PSEi 4,224.76 (17.76) -0.4186% WED OCT 26, 2011 13:00:00 PM
Philippines
Voice of America (blog) - The Philippine and Vietnamese presidents have agreed to boost cooperation between their naval forces in responding to incidents in the South China Sea, where both nations have accused Chinese vessels of acting aggressively in recent months. |
Inquirer.net - As new clashes between Muslim rebels and government forces erupt in Mindanao, the US foreign affairs official in charge of East Asia and the Pacific is set to arrive in Manila on Wednesday |
Inquirer.net - - Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been given the go-signal by her doctors to seek medical treatment abroad amid warnings by one of her critics that she should not be allowed to leave as she would not return to face the ... |
Bangkok Post - A powerful bomb ripped through a roadside restaurant in the southern Philippines late on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring eight others, police said. |
This Beat Goes - - The Black Eyed Peas have won a copyright infringement lawsuit that was filed against them in a Chicago court on January 26th, 2010 which claimed that the group's 'Boom Boom Pow' was in fact the work of singer Phoenix Phenom and writer Manfred Mohr. |
Malaya -
BACOLOD CITY - A tornado hit two central Negros towns Tuesday afternoon, destroying houses and toppling power lines and trees, although there was no casualty or injury, according to the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office.
Journal Online -
Two personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) were injured when they were thrown off the truck after being bumped by a dump truck while watering plants on the center island of EDSA in Quezon City before dawn Wednesday.
Inquirer.net - By Jerry E. Esplanada Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has dismissed as “grossly irresponsible” a warning issued by one of China's most popular newspapers that nations involved in territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) ... |
ABS CBN News -
MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) closed down 6 substandard programs of the Harvardian College in San Fernando City in Pampanga province.
AsiaNews.it - Hundreds of people from Italy and the Philippines, including hundreds of priests, took part in the Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs for the PIME missionary killed in the Philippines. |
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - After her first campaign tour in Hague, Netherlands, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, the Philippines' candidate for Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), left to visit the United Nations Headquarters in New York to ...
GMANews.TV - Filipino-American singer-rapper Allan Pineda, aka apl.de.ap of the American alternative hip hop group "Black Eyed Peas," was named an informal advisor to the US Embassy in Manila. |
Madisonville Meteor -
The annual Trick-or-Treat party sponsored by the Madisonville Area Revitalization Initiative is slated for Monday, October 31. This event is offered to all children through the fifth grade in Madisonville and surrounding areas.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - In 2005, the UNESCO General Assembly approved October 27 as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to raise awareness of the importance of audiovisual documents as an integral part of national identities and draw attention to the ...
Sun.Star - MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog signed last week a sisterhood agreement with officials of Yulin, People's Republic of China, making Iloilo City now a partner of Yulin. |
Inquirer.net - - The Supreme Court has directed the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to get hold of the sworn affidavit of one of the so-called “Erap 5” who purportedly knew one of the abductors of missing activist Jonas Burgos. |
Sun.Star -
CLARK FREEPORT -- City of San Fernando Mayor Oscar Rodriguez lauded the plan of the National Government to transform the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) as the country's main international gateway.
ABS CBN News - -
MANILA, Philippines - The Manila North Tollway Corporation (MNTC) assured the public on Wednesday that everything is ready for the expected exodus of travelers this coming holiday
Philippine Star - -
CROC BREAD, ANYONE? Lolong is now a popular bread in Agusan del Sur. Ben Serrano BUNAWAN, Agusan del Sur, Philippines - Visitors who want to get a glimpse of “Lolong,” the ...
Minda News - - GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/25 October) - With brownouts again becoming a regular occurrence in Mindanao, expect the debate on energy sources to intensify |
Business
Sky News Australia - Eurozone leaders plan to leverage the firepower of their bailout fund to one trillion euros ($A1.34 trillion), said a diplomat familiar with a draft deal to be adopted at a summit on Wednesday. |
Manila Bulletin - - MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has finally completed the landmark P69.2 billion acquisition of a majority interest in Digital Telecommunications Philippines, Inc. (Digitel) from JG Summit Holdings ... |
Reuters - - President Barack Obama waves on stage after delivering remarks on education at the University of Colorado in Denver, October 26, 2011. |
Inquirer.net - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has started its latest round of reforms, aiming to streamline the bureaucracy by removing so-called nonorganic personnel, according to Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon. |
Vancouver Sun - - A picture taken on July 28, 2007 shows people crowding a beach in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province. Following is a snapshot in statistics of the world's population, ... |
Inquirer.net - - MANILA, Philippines—The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which has paused from hiking interest rates as problems in the global economy weighs down on the country's growth prospects, has seen room for “accommodative” policies to encourage economic activity. |
Malaya - -
BOKOD, Benguet. - The Ambuklao hydroelectric power plant has started producing at its maximum capacity after being out of commission for almost 12 years.
