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Power firm builds school building in Alicia, Isabela

Power firm builds school building in Alicia, Isabela »

The SN Aboitiz Power Magat, Inc. (SNAP-Magat) has turned over a school building in Barangay Bagong Sikat here to provide comfort for displaced elementary pupils....

January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Santiago City rehabilitates housing for wayward teenagers

Santiago City rehabilitates housing for wayward teenagers »

The housing for the Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) at Barangay Balintocatoc in this city will be rehabilitated with the P2.5 million aid from Senator Francis Pangilinan to be received by the city...

January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Immigration

Immigration agents nab two foreigners for illegal entry

Immigration agents nab two foreigners for illegal entry »

Intelligence operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested two foreigners who illegally entered the country through the southern backdoor....

January 15 2012 / No comment / Read More »
Proposed Change Regarding Family Unity

Proposed Change Regarding Family Unity »

On January 6, 2012, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would make a policy that would reduce the amount of time that U.S. citizens are separated from their families while their...

January 7 2012 / No comment / Read More »

The Filipino Abroad

SISTER CITIES SIGNPOST DEDICATION CEREMONY

SISTER CITIES SIGNPOST DEDICATION CEREMONY »

Since the creation of the Sister Cities International in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Los Angeles has established sister city agreement with 25 cities around the world....

January 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Malacañang

Aquino installs Tan as new Philippine Coast Guard Commandant

Aquino installs Tan as new Philippine Coast Guard Commandant »

President Benigno Aquino III formally installed Rear Admiral Edmund Castor Tan as the new Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant replacing Admiral Ramon C. Liwag in ceremonies held at the PCG headquartes in Port Area, Manila...

January 24 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

Special Feature

President departs Las Vegas after speech at UPS plant »

President departs Las Vegas after speech at UPS plant

Within 17 hours of his arrival in Las Vegas, President Barack Obama boarded Air Force One at 12:10 p.m. Thursday and took off from McCarran International Airport.

January 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

National

NHMFC grants housing loan moratorium to ‘Sendong’ victims »

NHMFC grants housing loan moratorium to ‘Sendong’ victims

National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. (NHMFC), a government housing agency, extends loan moratoriums for private homeowners displaced by tropical storm "Sendong."...

Jan 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

PNP recognizes newly-promoted police personnel »

PNP recognizes newly-promoted police personnel

A total of 20,917 newly promoted Philippine National Police (PNP) uniformed personnel were given recognition on Friday before the Flag Lowering Ceremony....

Jan 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Asian Nations

Roads blockaded, factories stop operation as workers protest in West Java, Indonesia »

Roads blockaded, factories stop operation as workers protest in West Java, Indonesia

About 30,000 workers hit the streets for a pay hike in Bekasi town of West Java on Friday,...

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

VN targets 90,000 guest workers in 2012 »

VN targets 90,000 guest workers in 2012

The Overseas Labor Management Department has set a target of sending 90,000 workers abroad this year....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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North and South America

Bin Laden raid commander plots global expansion »

Bin Laden raid commander plots global expansion

As traditional military operations are cut back, the Pentagon is moving to expand the worldwide reach of the U.S. Special Operations Command to strike back wherever threats arise....

Jan 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

US Navy SEALs prove their mettle again »

US Navy SEALs prove their mettle again

First they took out Osama bin Laden. Now the US Navy SEALs have earned their "special forces" designation once again by conducting a daring, pinpoint rescue of two aid workers held hostage for three months in Somalia....

Jan 27 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Las Vegas News

Where does a president stay in Las Vegas? Small, eco-friendly hotel hosts guest-in-chief »

Where does a president stay in Las Vegas? Small, eco-friendly hotel hosts guest-in-chief

If you're the president of the United States and are in Las Vegas, where do you spend the night?...

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Psychiatrist: Ex-doctor charged in hepatitis case competent to stand trial »

Psychiatrist: Ex-doctor charged in hepatitis case competent to stand trial

A psychiatrist who evaluated hepatitis case defendant Dipak Desai for six months while he was at the state's Lakes Crossing mental health unit in Sparks testified today that he thought the former Las Vegas physician was exaggerating the extent of his memory loss....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Entertainment

Christian Bautista not deported from Indonesia, says manager »

Christian Bautista not deported from Indonesia, says manager

Multi-platinum-selling singer and actor Christian Bautista is set to return to the country this weekend amid reports that he was deported from Jakarta, Indonesia for allegedly violating the terms of his visa....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Annabelle’s petition vs QC prosecutors junked »

Annabelle’s petition vs QC prosecutors junked

Talent manager Annabelle Rama's petition to inhibit the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office from all the cases filed against her by former actress Nadia Montenegro was junked on Friday....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Sports

Djokovic fights off fatigue to make final »

Djokovic fights off fatigue to make final

World number one Novak Djokovic fought off what appeared to be breathing problems and fatigue to advance to the final of the Australian Open following an epic five-set semi-final victory over Britain's Andy Murray....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Powerade’s David named PBA conference MVP »

Powerade’s David named PBA conference MVP

Powerade's main man Gary David nabbed the Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award for the PBA Philippine Cup, edging Petron's Arwind Santos in a close contest....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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Business

S. Korean economy to see slower export growth in 2012 »

S. Korean economy to see slower export growth in 2012South Korea's finance ministry and central bank on Friday shared views that the country's export growth will slow this year due to external uncertainties such...

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

China estimated to have invested 60 pct of foreign reserves in sovereign debts »

China estimated to have invested 60 pct of foreign reserves in sovereign debtsChina is estimated to have invested about 60 percent of its foreign exchange reserves in foreign sovereign debts, a financial expert said Friday....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

World News

Roads blockaded, factories stop operation as workers protest in West Java, Indonesia »

Roads blockaded, factories stop operation as workers protest in West Java, IndonesiaAbout 30,000 workers hit the streets for a pay hike in Bekasi town of West Java on Friday,...

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »

VN targets 90,000 guest workers in 2012 »

VN targets 90,000 guest workers in 2012The Overseas Labor Management Department has set a target of sending 90,000 workers abroad this year....

Jan 28 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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National News Illustrated

FIRST WITNESS ATTENDS CORONA TRIAL

FIRST WITNESS ATTENDS CORONA TRIAL

Atty. Enriqueta Esguerra-Vidal, Supreme Court Clerk of Court, takes the witness stand on the third day of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona....

Jan 19, 2012 / More »

Provincial News Illustrated

High ROI from USAID infra facilities in Mindanao

High ROI from USAID infra facilities in Mindanao

The Tulay boat landing built by the U.S. Agency for International Development in Jolo, Sulu, has made the transport of passengers and cargo safer, as well as more orderly and efficient, for about...

Jan 16, 2012 / More »

Entertainment Illustrated

Oklahoma hospital must pay $1 million to Garth Brooks

Oklahoma hospital must pay $1 million to Garth Brooks

An Oklahoma hospital in Garth Brooks' hometown must pay $1 million to the country singer because it failed to build a women's health center in honor of his late mother, jurors ruled Tuesday...

Jan 26, 2012 / More »

Movies

New ‘Spartacus’ Liam McIntyre had to work out to win role

New ‘Spartacus’ Liam McIntyre had to work out to win role

Liam McIntyre said he had to work out to prove to Starz that he could handle he lead role on "Spartacus."...

Jan 15, 2012 / More »
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