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Philippines
 | Inquirer.net - In the wake of the killing of 19 Special Forces soldiers in Al-Barka, Basilan, the Aquino administration has gone out of its way to explain its process in formulating policy on the Mindanao war. |
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Coddlers of former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot and his wife Erlinda will face charges, Malacañang warned yesterday.
 | gulfnews.com - Manila: Three members of a terror group were killed following government bomb and ground attacks on a mountain hideout in the southern Philippines, a southern paper said. |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine Airlines (PAL) is readying charges against its former employees who blocked one of its catering trucks from exiting the airline's inflight center Saturday. |
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is not yet required to attend the first hearing of the joint preliminary investigation of the ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
PRESIDENT BENIGNO SC Aquino III will slow down from the daily grind for the two-day holiday ending tomorrow, a Palace aide said yesterday, taking the time off to review paperwork and take a rest.
 | Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Malacañang ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday to step up efforts to apprehend the suspects in the killing of actor Ram B. Revilla. |
Manila Bulletin - CAMP GENERAL PANTALEON GARCIA, CAVITE, Philippines -- Officers of Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) have expressed optimism that they would solve the Saturday fatal mall holdup in Dasmariñas City with the help of the closed-circuit ... |
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) launched yesterday a website which allows overseas Filipinos to request for prayers for their ... |
GMANews.TV - The Philippine National Police announced over the weekend the arrest of six suspected gun-for-hire gang men in separate operations in Rizal and Batangas provinces. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
FEED MILLERS are requesting for a permit from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to be allowed to import corn at zero tariff for the first quarter of next year, citing an increase in corn prices due to typhoons Pedring and Quiel.
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The country, in line with our religious tradition, fervently, celebrates All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day (Nov. 1 and 2), respectively. |
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines -- A Quezon City (QC) councilor Sunday proposed an ordinance providing tax exemptions to qualified business establishment owners in a bid to entice traders to invest in the city.
GMANews.TV - President Benigno Aquino III has ordered the transfer of the Local Water Utilities Administration from the Department of Health (DOH) to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). |
Inquirer.net -
Five people were killed while 38 others were hurt when a truck carrying wedding guests from Benguet fell into a ravine in Bauko, Mt.
Philippine Information Agency - TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, Oct. 30 (PIA) -– The continuous intensified anti-drug campaign of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Eastern Visayas under the leadership of Director Julius Navales, has resulted in the apprehension of ... |
Malaya -
BY GILBERT BAYORAN BACOLOD CITY –– The Countdown Movement, an umbrella organization of environmentalist groups in Negros, is demanding an end to the operation of the Energy Development Corp.
Malaya - A DISMISSED Army sergeant was killed Thursday last week in a firefight with policemen and soldiers who were negotiating for his surrender. |
Inquirer.net - An unsatisfied customer allegedly shot dead a 31-year-old computer technician of an Internet cafe in Manila at around 11:30 am yesterday. |
Minda News -
By Mindanews | Sunday| October 30, 2011 | Filed under: Uncategorized ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/29 October) - The improvised bombs that exploded or were detonated this week in Barangay Sangali here this week were new types of explosives, an expert said.
Business
 | ABC Online - The public understand workplace relations partly by observing strikes and the level of disruption caused by unions. This is understandable but reducing strikes is just the tip of the policy iceberg. |
 | Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - As part of the Aquino administration's liability management program, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) would have no more pending applications for review as government foreign borrowings, debt swap in any ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
THE DEPARTMENT of Justice has ordered the filing of charges against controversial director Magno Jose "Carlo" J. Caparas for tax evasion in relation to unpaid taxes for his stint as a television program producer between 2006 and 2009.
Tempo -
Manila, Philippines - The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) has asked Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala to grant it authority to import 100000 metric tons (MT) of dutyfree yellow corn for the first quarter of 2012.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Finance (DoF) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) called on certain banking and investment groups to let the courts determine the tax treatment of the so-called PEACe Bonds.
Zamboanga Today Online -
The Philippines' largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) highlights eight Mindanao destinations and Bangkok in a seat sale as low as P888, from October 27-28, 2011 or until seats last.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines -- The government Sunday vowed to improve the capacity of provincial airports to accommodate night flights to trim down the demand for the runway services of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) complex during ...
