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Philippines
Inquirer.net - President Benigno Aquino III will not meet with leaders of Congress and the Supreme Court if the discussion would be about the judiciary's budget for 2012, a Malacañang aide said on Saturday. |
gulfnews.com - Manila: The presidential palace has warned reserve officers who offered to give military honours to former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, despite the declaration of President Benigno Aquino that he would not allow this ... |
Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza After shepherding the Catholic Church's “primatial see” in the country, retired Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales is focusing on another job: Saint-making. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Malacanang on Saturday denied pressuring the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to investigate in a week's time the graft complaint against former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo and several others linked to the questionable ... |
Manila Standard Today - FOUR weeks before fight night in Las Vegas, Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquaio has been promoted to a rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve Force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. |
Sun.Star - PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has yet to take a stand on proposals to lower the age of criminal liability of youth offenders, Malacañang said Saturday. |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court has denied the petition for habeas corpus of retired general Carlos F. Garcia who was arrested last month in connection with his conviction by a court martial for misdeclaring his Statement of ... |
Manila Standard Today - TO survive boredom, the Quezon City Jail has launched a way to see and visit inmates on the Internet. Supt. Joseph Vela, jail warden, said his detention center was piloting “electronic dalaw” for relatives and friends who could not go ... |
Inquirer.net - The officer in charge (OIC) of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) said on Saturday she may have been the real target of the killers of PUP vice president for administration Augustus Cezar and that the latter's ... |
Inquirer.net - Here's another graft case for Jesus Verzosa, former director general of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Verzosa and other top retired and active PNP officials are among the 21 persons who were charged with graft on Oct. 6 for the P131.5-million ... |
Sun.Star - THE girl who went missing after being swept by a strong current while crossing a river in Iloilo last Monday was confirmed dead, raising the death toll from Tropical Depression Ramon to 10. |
ABS CBN News - SAUDI ARABIA - Desperate times call for desperate measures. This seemed to be what many jobless and undocumented overseas Filipino workers are experiencing in the Kingdom as they allegedly resort to selling their blood to hospitals just to make ends ... |
Philippine Information Agency - by Lordilie Enjambre CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Oct. 15 (PIA) –- The Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) will be holding the Oro Business Enterprise Services and Trade (OROBEST) exposition at the ... |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Citing the need to hire more police officers, Malacañang yesterday expressed its full support for the Philippine National Police (PNP) amid criticisms ... |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - After being drenched last week by tropical depression “Ramon,” the country could expect better weather condition this week, the Philippine Atmospheric, ... |
Inquirer.net - DUMAGUETE CITY—Suspected communist rebels on Friday attacked a construction firm owned by a mayor, setting fire to the firm's heavy equipment in a remote Negros Oriental town. |
Medical News Today - 13th October marked the United Nations International Day for Disaster Reduction; the focus of this year's awareness day is on the valuable contribution that children can make in reducing the impact of natural disasters and in making decisions that can ... |
Philippine Information Agency - LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 15 (PIA) -- Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. has welcomed with optimism the desire of the island of Guam and the province of Pangasinan to establish a sisterhood relationship and goodwill. |
Inquirer.net - Ronald Llamas is not hiding. He has done nothing wrong. He has not broken the law. His president has not asked him to resign. He has cooperated with the police. |
Philippine Star - COTABATO, Philippines (Xinhua) - Three government security forces were wounded today as they clashed with renegade Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines. |
Business
Indian Express - After nearly two weeks of living among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in downtown Manhattan, Ellis Roberts, 25, a garbage collector laid off last year, looked scruffy and dazed. |
Inquirer.net - By Daxim L. Lucas Businessman Roberto Ongpin can't wait to wade into the fray, having so far escaped tough interrogation during the first two Senate hearings into the controversial loans that he got from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). |
ABS CBN News - MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it will increase flights to Iloilo to twice daily starting on Saturday, October 15. |
Manila Standard Today - President Benigno Aquino III is evaluating an offer for the state to buy back Petron Corp. and its 180000-barrels-a-day oil refinery, but a Cabinet official conceded Friday that the government has no money to acquire the facility ... |
Manila Bulletin - ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - City Mayor Celso Lobregat has cited a leading commercial airliner for opening a Zamboanga-Tawi-Tawi route, describing it “as a very important milestone not only for the airline but also for Zamboanga ... |
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - There is no need to appoint a Public-Private Partnership program “czar” as existing structures are enough to support the program and keep projects on track, ...
