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Philippines
 | Inquirer.net - For the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the real issue in the Oct. 18 encounter in Al-Barka, Basilan province, was “coordination,” or more to the point, “uncoordinated movement of troops”—and the so-called “area of ... |
 | Tempo - Manila, Philippines - The Arroyo camp has assailed the Department of Justice (DoJ) directive reinstating the watchlist order (WLO) against former First Gentleman Atty. |
Tempo -
Manila, Philippines - A tourism industry leader thanked President Benigno S. Aquino III yesterday for acting on his letter asking him to review Executive Orders (EO) No.
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or the number coding scheme will be suspended from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 in Metro Manila, ... |
 | Inquirer.net - SLEEP OF THE INNOCENT. Normalin Bernardo sleeps in a hammock of many splendid colors at an evacuation center in Barangay Naga-Naga, Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay, on Friday. |
Inquirer.net -
MANILA, Philippines—Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas on Friday visited a number of seaport, air and bus terminals to assess how well the department's “Ligtas na Undas (Safe All Saints' Day Celebration)” plan ...
Philippine Star -
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - A policeman was injured here yesterday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded while law enforcers were clearing the area where a bystander ...
 | Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - The World Bank (WB) has pledged to support the Philippines with a new financing agreement that provides a $500-million rapid response contingent line of credit the government can access for emergency relief,... |
Sun.Star -
DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo has ordered the mobilization and deployment of law enforcers and village watchmen in the vicinity of cemeteries to ensure a peaceful and safe observance of Undas 2011.
ABS CBN News -
MANILA, Philippines - Bayan Muna party-list lawmakers have joined other groups that say the Aquino government cannot stop former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from leaving the country to seek medical treatment abroad.
Sun.Star -
RESIDENTS in Visayas and Mindanao should bring their umbrellas and other rain gear when visiting their departed relatives and friends this coming long weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) ...
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Police investigators have ruled out foul play in the death of the 20-year-old grandson of former vice president Teofisto Guingona and nephew of Sen.
Zamboanga Today Online - In the point of view of command responsibility, the gruesome killings of 19 Special Forces soldiers by the MILF including all the four (4) officers and the wounding of 11 others of a 40-man patrol composed of some scuba diving students sent by the ... |
 | Philippine Star - This week I was in Kidapawan City to attend the wake and funeral of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, the now-famous martyred Italian missionary about whom I wrote last week. |
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - A grand Filipino exhibit will be mounted in 2013 at the Musée de Quai Branly, one of the well-known museums in Paris, to further cultural exchange and understanding between the Philippines and France. |
gulfnews.com -
Manila: Suspected members of communist rebels torched the vehicle of a company owned by a joint Philippines-Japanese fruit company in the southern Philippines, a police spokesman said.
Sun.Star -
THE bloody and horrible end of defiant Miammar Gadhafi should serve as a warning to other wobbly leaders not just in the Arab region but also in other parts of the world where democracy is just a word, but not a practice.
Philippine Star -
SWS reports that the number of hungry Filipinos increased 6.5 percent from 15.1 percent in June to 21.5 percent in September resulting in a record high 4.3 million hungry families.
Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - To further improve aviation safety worldwide, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has launched a new service to help its member states more accurately assess the speaking and listening ability in ... |
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MANILA, Philippines - A former soldier of the Philippine Army who was wanted for murder was killed in a shootout with authorities in Tigbauan town, Iloilo Friday morning.
Business
 | Bloomberg - US stocks rose this week, driving the Standard & Poor's 500 Index toward the biggest monthly gain since 1974, after European leaders agreed to expand the region's bailout fund and ... |
Gulf Today -
MANILA: The Philippines Court of Tax Appeals on Friday ordered the arrest of a retired military general and his wife in connection with the $3.1 million tax evasion case filed against them.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said yesterday that the government may issue a decision on companies' minimum public ownership and corresponding taxes by December 15.
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
TAX EXEMPTIONS granted to zero coupon government bonds that matured recently should be honored by the Aquino administration, business groups said, to protect investors and to maintain fairness in the capital markets.
Sun.Star -
EVEN if the Department of Finance reduces the collection target of the Bureau of Customs, Commissioner Rozzano Rufino “Ruffy” Biazon admitted they still won't be able to meet it by the end of the year.
 | Irish Times - THE HEAD of Europe's bailout fund, Klaus Regling, has said he does not expect to reach a conclusive investment deal with China during a trip to Beijing, a point underscored by a senior Chinese official who cautioned any decision to buy would inevitably ... |
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
INFLATION COULD pick up this month due to the effects of a typhoon and toll fee increases, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday.
