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  • It’s the Paris Marathon for top 2 Filipino finishers in annual PH race

    Organizers of the 37th Milo Marathon announce Thursday, June 20, 2013, that the top two Filipino fishers will fly to Paris, host of the 2014 international marathon. The announcement was made in a press conference at the Bayview Hotel in Manila. CELEST FLORES/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines - A chance to take their marathon experience to Paris in 2014 awaits the top male and female Filipino ...

  • Boat capsizes off Palawan 19 rescued

    MANILA, Philippines – Nineteen government workers were rescued after a motorbanca they were riding capsized off Dumaran in Palawan Thursday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Commander Armand Balilo, PCG spokesman, said the motorbanca Salve left Dumaran for Santa Teresita with 19 personnel from the local government unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development on board. ...

  • PNoy believes NCR floods subsiding faster due to govt projects

    President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday said his administration's flood control projects are causing floods to subside faster in Metro Manila after a heavy downpour. In an interview with reporters, Aquino said floods in the metro during the past days were not as high as they were before. "'Yung pictures that I saw in the papers, para bang hindi naman na-submerge up to half of the ...

  • Comelec abandons plan to automate the barangay and SK polls

    Due to lack of time, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has decided not to push through with its plan to automate the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls set for October 28. "We will not automat. We decided that it is not feasible. It was a consensus. Wala namang nag-insist na," Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said. Aside from the fact that automating the ...

  • JBC grills first 2 candidates for next Sandiganbayan presiding justice

    Two justices - one from the Court of Appeals and another from the Sandiganbayan - on Thursday faced members of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) which was screening candidates for the next Sandiganbayan presiding justice.The two were CA Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas Jr. and Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang.During the interview of Bruselas, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes ...

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Pecker

Pecker

John Waters has to be one of the oddest auteurs in the history of American cinema. Here is a man with an undeniably gifted, uncanny sense of humor and a reckless streak that has redefined what can be shown on-screen, who has spent his entire career offending as many people as he possibly can. Quite often, his offensive work has also been brilliant satire. And, even when it isn't on that level, it' ... ...

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  • Philippines US to hold naval exercises near disputed reef

    MANILA, Philippines – The United States and the Philippines are to hold joint naval maneuvers in the South China Sea next week between the main island of Luzon and a reef claimed by both China and Manila, the Filipino navy said Thursday. The exercises taking place from June 27 to July 2 by the two allies are to be held about 108 kilometers (67 miles) east of Scarborough Shoal, navy ...

  • One week after RORO vessel sinking UK nationals warned against ferry travel

    One week after a RORO vessel sank off Masbate amid good weather, the United Kingdom on Wednesday advised its nationals to avoid traveling by ferry. In an update to its travel advice, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office said many ferries could be overloaded and lack needed lifesaving equipment. "Avoid travel on ferries if possible. Ferries are often overloaded, lack necessary lifesaving ...

  • PNoy downplays PAGASA brain drain

    President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday downplayed the supposed brain drain at PAGASA, as the country's meteorologists left the Philippines for jobs abroad. In an interview with reporters, Aquino said Filipinos should not be alarmed with instances of meteorologists leaving PAGASA, since as far as he is concerned, only three employees of the agency left under his watch. He added that the ...

  • Emong exits PAR but new potential cyclone spotted off western Luzon

    After enhancing the southwest monsoon and bringing heavy rain to parts of the country, Tropical Storm Emong (international name Leepi) exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) early Thursday and is now headed for southern Japan.However, state weather forecasters are keeping track of a low pressure area (LPA) west of Pangasinan that may develop into a cyclone within the next 24 to 48 ...

  • Philippines financial district bans plastic bags

    MANILA – The Philippines financial capital banned disposable plastic shopping bags and styrofoam food containers on Thursday, as part of escalating efforts across the nation’s capital to curb rubbish that exacerbates deadly flooding. After a widespread publicity campaign leading up to the ban, Makati city environment protection officers began handing out fines of 5,000 pesos ($115) ...

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