Budget delay, typhoons hamper irrigation projectsPhilippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Due to a delay in the release of its budget and the spate of typhoons that hit the country this year, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) was ...
CNN International - A reclining Buddha in the ancient city of Ayutthaya falls foul of rising waters on October 13, 2011. Bangkok (CNN) -- More than two months of floods and 8 million people affected -- the disaster in Thailand is immense; ... |
TVNZ - PAUL Welcome to the Transport Minister, Steven Joyce. I mean, really, can't it be said that the whole affair, Minister, shows us that we have serious deficiencies in our ability to respond rapidly to serious oil spills on our coast? |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Government housing agencies have committed to provide financing for 1.5 million homes by 2016, Vice President Jejomar Binay said yesterday. |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - A reported fuel leak forced budget airline Airphil Express to cancel the flight of its plane bound for Northern Samar this morning. |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - A new IBM study of more than 1700 chief marketing officers from 64 countries and 19 industries reveals that the majority of the world's top marketing executives recognize a critical and permanent shift occurring in the way they ... |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The operations of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are being hampered by inclement weather, bringing some construction projects to a halt and delaying their supposed target completion, ... |
Sun.Star - CLARK FREEPORT ZONE -- An Australian firm is set to invest a P50-million restoration project for vintage vehicles project inside this Freeport, officials of Clark Development Corporation (CDC) announced. |
Wall Street Journal - MANILA (Dow Jones)--Philippine Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said Saturday that the government's successful buyback of some foreign-currency sovereign bonds should help the country's cause to win investment-grade ratings from credit agencies. |
Deutsche Welle - Protesters in London have taken up the rallying cry of demonstrators in the US, with thousands rallying against cutbacks and the global banking system. |
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang would be arriving in the country for a state visit soon to discuss the issue of the West Philippine Sea, President Aquino said. |
BusinessWeek - Oil prices are climbing to near $87 per barrel on encouraging economic news in the US and China. Benchmark crude rose $2.50, or 3 percent, at $86.73 per barrel in New York, while Brent crude rose $3.17, or 2.9 percent, to $114.28 in ... |
BusinessWeek - Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The euro rallied the most against the dollar in more than two years on speculation the currency union's political leaders will be able to resolve the region's sovereign debt crisis. |
Sports
GMANews.TV - Garvo Lanete sustained his fiery form to power defending champion San Beda to back-to-back wins that pushed the Red Lions' on top at the end of the elimination round of the 87th NCAA men's basketball tournament. |
Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Oct 16, 2011 (The Manila Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Philippine wushu team copped four more medals--two golds and two silvers--on the final day of the 11th Wushu World Championships held at the Ankara Sports Arena ... |
Manila Standard Today - For the second time without its top guns, Talk 'N Text showed that it still has a lot of depth, pulling off a second straight win by outshining gutsy Rain or Shine, 107-98, in the 2011 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at ... |
Crave Online (blog) - Michael Koncz and VisionQwest President Michael Lodge dispute the facts concerning Manny Pacquiao's financial situation. Manny Pacquiao is being sued by VisionQwest Resources Group, a company he originally had hired to review his ... |
8countnews.com - Being a switch hitter is fairly complicated for us fans and analytics to comprehend, however the "Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire Jr. |
Inquirer.net - Chico Lanete provided the needed firepower to the lead the undermanned Meralco Bolts to an 84-78 win over the B-Meg Llamados last night in the 37th PBA Philippine Cup at The Arena in San Juan. |
Philippine Star - HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - Despite four key players unable to make the trip, Energen Pilipinas arrived in this Vietnamese capital yesterday with high hopes of a good showing in the ... |
Manila Bulletin - Jayjay Helterbrand of Barangay Ginebra and Paul Artadi of Barako Bull go for the looseball during PBA action Friday at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. |
PhilBoxing.com - CEBU, Filipinas -- Despite a 20-month hiatus in his boxing career, former world champion Marvin "Marvelous" Sonsona of the Philippines showed that he still has the class, speed and the ring smarts of a top fighter by scoring a ... |
