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Philippines
Inquirer.net - Mujiv Hataman, a former Anak Mindanao party-list representative, has the best chance of getting appointed officer in charge (OIC) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), a member of President ... |
Inquirer.net - That's according to a former Shariah circuit court judge, Nagamura Moner, who said on Tuesday that Poe, now deceased, would have defeated then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo big-time had Moner's group not ... |
gulfnews.com - Manila: Five government soldiers were killed, six others were wounded when government forces and members of a rebel group clashed on Basilan in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said. |
Inquirer.net -
The Aquino administration has bounced back from a plunging satisfaction rating, obtaining a “very good” score in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday ordered flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) to answer the petition of 1400 flight attendants to reinstate the Sept.
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - The End Impunity Alliance (EIA) has condemned the murder of Italian priest Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, parish priest of Arakan, North Cotabato, last Monday. |
GMANews.TV -
As it prepares for full enforcement next week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has renamed its motorcycle lanes to "blue lanes.
Inquirer.net -
By Joey Gabieta Tacloban City—A police officer and another suspect have been arrested in connection with a heist involving P8 million in funds for government doles to the poor in a case that is raising more questions than what police are willing to ...
gulfnews.com -
Manila: Relatives and friends called for justice as the 19-year-old rape victim was buried in her hometown in suburban Rizal on Tuesday, a TV report said.
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
A STRONGER anti-corruption partnership has been forged between two offices in an effort to pursue good governance at the local level.
Sun.Star -
The remains of the family killed in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City will be transported to Sorsogon, Bicol this weekend, including the household head who allegedly shot them.
Philippine Information Agency -
MANILA, October 18 (PIA)-- Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang is set for a State Visit to the Philippines on October 26 to 28, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between the Philippines and Vietnam.
Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - Ailing former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has not yet regained her appetite after undergoing her third spine surgery a month ... |
Inquirer.net -
Businessman Jaime Dichaves, who had claimed ownership of the fraudulent “Jose Velarde” bank account of deposed President Joseph Estrada, will not be arrested while he is being investigated for plunder by the Office of the ...
Philippine Star -
All this noise about presidential political adviser Ronald Llamas' ownership of duly licensed firearms is obviously nothing but an attempt to discredit the present administration.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Thirteen premier Russian artists are in the country to explore various sites as the Philippines is 2011 ASEAN Culture Capital.
Sun.Star -
JOSE Miguel Arroyo, husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, accused the Aquino administration Tuesday of letting criminals go scot-free in exchange for testimony against his family.
Sun.Star -
A PASAY City court has issued an order preventing former Philippine Airlines (PAL) workers from holding protest actions outside the company's In-Flight Center (IFC) along MIA Road in Pasay City.
Sun.Star -
THE 32nd MassKara Festival concludes tonight with a big bang. Long after the fireworks have faded from Bacolod City's New Government Center's skyline, people will keep on remembering this year's edition of the festival, which made Bacolod a byword in ...
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - A dismissed Manila policeman went on a rampage at past noon yesterday, shooting his mother then turning the gun on himself in front of their neighbors in Tondo.
Business
Wall Street Journal - Apple Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 54% on continued strong sales of the iPhone and iPad. However, the company's shares fell 5% in recent after-hours trading to $401.34, as results missed analysts' expectations. |
Washington Post (blog) - Critics of Occupy Wall Street have a transparent objective: They want to persuade blue collar whites and ordinary middle class Americans to turn on the movement for cultural reasons - because its optics offend these voters' cultural ... |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stopped the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from collecting the 20 percent final withholding tax (FWT) from the more than P35 billion worth of Poverty Eradication and... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition - PRESIDENT Benigno SC Aquino III has rejected Petron Corp. chairman Ramon S. Ang's offer for government to repurchase the oil firm's refinery in Bataan, arguing that it would lead to inefficiency and conflicts of interest on the part of government. |
Inquirer.net - Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), particularly Terminal 1, now ranks No. 1 among the “Worst Airports in the World,” said “The Guide to Sleeping in Airports,” an interactive website that gathers reports from various reviewers. |
Stuff.co.nz - HANGING IN THERE: The Awanuia sits behind the Rena and its leaning stack of containers. CLEAR SPELL: Salvors are racing against time to remove oil from the Rena before bad weather hits late on Monday, October 17. |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has agreed that Thailand's compliance with the WTO ruling on tax treatment to Philippine cigarette exports be done within a reasonable period of time (RPT) without definite timetable. |
Manila Bulletin -
By P40 Per Flour Bag By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT MANILA, Philippines - Short of saying that locally milled flour is overpriced, flour millers are required to reduce prices by P40 per bag from their prevailing price range of P900 to P940 per bag by ...