BusinessWorld Online Edition - THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) has launched a benchmarking system to better measure tax compliance among various sectors and increase revenue collections. |
Philippine Star - -
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) led by Secretary Manuel Roxas II will launch “OPLAN: Ligtas Undas” today as part of security ...
Tempo -
Manila, Philippines - Filipinos travelling to the provinces to reunite with their departed loved ones and families for the All Saints' Day break are expected to flock airports, seaports, bus terminals, and provincial train stations starting tomorrow.
Journal Online - THE ENERGY Regulatory Commission recently renewed the certificate of compliance of a power firm and provisional certificate to another to protect the welfare of the electricity consumers in Cebu and Mindoro. |
Inquirer.net - -
Annual growth in factory output slowed down to 2.1 percent in August, according to data from the National Statistics Office. NSO reported Wednesday that the 2.1 percent growth in factory production for August 2011 was slower than the 4.6 percent annual ...
Houston Chronicle - The first commercial flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it departed for Hong Kong on October 26, 2011 at Narita Airport in Tokyo. |
CBS News - Rajat Gupta listens during a televised session by Indian NDTV at the World Economic Forum on January 28, 2010 in Davos. (Getty Images) NEW YORK - A former board member of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal ... |
Xinhua - - NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- US crude oil price tumbled on Wednesday as US crude inventories rallied last week. The US Energy Information Administration reported that US oil inventories increased 4.7 million barrels in the week ended October 21. |
ABS CBN News -
MANILA, Philippines - First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) on Wednesday slammed residents of a condominium in Makati City and their lawyer over a new case they filed against the company, saying the move was an attempt to extract large sums of money ...
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
THE ISSUE of taxes levied on foreign carriers could lead to the Philippine aviation industry being left behind by other countries, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday warned.
Economic Times - IBM global sales chief Virginia Rometty will take over as CEO from Sam Palmisano in January, becoming one of the most powerful women in business and technology today. |
Slate Magazine - - One of the best things about Occupy Wall Street is the way it confuses and ignores the shrill pundit class. By Dahlia Lithwick|Posted Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at 5:57 PM ET Is the media missing the point by expecting Occupy Wall Street to simplify its ... |
BusinessWeek - - Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. canceled overtime production planned for this week at auto-assembly plants in Indiana, Kentucky and Canada and an engine factory in West Virginia as floods in Thailand disrupt parts shipments. |
Sports
ABS CBN News - by TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines - Amidst all their challenges and a formidable foe, the San Beda Red Lions are on top of the world once again in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). |
Arab News - -
MANILA: B-Meg may be the strongest team on paper in the PBA, but defense still counts more than scoring talents. The mighty ball club held Powerade to a pathetic 17.6 percent shooting in the first quarter, and the Llamados limited ...
Inquirer.net - -
The Energen Pilipinas Under-16 team survived Iraq's gritty comeback, 82-69, to clinch a semifinal berth in the Fiba Asia U16 tournament Wednesday night at the Khanh Hoa Sports Center here.
Reuters - - Major League Baseball announced Wednesday afternoon it has postponed Game 6 of the World Series due to inclement weather in St. Louis. |
ESPN - - HOLLYWOOD, Calif -- Don't hold your breath for that Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather megafight. As far as Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is concerned it's never happening. |
Philippine Star -
CALATAGAN, Batangas, Philippines - Jhonnel Ababa lived up to the hype and fired a six-under 66, setting in motion his title bid in the P1 million ICTSI Calatagan Challenge and a third leg victory on the ICTSI-Philippine Golf Circuit here yesterday.
Journal Online - - THE country's campaign in the 26th Southeast Asian Games two weeks from now has been lessened with one sure gold medal following the last-minute withdrawal of Olympian Antoinette Rivero in the taekwondo competitions. |
Philippine Star -
Baguio Country Club resident manager Shin Paul Chan stresses a point during the launch of the 62nd Fil-Am golf tournament at Camp John Hay.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Some 33 teams from all over Laguna are taking part in the 2011 Calamba City Football Festival on Dec. 10 and 11 at the city plaza field in Calamba City.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines hosts another major international motorsports spectacle as the 2011 Asian Karting Open Championship Series stages its penultimate leg set Nov. 4-6 at the Clark International Speedway.
Malaya -
CEBUANA-Lhuillier will show up with just 10 players when it makes its debut today in the PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup against Cobra Energy Drink at the Trinity University gym.