Cebu Daily News - NEWLY-installed Filipino Grandmaster Oliver Barbosa demolished FM Awam Wahono of Indonesia last Friday for his third straight victory in the Indonesia Open Chess Championship held at the Lamerieden Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Art Arbole closed out with a one-over par 73 then beat Reymon Jaraula and Clyde Mondilla in sudden death to cop the men's crown while Dottie Ardina dominated the field and romped off with the ladies title in the 12th Canlubang ... |
Toronto Sun - By Richard Mauntah French players celebrate their 9-8 semifinal victory over Wales at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday. (Reuters) It came down to missed opportunities for Wales. |
Ninemsn - Thirty-seven teams from 20 nations have started racing in the Veolia World Solar Challenge from Darwin to Adelaide. There were last-minute fears that three teams slated to begin the race - one each from India, Germany and Korea - would miss the start ... |
Detroit Free Press - Rangers pitcher Derek Holland / AP BY JEFF WILSON ARLINGTON - Derek Holland was 25 years and one day old when he started Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. |
Daily Mail - The fight for the drivers' title may well be over after Sebastian Vettel secured the 2011 crown in Japan, but the season still has four races to run, starting with today's Korean Grand Prix. |
Stuff.co.nz - WINNER TAKES ALL: All Blacks coach Graham Henry (left) currently has the advantage over Wallabies coach Robbie Deans on record, but Sunday night's World Cup semifinal could ultimately decide the winner in the coaching rivalry. |
Wall Street Journal (blog) - AP The Journal provides minute-by-minute analysis of fight night in Los Angeles, as Chad Dawson challenges Bernard Hopkins for his light-heavyweight title. |
Times of India - LIVERPOOL: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was critical of Ryan Giggs after the veteran winger left the wall to allow Liverpool to score at Anfield on Saturday. |
Herald Sun - The Vincent Clerc slam that saw Wales captain Sam Warburton head to bench for the majority of the game. Source: AFP France's right wing Vincent Clerc lies on the ground after being slammed by Wales' flanker and captain Sam Warburton (not pictured). |
Philippine Star - CEBU CITY ,Philippines - Only in its second boxing promotion, AKTV, a local sports and lifestyle programmer, is already looking at bigger projects for next year. |
Southeast Asia
Malaysia Star - Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has come under a lot of criticism in the last one year and will have to deliver at the party's national delegates conference today to quell the discontent. |
Inquirer.net - President Benigno Aquino III will not meet with leaders of Congress and the Supreme Court if the discussion would be about the judiciary's budget for 2012, a Malacañang aide said on Saturday. |
Inquirer.net - The issue of the proposed Marcos burial in the Libingan ng mga Bayani has been hounding us for some time. President Noynoy Aquino had the opportunity to address the issue and clarified that there will be no burial in the heroes' cemetery ... |
The Australian - Police will release the boy to prosecutors after giving a summary of evidence on Monday. Picture: Made Anta Source: The Australian BALI prosecutors will decide on Monday where to hold a 14-year-old Australian boy until his drug trial. |
Sydney Morning Herald - Police and workers clash in Timika. Photo: AP THREE contract workers at a strike-hit, American-owned mine in Indonesia's Papua province have been shot dead in an ambush and three people wounded, police said yesterday. |
Jakarta Post - The immigration directorate general at the Law and Human Rights Ministry claims to have solid grounds for its recent rejection of allowing Greenpeace executive director John Bernard Sauven to enter the country. |
Inquirer.net - By Philip C. Tubeza After shepherding the Catholic Church's “primatial see” in the country, retired Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales is focusing on another job: Saint-making. |
Telegraph.co.uk - The Obedient Wife Club, perhaps unsurprisingly, was brought to you by the same people who dreamed the Polygamy Club in 2009 to encourage Malaysia's Muslim men to take multiple wives. |
Bangkok Post - Last Monday Siegfried Blunk, the international co-investigating judge at the United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia, resigned. |
GMANews.TV - Malacañang on Saturday said it will “respect" the timetables laid down by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales in resolving cases filed before her office. |
Straits Times - No sign of either protesters or organisers at Raffles Place on Saturday. The planned protest was later ridiculed online as a 'joke' by netizens. |
The Sun Daily - KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14, 2011): Former Transport Minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik's former peer in cabinet today testified that he never received a complaint against Ling for cheating in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project. |
Malaysia Star - KUALA LUMPUR: As potential employers and maid agencies reeled from the ban imposed by Cambodia on sending its citizens to work as domestic helpers to Malaysia, the embassy here said the action followed feedback that it had been sending ... |
Pakistan Observer - Disaster Risk Reduction day was observed around the globe on Wednesday with great emphasise that all nations and states around the globe should take effective measures for minimizing the risk of disaster of any nature, scale and degree. |