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Subsidies to government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCC) increased by over five-folds in September to P1.708 billion from only P319 million in the same month last year.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - SN Aboitiz Power Corporation (SNAP) is planning to build hydroelectric plants in Quezon province and Nueva Vizcaya to produce at least 300 megawatt (MW) of additional power.
Philippine Star - Motorists face bumper-to-bumper traffic on EDSA near Balintawak in Quezon City during the rush to the provinces over the weekend for the All Saints' Day break. |
Philippine Star -
CLARK FIELD (PLDT/WeRoam) - Chairman Felicito Payumo of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority advises those overwhelmed by big, daunting and unstructured tasks to pick the low-hanging fruits first.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - The National Power Corporation (Napocor) will decide by December whether or not to extend the special rate being offered to ecozone locators until December 12, 2012.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - National Power Corporation (Napocor) wants to increase power charges to raise additional funding of P15 billion so it can operate small island grids by next year.
 | Business Times (subscription) - THE plan to save the euro brought festive spirits to US stock markets last week but analysts warned there could yet be a few scares around Halloween. |
 | Ninemsn - Tax Time 2011Doing your tax doesn't need to be daunting! Check out ninemsn Finance's Tax Time for tips and advice on how to make your 2011/12 tax return work for you. |
 | Taipei Times - Italy's borrowing costs jumped to record levels on Friday, underlining its vulnerability at the heart of the eurozone debt crisis and skepticism about whether the struggling government of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can deliver vital ... |
Philippine Star -
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday reported that commercial establishments in Metro Manila are hiring fewer workers.
 | China Digital Times - Five of the workers were rescued, while one climbed out of an air shaft of the Xialiuchong Coal Mine, the statement said. The work safety administration said rescue work was complete as no other miners were working at the time of the explosion. |
 | Wall Street Journal - If Jean-Claude Trichet's term as President of the European Central Bank had ended in the spring of 2007, history might remember his record as nearly spotless. |
Philippine Star -
In a predominantly Catholic country like ours, the celebration of All Saints' Day (Araw ng mga Patay or “Undas”) is big. Although it has always been meant to be a somber occasion it has somehow turned into becoming a fiesta.
Sports
 | Bad Left Hook - Speaking with the folks at Primetime, Manny Pacquiao promised action and a clear victory in his third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12. |
Arab News -
Any which way one looked at it, Rain or Shine was every bit of those against a team it thought would be tougher the second time around.
Manila Bulletin -
ROXAS CITY, Capiz - Ateneo and Adamson soared on the final day of the 16th Philippine Sports Commission - University Games by winning the men's and women's basketball championships Sunday at the Capiz Gym.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Vietnam fought back from two sets down and outplayed a gritty Philippine Army, 18-25, 14-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-8, Sunday to clinch the V-League Southeast Asian Club Invitational Championship crown at The Arena ...
Inquirer.net -
THE RAIN OR SHINE Elasto Painters gun for the solo leadership when they face the streaking Meralco Bolts today in the first game of the 37th PBA Philippine Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City.
Tempo -
Manila, Philippines - Talk 'n Text, energized all game long, turned back a stubborn Petron Blaze squad, 96-86 in yesterday's PBA Philippine Cup main offering at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Tempo -
Manila, Philippines - Malvinne Ann Alcala primed up for next week's World Juniors by sweeping the ladies Open and girls Under-19 singles titles while Toby Gadi and Markie Alcala each pulled off a four-peat at the close of the VP Binay Grand Prix ...
Inquirer.net -
By Cedelf P. Tupas MANILA, Philippines—Host Zamboanga City looked poised to secure the overall crown after building a substantial lead in the medal tally with just four events still to be completed in the Mindanao Qualifying Round of the Batang Pinoy ...
 | Inquirer.net - Barako Bull padded on to its winning streak as it endured B-Meg, 87-84, in an overtime thriller Saturday in the 2011 PBA Philippine Cup in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. |
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Fil-Am Brandon “The Truth” Vera survived a furious final round assault by Eliot Marshall and escaped with a unanimous decision victory to get back into the ... |
 | Boston.com - Teammates celebrate with St. Louis Cardinals' David Freese after Freese hit a walk-off home run during the 11th inning of Game 6 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in St. Louis. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Lewis Hamilton's season took a farcical twist on Sunday as he bizarrely collided with Felipe Massa for the third time in recent weeks. |
 | Chicago Tribune - The NBA labor deal is about 95 percent complete, but some major barriers still exist, The New York Times reported Saturday. The NBA owners and players have agreed on contract lengths and luxury-tax rates, trade rules and cap exceptions and a number of ... |
Inquirer.net -
MANILA, Philippines—Scoring machine Gary David exploded for 42 points as Powerade repulsed Petron, 108-94, in the 2011 PBA Philippine Cup Sunday.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - In an effort to further inspire the new crop of talents and enhance the popularity of shotgun shooting in the country, Philippine National Shooting Association (PNSA) President Mikee Romeo is bidding to host the Youth Olympic ...