Pakistan Daily Times - ISTANBUL: Caroline Wozniacki gave another gritty demonstration of why she has enjoyed a virtual year-long stranglehold on the world number one ranking with a 5-7 6-2 6-4 defeat of Agnieszka Radwanska in her opening match at the WTA Championships on ... |
Examiner.com - - I know I am a little late. But I have been on the internet on vairous boxing websites and boxing group observing a lot of negative comments about Nonito Donaire's performance this past Saturday. |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - A slam-bang, high-powered action looms right in the opener of the V-League Invitational Club Championship Thursday as Army slugs it out with Malaysia and Ateneo clashes with Vietnam at The Arena in San Juan. |
Inquirer.net - - Despite being within a loss of another Finals defeat at the hands of rival San Beda, San Sebastian is far from giving up. “We're going to fight it out. |
Manila Bulletin - -
MANILA, Philippines - Michael Bolton is apparently a fan of Filipino boxing star Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. Bolton, who is in the country for a concert on Tuesday, says he looks forward to watching Pacquiao's upcoming bout with Emmanuel “El ...
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Saving its best for last, the unique Energizer Night Race is eyeing to attract more than 5000 runners when it holds the final leg of its advocacy run at the Fort Bonifacio Global City on Nov. 5. Organizers of the event said it is ...
CanadianBusiness.com - By AP | October 26, 2011 NEW YORK (AP) - NBA owners and players resumed talks aimed at ending the lockout Wednesday, less than a week after three intense days of mediation didn't produce a new labor deal. |
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Paolo Lorenzo Sunga produced the worthiest win in the VP Binay Grand Prix Badminton Open Championships-PBaRS fourth leg, bundling out second seed Paul Vivas with an impressive 21-19, 21-19 victory yesterday to crash into the ...
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - CaféFrance hopes to register the first upset win in the PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup when it battles the fancied Boracay Rhum Thursday at the Trinity University gym.
Southeast Asia
Wall Street Journal - - BANGKOK—The governor of Thailand's capital ordered two flooded districts to be evacuated Wednesday and Bangkok residents searched for dwindling food and water, responding with new urgency to signals that their city could be in grave ... |
Voice of America (blog) - The Philippine and Vietnamese presidents have agreed to boost cooperation between their naval forces in responding to incidents in the South China Sea, where both nations have accused Chinese vessels of acting aggressively in recent months. |
Voice of America (blog) - An appeals court in Indonesia has cut the prison term of a radical Muslim preacher who is linked to the deadly 2002 Bali bombings and was convicted of inciting terrorism. |
Bangkok Post - A powerful bomb ripped through a roadside restaurant in the southern Philippines late on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring eight others, police said. |
RT - With high tides on the way, Thai authorities are warning of a high risk of flooding in Bangkok after months of rain which have killed over 360 people since July. |
Stuff.co.nz - ROB HAMILL: His brother was captured and murdered by the Khmer Rouge after his yacht strayed into Cambodian waters in 1978. This year Mr Hamill tried to take a civil case against five people under investigation for his killing, and other war crimes ... |
gulfnews.com - - Manila: About 58 people died and 19481 were displaced as government forces launched air strikes and ground assaults starting Monday on renegade rebel groups both in Zamboanga Sibugay and Basilan in the southern ... |
Inquirer.net - - Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been given the go-signal by her doctors to seek medical treatment abroad amid warnings by one of her critics that she should not be allowed to leave as she would not return to face the ... |
Tempo - Manila, Philippines - Unidentified men burned down a Catholic Church-run radio station facility in Occidental Mindoro early yesterday morning, but a police official said no one was hurt. |
Bangkok Post - Two of the three men who died in a series of coordinated bomb attacks in central Yala on Tuesday were suspected Islamic militants, the military says. |
Stuff.co.nz - - JAILED: The 10 Malaysians sentenced in the High Court at Auckland after pleading guiilty to smuggling a total of 8.55kg of methamphetamine into Auckland in April 2011. |
Tempo Interaktif -
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief candidate, Yunus Hussein, has denied that he had special relations with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Free Malaysia Today - The prime minister says the huge turnout marked a victory for the transformation effort being carried out by the government. KUALA LUMPUR: Over 10000 people from various races and backgrounds attended the Deepavali open house organised by the MIC at ... |
Madisonville Meteor -
The annual Trick-or-Treat party sponsored by the Madisonville Area Revitalization Initiative is slated for Monday, October 31. This event is offered to all children through the fifth grade in Madisonville and surrounding areas.
Malaya -
BACOLOD CITY - A tornado hit two central Negros towns Tuesday afternoon, destroying houses and toppling power lines and trees, although there was no casualty or injury, according to the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office.