Sun.Star - PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has yet to take a stand on proposals to lower the age of criminal liability of youth offenders, Malacañang said Saturday. |
TODAYonline - Singapore - With the international environment "becoming more unpredictable and fluid", few countries are as exposed to the world as Singapore. |
Bangkok Post - Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has calmed fears over heavy floods in the capital, saying the situation is not yet critical despite water levels in the Chao Phraya River hitting a record high yesterday. |
Manila Standard Today - TO survive boredom, the Quezon City Jail has launched a way to see and visit inmates on the Internet. Supt. Joseph Vela, jail warden, said his detention center was piloting “electronic dalaw” for relatives and friends who could not go ... |
World
Newsday (subscription) - World Newsday > News > World US kills al-Qaida operatives in Yemen Originally published: October 15, 2011 7:22 PM Updated: October 15, 2011 7:38 PM By HAMZA HENDAWI. |
CTV.ca - The Occupy Wall Street movement has been going on for over a month in New York. Now it's spreading around the world and has arrived in Calgary. |
AFP - JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - A top Saudi official warned on Saturday that the kingdom will not tolerate any riots at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca next month, at a time of rising tension with Iran. |
Reuters Africa - TRIPOLI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The armed men wearing the colours of Libya's new government are everywhere, eyes darting side to side, some edgy, others excited, as they train anti-aircraft guns on Tripoli's most pro-Gaddafi neighbourhood. |
Channel News Asia - DAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday announced the creation of an ad hoc committee tasked with preparing a new constitution for Syria within four months, the official SANA news agency said. |
The Press Association - Liam Fox is facing more pressure over his involvement in soliciting donations for a company that funded close friend Adam Werrity. |
The Independent - The future of Liberia's Nobel Peace prize-winning President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was thrown into doubt yesterday, when all major opposition parties rejected the presidential elections as fraudulent. |
Press TV - The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly denied the US accusations claiming that Tehran was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington. |
eTaiwan News - AP The leader of the US House, Speaker John Boehner, says the Obama administration should hold Iran accountable for the plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States, though the Republican declines to specify what actions the US should ... |
The News International - LAHORE: As Pakistan's private sector is being heard complaining vociferously about the loss of productivity because of too many national public holidays and is vehemently opposing Islamabad's recent decision to have two weekly holidays in the country, |
ThirdAge - A survey coinciding with Global Hand Washing Day on Saturday, Oct. 15 found 43 percent of children said that if they don't wash their hands at school, it's because they don't have time. |
AFP - BEIJING - China and Vietnam want to discuss joint development of the South China Sea, state media reported on Saturday as Vietnamese communist party head Nguyen Phu Trong wrapped up a visit. |
ThirdAge - A survey coinciding with Global Hand Washing Day on Saturday, Oct. 15 found 43 percent of children said that if they don't wash their hands at school, it's because they don't have time. |
The Independent - In a highly unusual move, the United States is venturing into one of Africa's bloodiest conflicts, sending special forces to central Africa to support a decades-long fight against a guerrilla group accused of horrific atrocities. |
Montreal Gazette - Palestinian women walk past a mural depicting captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip October 15, 2011. |
Daily Mail - A radiation hotspot has been detected in Tokyo seven months into Japan's nuclear crisis - but it appears to be coming from mystery bottles stored under a house. |
Xinhua - The video grab shows an aircraft crash during an air show in Pucheng county, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 14, 2011. |
Zee News - Kabul: Twenty-one Taliban militants were killed in fighting with the coalition forces in Afghanistan, Xinhua reported on Saturday. |
MiamiHerald.com - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan from July through September fell by 26 percent from the previous summer, a senior NATO official said Saturday, reasserting the US-led coalition's claims that violence is... |
Bangkok Post - Considering the 'Balkanised'makeup of Burma and the prevalence of armed militias, coupled with the long history of bad blood, it seems extremely unlikely that reconciliation will come about without an international presenceWhile it is still too early .. |
BusinessWeek - Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak were dining at a Korean barbecue restaurant in Northern Virginia when aides interrupted with news that had been more than four... |
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