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - College of St. Benilde-La Salle Greenhills hopes the momentum has swung to its side as the Greenies and holders San Beda Red Cubs tangle today in the 87th NCAA juniors basketball finals at the Arena - both needing two wins to cop ... |
 | PhilBoxing.com - Reyes, top player of sportsman/businessman Aristeo “Putch” Puyat, beat Antonio “Nickoy” Lining, 9-1, while Mazon, playing under the banner of Jonathan Sy's Negros Billiards Stable (NBS) ripped Warren Kiamco, 9-5, ... |
 | Boston Herald - This may not be good news for the boxing, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. has again proven it pays a lot more to be “Money'' Mayweather than it ever did being “Pretty Boy” Floyd. |
 | ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Five-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach said world bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire is a great fighter and a great champion. |
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - In time for the arrival of the foreign delegation this Wednesday, Filipino karters remain in the thick of training as they bid for the overall crown in the penultimate leg of the 2011 Asian Karting Open Championship Series set ...
Southeast Asia
 | TODAYonline - BANGKOK - On one side of the city, you will find the victims of Thailand's worst flooding in half a century. They float down rubbish-strewn waterways, paddling washtubs with wicker brooms over submerged neighbourhoods. |
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Coddlers of former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot and his wife Erlinda will face charges, Malacañang warned yesterday.
| Inquirer.net - In the wake of the killing of 19 Special Forces soldiers in Al-Barka, Basilan, the Aquino administration has gone out of its way to explain its process in formulating policy on the Mindanao war. |
| gulfnews.com - Manila: Three members of a terror group were killed following government bomb and ground attacks on a mountain hideout in the southern Philippines, a southern paper said. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - Nine Thai soldiers have been charged with the murder of 13 Chinese sailors, whose handcuffed bodies were found floating in the Mekong river at the beginning of the month. |
 | AFP - NARATHIWAT, Thailand - A dozen small explosions shook Thailand's Muslim-majority deep south on Sunday, hours after gunmen shot dead three Buddhists at a petrol station in the restive region, police said. |
Inquirer.net -
Five people were killed while 38 others were hurt when a truck carrying wedding guests from Benguet fell into a ravine in Bauko, Mt.
 | TODAYonline - PERTH - Parliament is not just a place to hold either the Government or the Opposition to account. Instead, both sides should participate in solving problems together - or Singapore would be worse off for it. |
 | Aliran Monthly - By Aliran, on 30 October 2011 We, the undersigned Malaysian academics and researchers, as well as colleagues from other countries researching on Malaysia, wish to record our serious concern and objection to the recent actions taken against Professor ... |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine Airlines (PAL) is readying charges against its former employees who blocked one of its catering trucks from exiting the airline's inflight center Saturday. |
| Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is not yet required to attend the first hearing of the joint preliminary investigation of the ... |
 | Malaysia Star - KOTA KINABALU: The decision to teach mathematics and science in Bahasa Malaysia is in the best interest of the country's 5.3 million students, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said on Sunday. |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - PRESIDENT BENIGNO SC Aquino III will slow down from the daily grind for the two-day holiday ending tomorrow, a Palace aide said yesterday, taking the time off to review paperwork and take a rest. |
 | Jakarta Post - While a limited Cabinet reshuffle earlier this month has yet to reach its ultimate goal of enhancing the government's performance, a series of events and testimonies in the past week have only added to the list of homework the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ... |
| Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Malacañang ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday to step up efforts to apprehend the suspects in the killing of actor Ram B. Revilla. |
 | Tempo - Manila, Philippines - The history of Scouting in the Philippines goes back to 1910 when the Americans introduced the movement in the country. |
Manila Bulletin - CAMP GENERAL PANTALEON GARCIA, CAVITE, Philippines -- Officers of Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) have expressed optimism that they would solve the Saturday fatal mall holdup in Dasmariñas City with the help of the closed-circuit ... |