BusinessWeek - Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads into decisive talks on solving Europe's debt crisis handicapped by concern that France's top credit rating is at risk. |
Philippine Headline News - MANILA, OCTOBER 19, 2011 (TRIBUNE) By Angie M. Rosales - Senators probing the P660-million alleged behest loan extended by the state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) under the Arroyo administration are at loggerheads over the existence ... |
GMANews.TV -
The Philippine government will not penalize the Singapore-based shipping firm Keppel Subic Shipyard after six of its Filipino employees died and six others sustained injuries during a retrofitting of a Norwegian vessel earlier this month.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Sales of imported vehicles declined by 6 percent in September and 2 percent in the January-September period as global economic volatility affected the business confidence of local businessmen.
Washington Post - NEW YORK - Oil prices climbed Tuesday on expectations of a slower - but still growing - global economy. Here's a breakdown of how energy contracts traded. |
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - The Privatization and Management Office (PMO) said pieces of equipment lined up for auction by the city government of Surigao next week are the subject of a court case lodged by the national government and ...
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Countering the arguments raised by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), power distribution giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) indicated that there are actually several benefits that ...
Inquirer.net -
MANILA, Philippines—Industry Group Pork Producers Federation of the Phils. Inc. (ProPork) is asking the government to allow tariff-free corn importation for a limited period.
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Oil firms Petron Corp., Chevron Philippines (formerly Caltex) and Total Philippines all jacked up their respective fuel prices yesterday morning. |
Sun.Star - STAKEHOLDERS foresee that the successful activation of local interconnection of Globe Telecom and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) will boost Zamboanga City's economy. |
TMC Net - (Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, Oct. 19 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Sanyo reaches final accord with Haier to sell appliance business OSAKA - Sanyo Electric Co. |
Manila Bulletin - SINGAPORE (Dow Jones) - Philippines deserves better credit ratings as current ratings are "out of line," and a recent bond buyback reflects the Southeast Asian nation's fiscal strength, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima told Dow Jones ... |
Sports
GMANews.TV - After what can be considered a self-imposed 10-month layoff for Nonito Donaire (26-1-0, 18 KOs), he will finally make his way back to the ring this Saturday (Sunday in Manila). |
Inquirer.net - By Cedelf P. Tupas Kevin Alas of Letran protects the ball from Ronald Pascual of San Sebastian. PHOTO BY AUGUST DELA CRUZ MANILA, Philippines—On the verge of putting to waste a season where they matched the school's longest winning streak, ... |
Inquirer.net - The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters gun for a third straight win and a share of the leadership when they lock horns with the Barako Bull Energy in today's first game of the 37th PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum. |
Inquirer.net - NHA TRANG, Vietnam—Overcoming its off-court obstacles, the Energen Pilipinas Under-16 puts its focus back on the Indonesian squad it ripped by 63 points just two months ago. |
On The Beak - “Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter in the world,” proclaimed pound-for-pound contender Sergio Martinez. Maravilla, a shoot-from-the-hip Argentine slickster, has hinted his team and Mayweather Promotions are currently in negotiations regarding a P4P ... |
Inquirer.net -
By Cedelf P. Tupas An improved Philippine women's side yielded to powerhouse Myanmar, 0-2, in controversial fashion Monday in the AFF Women's Championship at the National Stadium in Vientiane, Laos.
Manila Standard Today - THE Palace on Monday dismissed criticism from the former head of the National Defense College that its promotion of boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao to lieutenant colonel went against established rules requiring any officer to be ... |
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Defending champion Air Force-Phoenix and contenders Loyola Meralco Sparks and Army launched their campaigns in style, even as Kaya rallied from a goal down twice to prevail against Diliman in the United Football League Cup over ...
Inquirer.net -
CHINESE Grandmaster (GM) Wang Yue toppled French GM Vladislav Tkachiev in yesterday's sixth round to share the lead with Filipino GM Oliver Barbosa in the ongoing Indonesia Open Chess Championship at the Lamerieden Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.
ABS CBN News -
MANILA, Philippines - University of Santo Tomas (UST) again is in the lead for the general championship of UAAP Season 74 in the first semester.