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A NEW Philippine lending program has been approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which said it was aimed at helping the government promote inclusive growth.
Manila Bulletin -
MANILA, Philippines - Cebu Pacific (CEB) has posted a 30 percent growth in passenger traffic between the Philippines and ASEAN destinations in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year.
Inquirer.net - In a bid to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) terminals, provincial airports will soon be equipped with a technology that would enable them to operate even at nighttime, Transportation and Communications ... |
 | Inquirer.net - One of the largest thrift banks in the country Friday announced plans to grow further—and possibly acquire another financial institution—with the proceeds of a capital raising exercise it will undertake this year. |
 | BusinessWorld Online Edition - PHILIPPINE LONG Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) bagged a credit score upgrade on Friday from Fitch Ratings, which cited improved prospects after regulators approved the telco's takeover deal. |
Inquirer.net - The Department of Budget and Management has released P1.97 billion for welfare projects in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) amid growing hostilities in the south. |
 | Washington Post - Oil prices dropped Friday as investors acknowledged that Europe needs to tighten its belt for years to work through a credit crisis. |
Sun.Star -
A TOTAL OF 50 Makabayan in public elementary and high schools in Cebu participated in the two-day workshop on Philippine art dubbed as “Herencia Lectures.
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
THE PHILIPPINE Stock Exchange (PSE) has approved Touch Solutions, Inc.'s plans to conduct a P100-million initial public offering (IPO) next month, notice released on Friday showed.
 | San Jose Mercury News - OAKLAND -- What began as just another anti-Wall Street protest "occupation" in a mid-size California city has grown into a global phenomenon and turned Oakland into an epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street movement. |
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday over half of all former PAL workers have received their separation checks since Oct. 26, belying earlier claims by ...
BusinessWorld Online Edition -
STOCKS CONTINUED to rally on Friday after European leaders approved a plan tackling the debt crisis on Thursday while the US reported surprisingly high economic growth for the third quarter.
 | FlaglerLive.com - FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam's weekly commentaries are broadcast on WNZF on Fridays just after 9 am Here's this week's. |
Sports
 | GMANews.TV - The National Basketball Association (NBA) cancelled another two weeks of the season on Friday and conceded it was now too late to save the entire 82-game season even if owners and players reached an agreement to end to their bitter labor dispute. |
 | Inquirer.net - MANILA, Philippines - Far Eastern University sparkled in athletics, taekwondo and chess Friday in the Philippine Sports Commission-University Games at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City, Capiz. |
 | Salt Lake Tribune - Arlington, Texas • The mood of Texas Rangers fans a couple of hours before Friday's Game 7 of the World Series was a mixture of anticipation of the deciding game and regrets about Game 6. Fans trickled in and out of the Grand Slam ... |
Manila Bulletin -
Two-time MVP James Yap (left) is expected to lead the Veterans when they clash with the talent-laden Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors (RSJ) in the PBA All-Star Weekend - the league's annual spectacle.
 | Inquirer.net - Just a day after the Energen Pilipinas Under-16 team missed its chance for a world berth, hot-shooting Japan also denied the Philippines a podium finish, 94-81, in the battle for third place Friday in the Fiba Asia U16 tournament. |
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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.
 | Now Boxing (blog) - A lot of the Floyd Mayweather haters were making up lies saying the “Star Power” Pay-Per-View failed to break a million PPV buys. |
 | Inquirer.net - By Cedelf P. Tupas Talk 'N Text's Japeth Aguilar dunks over Petron's Arwind Santos and Danny Ildefonso. PBA IMAGE/Nuki Sabio MANILA, Philippines - With its chief gunners slowly returning to form, Meralco turned back Alaska, 81-75, to seize solo second ... |
Inquirer.net -
JHONNEL Ababa closed with a solid 71 yesterday to post a six-stroke victory over Mhark Fernando and Tony Lascuna and capture his third leg win in the ICTSI Calatagan Challenge in Batangas.
Philippine Star -
MANILA, Philippines - Lone Filipino racing champion Ferdinand “Enzo” Pastor vies in the CTM Cup of the 58th Macau Grand Prix on Nov. 18-20, hopeful of his chances for another podium finish against the leading drivers from around the world.