 | TODAYonline - SINGAPORE - One registered cat per public flat, with efforts to ensure responsible cat ownership - this is how a coming pilot project at Chong Pang constituency seems to be shaping up. |
| Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) launched yesterday a website which allows overseas Filipinos to request for prayers for their ... |
 | The Sun Daily - SINGAPORE (Oct 29, 2011): Singapore has urged the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to review its operations and programmes to make them impactful. |
World
| TODAYonline - BANGKOK - On one side of the city, you will find the victims of Thailand's worst flooding in half a century. They float down rubbish-strewn waterways, paddling washtubs with wicker brooms over submerged neighbourhoods. |
 | NEWS.com.au - AN Israeli air strike killed a Gaza militant yesterday just hours after Islamic Jihad vowed to observe an Egyptian-brokered truce following a day of violence which killed 10. |
 | Bloomberg - Foreign intervention could turn Syria into “another Afghanistan'” and “burn the entire region,” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the UK's Sunday Telegraph newspaper as Arab League ... |
 | Indian Express - Grappling with the crisis over the grounding of the entire Qantas fleet and news from Afghanistan of the killing of three Australian soldiers, Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday called off a bilateral meeting with Vice-President Hamid Ansari as the ... |
 | Reuters UK - 1 of 5. A jeep drives around a downed tree while another sits in a ditch on Union Valley Road, West Milford, New Jersey, October 30, 2011. |
 | Stuff.co.nz - Emergency workers begin to clean up debris in the quake-stricken Turkish town of Ercis as rescue efforts come to an end. The death toll from last week's earthquake in southeast Turkey rose to 596, the day after authorities stopped searching for ... |
 | ABC Online - The multi-national toll of one of the bloodiest attacks of the decade-long Afghan insurgency has emerged, with officials saying 10 Americans, two Brits and a Canadian are among 17 people killed. |
 | CNN International - (CNN) -- Libya's transitional government would prefer to try former leader Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam in a Libyan court despite an arrest warrant issued for him by the International Criminal Court, a spokesman said Sunday. |
 | International News Network - MIRANSHAH: At least four people were killed when a US drone missiles on Sunday strike a house in North Waziristan, media reports said. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - The lawyer for a gunman who shot at the US embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina, wounding a guard, says his client is delirious and acted alone. |
 | New Zealand Herald - Michael D. Higgins, center and his wife Sabina, right, with family from left, Michael, Alice Mary, John and Daniel after Higgins was declared the 9th President of Ireland at Dublin Castle. |
 | The Australian - Qantas and the unions have 21 days to sort out their dispute, with flights set to resume later today. Julia Gillard is in Canberra; she's blitzing morning radio and TV, including appearances on Sunrise, ABC Radio National, AM and 4BC to explain the ... |
 | Daily Nation - By PPS Rwanda and South Africa on Sunday vowed to support Kenya's military offensive against Somalia militia Al-Shabaab. President Paul Kagame and President Jacob Zuma affirmed their support of military action against Al-Shaabab saying the extremists' ... |
 | Deccan Chronicle - In the Christian calendar, more precisely in the Catholic calendar, each day of the year is assigned to one particular saint. But since there are more than 365 saints, the church commemorates feasts of more than one saint on certain ... |
 | Radio Free Asia - Burma's democracy icon has been invited to attend a conference in the military-backed government's capital. Aung San Suu Kyi (left) speaks after her meeting with Burmese Labor Minister Aung Kyi (right) in Rangoon, Oct. 30, 2011. |
 | IBNLive.com - PTI | 02:10 AM,Oct 31,2011 Bishkek, Oct 30 (AFP) The moderate prime minister of Kyrgyzstan claimed a commanding victory today in the volatile Central Asian state's first presidential poll since a revolution and deadly ethnic bloodletting last year. |
 | Saudi Gazette - “He will be remembered over here as an ally and a close friend that worked out any diplomatic problems that happened between not just the two countries but that happened between the US and the Arab world,” he said after greeting ... |
 | Sky News Australia - Peruvian authorities say 134 homes were destroyed and 103 people treated at hospitals for injuries during a 6.9-magnitude quake just off the central coast. |
 | International Islamic News Agency - By IINA JEDDAH, 3 Dhul Hijja/30 Oct (IINA)-The British Consulate General has released details of its Consular Hajj Team. Led by Nagheena Akhtar, a consular duty officer from the Foreign Office in London, the team will be available to assist British ... |
