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  • New team of Taiwanese investigators expected in PHL to probe fishermans death

    While a team from the National Bureau of Investigation awaits the go-signal to fly to Taiwan to look into the encounter that killed a Taiwanese fisherman last May 9, a new team of Taiwanese investigators is set to arrive in the Philippines anytime for its own probe. The arrival of the Taiwanese team is part of the parallel investigation into the encounter that occurred in disputed waters, radio ...

  • PAGASA Expect more thunderstorms in coming weeks as rainy season draws near

    The rise in the number of thunderstorms in recent weeks indicates the rainy season is drawing closer, state weather forecasters said Friday. PAGASA forecaster Fernando Cada said Filipinos can expect more of these thunderstorms at the end of May and early June. "Lalo ngayon partapos ang buwan, maraming thunderstorms ang naitatala lalo sa western section ng ating bansa (As May is ending, we ...

  • Filipinos in flight want to go online

    MANILA, Philippines--In-flight Wi-Fi topped the list of most-wanted in-flight entertainment in new research conducted by leading global travel search site Skyscanner, with 52 percent of passengers prepared to pay to access the Internet at 30,000 feet. A total of 1,000 Filipino travelers were asked which in-flight add-ons they would pay extra for. While in-flight WiFi is in demand, less than 40 ...

  • Otto Energy to drill Philippines oil development wells in June

    (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Otto Energy (ASX: OEL) expects to spud the first of two Galoc Phase II in June with the mobilisation of the Ocean Patriot semi-submersible drilling rig to the Galoc oil field offshore Philippines.The rig is currently under tow from Singapore and is expected to arrive on site in early June. After it is anchored, it will proceed to spud the Galoc-5H and ...

  • Filipino rice farmers urged to follow India

    MANILA, Philippines--Filipino farmers are starting to use the rice-growing method that has recently made India the world's top rice exporter. The system of rice intensification (SRI) method involves simple changes in farmers' practices such as transplanting younger seedlings singly and at wider distances and drying the fields intermittently, using nonchemical weeding methods and ...

Movie Review

The Faculty

"The Faculty" makes both director Robert Rodriguez and writer Kevin Williamson look like one-trick ponies--hot Hollywood commodities who can't deliver the goods over the long-haul. "The Faculty" is basically a watered-down and disappointing version of what they do best: Williamson's ability to write believable teenage characters and subvert the horror genre, and Rodriguez's ability to choreograph ... ...

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  • Kiram standoff site in Sabah now offers turtle conservation to attract tourists

    The site of a deadly standoff between followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and Malaysian forces earlier this year is now one of the areas where Sabah authorities are promoting turtle conservation to attract tourists. A report by Malaysia's state-run Bernama news agency said Sabah's Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry is intensifying promotions on smaller tourism products. ...

  • Slain Taiwanese was ‘good to Filipino fishermen’

    Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng’s boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, is checked by Taiwanese officers after arriving at Liuqiu port in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Taiwanese boat owner Steven Liao said the damage to the Guang Ta Hsin 28 costs around NT$8 million (P11 million). AP PHOTO TAIPEI--Filipinos in Pintung county, where the Taiwanese fisherman ...

  • Philippines cemetery provides Manilas poor a place to live among the dead

    Every morning, Alberto Lagarda Evangelista, 71, leaves the two-storey, lemon-yellow home he has lived in for the past decade and walks to work at the cemetery next door. As a caretaker of about 20 graves, Evangelista earns just 20,000 pesos (315) a year, a sum so small that he must share his house with seven other people - all of whom are dead.Evangelista lives and works in the Cementerio del ...

  • Luzon names Israel squad for home finals

    "This is a hard day for me," said coach Guy Luzon after naming his final 23-man squad for this summer's UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home ...

  • Business confidence in Philippines reaches new heights

    Philippines has soared to an all-time high after the country was awarded investment grade credit ratings. The central bank said the overall confidence index rose 54.9 per cent from the first quarter's 41.5 per cent. "This is the highest reading since the start of the nationwide survey in the fourth quarter of 2006," said the central bank. The confidence index is the percentage ...

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