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Reigning US Open champion Samantha Stosur has developed a habit of picking on the world's best players. The Australian continued to bully her higher-ranked opponents by mauling French Open champion Li Na 6-1 6-0 in their final round robin match at the ... |
 | Inquirer.net - By Rene Bonsubre Jr. Rodel Mayol of Mandaue City beat Ernie Marquez of the United States via fourth round technical knockout yesterday at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in California. |
 | Times of India - NEW DELHI: A pall of gloom hung around the McLaren-Mercedes team building as former world champion Lewis Hamilton came down for a chat. |
 | Crave Online - By Admin Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez version 3.0 takes place on Saturday, November 12th, 2011, only on HBO Pay-Per-View at 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT. |
 | Irish Times - ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: ROBERTO MANCINI'S insistence that Carlos Tevez is “finished” at Manchester City could be tested, should the club's success give the striker a chance to terminate his €285000-a-week contract. |
Inquirer.net -
MANILA, Philippines - Malvinne Ann Alcala ripped Gelita Castilo, 21-16, 21-9, to forge a title showdown against Bianca Carlos in the VP Binay Grand Prix Badminton Open Championships-PBaRS fourth leg at the Philsports Arena in Pasig Friday.
 | Asianjournal.com - NEW YORK - Nonito Donaire retained his WBC and WBO bantamweight titles last Oct. 22 and dealt Argentine Omar Narvaez his first loss in his career, with all three judges scoring the fight at 120-108. |
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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Sports Commission yesterday warned the national sports associations (NSAs) that have insisted or are still insisting on their inclusion to ...
 | Daily Mail - Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has ridiculed criticisms of his management style from his predecessor Mark Hughes. Hughes, sacked by City almost two years ago, prefaced last weekend's Manchester derby by suggesting Mancini was too ... |
 | ABC Online - Ultra-cautious batting by opener Tharanga Paranavitana and former captain Kumar Sangakkara in fading light edged Sri Lanka back into the second Test against Pakistan as the pair reached 1 for 88 at stumps on day three. |
Southeast Asia
 | Irish Times - TENS OF thousands fled the Thai capital yesterday as Bangkok's Chao Phraya river swelled to a new high, swamping the Grand Palace and prompting prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to seek new ways and fresh ideas to stem the country's worst floods since ... |
 | Washington Post - BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's outgoing president said Friday the ex-Soviet nation has no choice but to join a Russia-dominated economic bloc and eventually enter a more ambitious alliance envisioned by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. |
| Inquirer.net - For the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the real issue in the Oct. 18 encounter in Al-Barka, Basilan province, was “coordination,” or more to the point, “uncoordinated movement of troops”—and the so-called “area of ... |
| Tempo - Manila, Philippines - The Arroyo camp has assailed the Department of Justice (DoJ) directive reinstating the watchlist order (WLO) against former First Gentleman Atty. |
 | gulfnews.com - Manila: The Sandiganbayan, an anti-graft court, called for the seizure of three real estate properties worth 43.8 million peseos (Dh3.65 million) of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former First Lady Imelda ... |
Tempo -
Manila, Philippines - A tourism industry leader thanked President Benigno S. Aquino III yesterday for acting on his letter asking him to review Executive Orders (EO) No.
 | TODAYonline - by Teo Xuanwei SINGAPORE - The key players behind one of the Republic's biggest ever public sector scams, who pilfered some S$12.5 million from government coffers, yesterday pleaded guilty to cheating and money laundering offences. |
 | Philippine Star - MANILA, Philippines - The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or the number coding scheme will be suspended from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 in Metro Manila, ... |
 | Jakarta Post - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the government would not use force to end the spiralling violence in Papua and West Papua that has claimed the lives of eight people. |
 | AsiaOne - The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will announce the results of its review of maid entry requirements by the end of this year. According to The Straits Times, most parties consulted prefer to remove an entry test for maids. |
 | The Australian - MALAYSIAN authorities have seized nearly 450 protected snakes and turtles - many dead - that may have been destined for dining tables in neighbouring Thailand, an official said yesterday. |
Inquirer.net -
MANILA, Philippines—Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas on Friday visited a number of seaport, air and bus terminals to assess how well the department's “Ligtas na Undas (Safe All Saints' Day Celebration)” plan ...
Philippine Star -
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - A policeman was injured here yesterday when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded while law enforcers were clearing the area where a bystander ...
Malaysia Star -
By MAIZATUL NAZLINA KUALA LUMPUR: Two former directors of Transmile Group Bhd were each jailed a year for providing misleading information of revenue totalling almost RM1mil to Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd.
