRP Ramon Alcaraz, the Philippine Navy's new warship, on Monday started sea trials as part of preparations for its trip to the Philippines, the Philippine Embassy in Washington ...

  • Oil firms hike fuel prices Tuesday morning

    Petrol Price said PTT is also raising prices of its products. The dzBB report said fuel prices are to go up by 35 centavos per liter and diesel to go up by 25 centavos per liter. The oil companies cited changes in the world prices of oil for the latest price adjustment, the dzBB report ...

  • Taiwanese youth express support for Pinoys after reports of harassment

    Taipei youths support OFWs . Taiwanese students hold placards along Chungsan Street in Taipei on Sunday, May 19, showing support for Filipino migrant workers who are being harassed by Taiwanese over the killing of a fisherman by a Philippine Coast Guard crew off Batanes last week. Peter Wan With media reports both in Taiwan and the Philippines showing the growing tensions between the two ...

  • Velardes party-list leads in Comelec count teachers group second

    Buhay Hayaang Yumabon (Buhay) party-list group topped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) first tally of the partial and official count, while Mikey Arroyo's former group Ang Galing Pinoy (AGP) got the least votes. Buhay, which was founded by El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde, describes itself on its website as an "organization that acknowledges the sanctity and value of human life ...

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