Journal Online - Two personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) were injured when they were thrown off the truck after being bumped by a dump truck while watering plants on the center island of EDSA in Quezon City before dawn Wednesday. |
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - call for the halt to any (or proposed) military operations in West Papua as a way of avoiding further escalation of the situation and avoiding further bloodshed. |
Phuket Gazette - PHUKET: The driver of the Phuket tour bus full of Russian tourists that ran off the road on a steep curve heading into Patong this afternoon told police that brake failure caused the accident. |
Jakarta Post - Golkar Party chairman Aburizal “Ical” Bakrie has denied that the party's ongoing national executive meeting will announce the party's presidential candidate for the 2014 polls. |
Bernama -
GENEVA, Oct 26 (Bernama) -- The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has praised Malaysia for its achievement in the area of information communication and technology (ICT).
World
Wall Street Journal - - BANGKOK—The governor of Thailand's capital ordered two flooded districts to be evacuated Wednesday and Bangkok residents searched for dwindling food and water, responding with new urgency to signals that their city could be in grave ... |
Independent Online - - A Tunisian demonstrator holds a sign during a protest against the Islamist Ennahda movement in Tunis. Tunisia's moderate Islamist party said on Wednesday it would put forward one of its officials for the prime ... |
BusinessWeek - By Chiara Vasarri (Updates with details from the letter in fifth-sixth paragraphs. For more on euro crisis, see EXT4.) Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed to raise 5 billion euros ($8 billion) annually from asset sales, ... |
Arab News - Libyan rebel fighters beat a hasty retreat to Benghazi as Muammar Qaddafi's forces reach Ajdabiyah on Tuesday. (Reuters) By ARAB NEWS "We were among them and the numbers of Qataris on the ground were hundreds in every region," said Qatari chief of ... |
msnbc.com - - Rescue workers work to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, early October 24, 2011. |
Herald Sun - by: AP From: AP Protesters and police in Oakland. Source: AP UPDATE 9.26am: POLICE have fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters in heavy clashes with hundreds of "Occupy" protesters in Oakland. |
Reuters - - President Barack Obama waves on stage after delivering remarks on education at the University of Colorado in Denver, October 26, 2011. |
Atlanta Journal Constitution - - AP CANCUN, Mexico - Tourists fleeing Hurricane Rina crowded Cancun's airport Wednesday even as the storm lost some of its punch on a course for Mexico's resort-studded Caribbean coast. |
Huffington Post - As South Korea gets in the occupying spirit, the official news agency of its neighbor to the north has jumped on the demonstrations as an opportunity to knock capitalism and express support for the South Koreans' "pent-up wrath against avaricious big ... |
National Post - by Hamoud Mouanassar SANAA - More than 20 Yemeni civilians, government troops and dissident soldiers were killed in overnight violence after President Ali Abdullah Saleh's latest pledge to step down, medics said on Wednesday. |
AFP - BEIJING - China on Wednesday welcomed a proposal by Taiwan's president for a peace treaty, but dismissed calls by the island's opposition for a referendum on political talks as a "stunt". |
Boston.com (blog) - - By Ben Jacobs With the death of former Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy and downfall of his government, it might be tempting for outsiders to believe that Khadafy's regime has been exiled to the dusty pages of history. |
Economic Times - KABUL: At least 10 people were killed and two dozen wounded on Thursday when a fuel truck supplying one of the largest US-run bases in Afghanistan erupted in flames after being bombed, an official said. |
NPR - by AP Two police officers convicted of beating a young man to death in a case that inspired Egypt's uprising were sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday, enraging families of the police who smashed wooden benches in the courtroom and tried to ... |
Voice of America (blog) - An appeals court in Indonesia has cut the prison term of a radical Muslim preacher who is linked to the deadly 2002 Bali bombings and was convicted of inciting terrorism. |
Huffington Post - South Asia's evening gloom is being punctured and punctuated by children's fireworks and sparklers as revelers take to the streets to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights shared by Jains, Hindus and Sikhs. |
Cebu Daily News - The surprise visit over the weekend of Bernard Weber, president and founder of the New 7 Wonders of Nature (N7WN), to Puerto Princesa City has buoyed the chances of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) to win a spot in the online listing of the ... |
New York Times - - NAIROBI, Kenya - The Kenyan government revealed on Wednesday that its extensive military foray into Somalia this month to battle Islamist militants was not simply a response to a wave of recent kidnappings, as previously claimed, ... |
Economic Times - ISLAMABAD: The Afghan intelligence service is holding a young man who alleges he was recruited earlier this year by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and trained to be a suicide bomber to target Western coalition forces, according to a new ... |
Alaska Dispatch - A leftist lawyer with a long background espousing radical causes won a decisive victory Wednesday in an election for mayor of Seoul that has serious implications for policies in dealing with North Korea. |
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