Sun.Star -
DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo has ordered the mobilization and deployment of law enforcers and village watchmen in the vicinity of cemeteries to ensure a peaceful and safe observance of Undas 2011.
 | Jakarta Globe - This image of two turtles mating is featured in a book on the Coral Triangle by Jurgen Freund and Stella Chiu-Freund. (Courtesy of ADB and WWF) Officials from the six countries that make up the Pacific Coral Triangle have agreed to set up a permanent ... |
 | Aliran Monthly - By Aliran, on 28 October 2011 More than a hundred civil society groups from across the region have endorsed a statement opposing these amendments, which they feel will undermine the employer-employee relationship and erode workers' rights. |
 | Channel News Asia - By Nurul Syuhaida | Posted: 28 October 2011 2200 hrs SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has yielded the largest single seizure of "Ice" (methamphetamine) in its history. |
Sun.Star -
RESIDENTS in Visayas and Mindanao should bring their umbrellas and other rain gear when visiting their departed relatives and friends this coming long weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) ...
 | Jakarta Post - National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo on Friday admitted that his institution had accepted money from PT Freeport to each officer who helped secure the firm's assets in Papua. |
World
 | The Press Association - Fighters and residents in battle-scarred Misrata have celebrated victory over Muammar Gaddafi's regime with a parade of tanks and anti-aircraft guns. |
 | Toronto Star - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Commonwealth Business Forum ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting in Australia. |
 | Mirror.co.uk - Hungry but miraculously alive, a boy of 13 is pulled from rubble five days after the Turkey earthquake. Rescuers had almost given up hope of finding Ferhat Tokay alive when they saw his hand in the ruins of flats ... |
 | The Independent - AP Prince Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud, 78, is known for cracking down on Islamist militants and resisting moves toward greater openness in the conservative kingdom. |
 | The Guardian - Maya Jribi, the secretary general of Tunisia's Progressive Democratic Party, campaigns in Tunis before last week's election. |
 | Irish Times - TENS OF thousands fled the Thai capital yesterday as Bangkok's Chao Phraya river swelled to a new high, swamping the Grand Palace and prompting prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to seek new ways and fresh ideas to stem the country's worst floods since ... |
 | Irish Examiner - MICHAEL D HIGGINS strolled to victory in the presidential election after former front-runner Sean Gallagher saw his vote collapse amid the controversy over his Fianna Fáil past. |
 | Washington Post (blog) - Outside the US Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Friday, a lone gunman opened fire in what Bosnian authorities said was a terrorist attack. |
 | Globe and Mail - Friday marks the 125th birthday of the Statue of Liberty, an iconic symbol of freedom that was presented to the United States of America by France as a symbol of friendship during the period following America's bloody civil war over slavery. |
 | The Guardian - Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, attacked the euro as interest rates on the country's national debt rose to their highest levels since the currency's launch. |
 | Pakistan Daily Times - Pakistan's position in the international arena has seen better days. Now our country is viewed as a pariah state responsible for sponsoring terrorism across the border. |
 | The Guardian - Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Hula, near Homs, on Thursday. Photograph: Reuters Up to 40 people have been killed after Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters following Friday afternoon prayers, ... |
 | Los Angeles Times - REPORTING FROM BAGHDAD -- The death toll from twin explosions that struck a Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Baghdad has risen to 32, security and medical sources said Friday. |
 | Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ROME (JTA) -- Pope Benedict XVI told a multifaith prayer session he convened that he was ashamed of the violence used in the name of Christianity. |
 | Washington Post - BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's outgoing president said Friday the ex-Soviet nation has no choice but to join a Russia-dominated economic bloc and eventually enter a more ambitious alliance envisioned by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. |
 | CNN - (CNN) -- This week the world will reach 7 billion people. Understandably that raises concern about a soaring world population. But there is a good news story from the demographic data that is not often told. |
 | Manila Bulletin - MANILA, Philippines - Eighteen Filipino migrant workers who have been stranded in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were expected to return to the Philippines last night. |
 | Taipei Times - The nation has been talking with China on establishing reciprocal trade offices and a conclusion is in sight, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Hwang Jung-chiou (黃重球) said yesterday on the sidelines of a meeting in Kunshan, China. |
| gulfnews.com - Manila: The Sandiganbayan, an anti-graft court, called for the seizure of three real estate properties worth 43.8 million peseos (Dh3.65 million) of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former First Lady Imelda ... |
 | Live Insurance News - Piracy, a practice once thought long-dead is, in fact, alive and well today. Ongoing economic trauma has produced desperation in a number of nations throughout the world. |
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