Inquirer.net -
By Cedelf P. Tupas MANILA, Philippines—PBA Hall of Famer Billy Ray Bates spearheads the free month-long basketball clinics that AirAsia and the Philippine Patriots are conducting in Manila and nearby provinces starting October 22 in Pampanga.
Sun.Star -
TOP seed University of the Visayas (UV) Baby Green Lancers warded off a late surge by the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) Baby Panthers to move on to the high school division championship of the 11th Cebu Schools ...
Inquirer.net - MANILA, Philippines—Athletics chief Go Teng Kok has promised to deliver six gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games, a prediction based on a roster that includes SEA Games champions Marestella Torres (long jump), Eduardo Buenavista ... |
Washington Post - INDIANAPOLIS - IndyCar will get help with its investigation of the crash that killed two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon. |
Washington Post - ST. LOUIS - Batter up ... and bundle up! The weather forecast is calling for temperatures in the upper 40s with a chance of rain and wind for the World Series opener Wednesday night between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals. |
The Independent - By Sam Wallace at the Etihad Stadium AP In their Champions League group of death, Manchester City clung to life last night and, when it comes to the last-minute rescue act, there are few better than their match-winner Sergio Aguero. |
ESPN (blog) - Focusing on the San Francisco 49ers' performance, not the postgame tiff between head coaches, was a priority following the team's 25-19 victory over the Detroit Lions. |
TVNZ - Visiting Stamford academic Professor George Foster is an expert in sports management and believes the All Blacks are being vastly undervalued by the International Rugby Board's current revenue sharing model. |
SB Nation - Tuesday is a critical day when it comes to the NBA Lockout, as both sides began meeting with a mediator in the hopes of resolving their differences and saving the 2011-12 season. |
ABS CBN News -
MANILA, Philippines - Regional running champion Arnold Unabia defended his title in the Cagayan de Oro elimination leg of the 35th National Milo Marathon by edging his competitors.
Southeast Asia
TODAYonline - JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday, making some changes for his political gain while replacing under-performers or scandal-hit ministers with allies in an effort to shore up support. |
Columbia Daily Tribune - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine troops battled Muslim guerrillas in a volatile southern province today in fierce fighting that killed at least 18 combatants and left 10 soldiers missing, officials said. |
USA Today - BANGKOK (AP) - Floodwaters pressed toward Bangkok on several fronts Tuesday as soldiers and residents raced to pile sandbags and officials sounded a new alarm about vulnerable areas east of the capital near the international airport. |
TODAYonline - SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Manpower should review the criteria used for deciding foreign worker quotas, as businesses here continue to face a "severe" labour shortage since the quotas were tightened, said Mr Gan Thiam Poh (Pasir ... |
Inquirer.net - Mujiv Hataman, a former Anak Mindanao party-list representative, has the best chance of getting appointed officer in charge (OIC) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), a member of President ... |
Inquirer.net - That's according to a former Shariah circuit court judge, Nagamura Moner, who said on Tuesday that Poe, now deceased, would have defeated then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo big-time had Moner's group not ... |
The Sun Daily - INVESTIGATIONS into allegations of conspiracy to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia and a Christian, prime minister have found no evidence to support the claims. |
Inquirer.net -
The Aquino administration has bounced back from a plunging satisfaction rating, obtaining a “very good” score in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
Boston Globe - PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Cambodia's war crimes tribunal will begin its long-awaited full-scale trial of the top surviving leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime late next month, the panel announced Tuesday. |
Business Times (subscription) - SHARES of Boustead Holdings slipped about 3 per cent yesterday after the Penang government scrapped a land reclamation deal allowing the company to reclaim up to 100 acres along the east coast in compensation for scaling down a hotel ... |
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday ordered flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) to answer the petition of 1400 flight attendants to reinstate the Sept.
Africa Review - By XINHUAPosted Tuesday, October 18 2011 at 17:34 Malaysian police rescued 21 Ugandan women who were forced into prostitution after they busted a major sex slave ring in a sting operation last Friday, police confirmed on Tuesday. |
GMANews.TV -
As it prepares for full enforcement next week, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has renamed its motorcycle lanes to "blue lanes.
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - The End Impunity Alliance (EIA) has condemned the murder of Italian priest Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, parish priest of Arakan, North Cotabato, last Monday. |
World Bank Group -
WASHINGTON, October 18, 2011 - The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$66 million development policy loan to enhance Panama's capacity to implement its Disaster Risk Management Program for natural disasters.
Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- An investigation officer told the High Court here today that he did not investigate why only one surgeon signed a medical report following a medical examination on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim although two Kuala Lumpur ... |
Voice of America - Tuesday, 18 October 2011 Despite Ban, Thousands of Maids May Go To Malaysia Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh “If the perpetrator is not fined or tried, he or she will continue these human rights violations. |
Bangkok Post - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is defending the eastern part of the capital by speeding up reinforcement of flood barriers in Sai Mai district to avert threats from rising floodwaters. |
Inquirer.net -
By Joey Gabieta Tacloban City—A police officer and another suspect have been arrested in connection with a heist involving P8 million in funds for government doles to the poor in a case that is raising more questions than what police are willing to ...
World
The Independent - It was not long after 10am yesterday, seconds after the small crowd watching the big open-air TV screen at the end of the Shalits' street began to stir and clap, that Dor Peled, 25, knew for certain that his good friend since the age of seven was ... |
BusinessWeek - Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to strengthen US ties with Libya, promising assistance to diversify the oil-dominated economy as well as offering medical treatment in the United States for ... |
BusinessWeek - Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Kenya's military drive into neighboring Somalia to thwart attacks by the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab risks ending like previous interventions by the US and Ethiopia -- in retreat and failure. |
USA Today - BANGKOK (AP) - Floodwaters pressed toward Bangkok on several fronts Tuesday as soldiers and residents raced to pile sandbags and officials sounded a new alarm about vulnerable areas east of the capital near the international airport. |
Washington Post (blog) - Critics of Occupy Wall Street have a transparent objective: They want to persuade blue collar whites and ordinary middle class Americans to turn on the movement for cultural reasons - because its optics offend these voters' cultural ... |
Forbes Advocate - The sight of an injured toddler lying bleeding on the road for seven minutes while passers-by ignored her shocked many around the world, but to some in China it was the all too familiar legacy of the "Nanjing Judge". |
Times of India - AP | Oct 19, 2011, 02.15AM IST SANAA: Yemeni government forces opened fire on Tuesday on protesters in Sanaa, killing 12 and injuring more than 70, a medical official said, a day after the capital witnessed its worst fighting in weeks. |
BusinessWeek - Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Republicans, countering President Barack Obama's jobs package, are urging repeal of a requirement the government withhold 3 percent of payments to contractors starting in 2013, ... |
The Independent - By Clifford Coonan and Andrew Buncombe in Beijing and Delhi AP The battle of bodies and minds between Tibetan priests and the Chinese authorities appears to be taking an increasingly violent and deadly toll after two protesters were shot and wounded by ... |
MiamiHerald.com - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Explosions and gunfire erupted in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan Tuesday as US-led international forces and Afghan soldiers began what seemed likely to become a new, coordinated offensive ... |
The Moscow Times - The news that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will run for president next year may have finally quashed the dying hopes of the stalwart optimists who, despite all evidence to the contrary, hoped that President Dmitry Medvedev would ... |
Voice of America - October 18, 2011 Britain, Canada Freeze Assets Over Alleged Iranian Plot VOA News Britain and Canada have joined the United States and frozen the assets of five men in connection with the alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United ... |
AFP - WASHINGTON - North Korea is safe enough to resume searches for the remains of thousands of Americans killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, the Pentagon said Tuesday as the two nations held rare talks. |
The Moscow Times - It is becoming increasingly likely that former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will become the country's next president. |
News24 - London - Britain's former defence minister Liam Fox caused a security risk by disclosing his diary of foreign trips to his close friend, an official report criticising his actions said Tuesday. |
Bernama - KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- The Philippine Embassy has welcomed the decision of a Malaysian court to convict a Malaysian and his Filipina wife for trafficking in three Filipinas for prostitution. |
World Bank Group -
WASHINGTON, October 18, 2011 - The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$66 million development policy loan to enhance Panama's capacity to implement its Disaster Risk Management Program for natural disasters.
Radio Cadena Agramonet - Havana, Cuba, Oct 18.- An overwhelming majority of participants in an online poll by the British newspaper, The Economist, consider the sentences imposed on the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters condemned in the US were unjust. |
Taipei Times - Comments by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) about negotiations for a possible peace accord with China within a 10-year timeframe could be a catalyst for unification that undermines Taiwan's future by agreeing to a “one China” principle, the pan-green ... |
AFP - GUATEMALA CITY - More than 90 people were counted dead Tuesday from heavy rains pounding Central America after Guatemala reported more people swept away by raging floodwaters and Costa Rica found four drowned. |
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