Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
HAMBURG, New Jersey Â? The state of New JerseyÂ?s department of banking and insurance has revoked the license of a Filipino-owned mortgage company here and imposed a fine of $150,000 on nine counts of violations reportedly committed by the company. Stripped of license is Home Mortgage of America whose president is Roland David and [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
He started this fight, Chief Deputy District Attorney Bill Berrett told Clark County District Judge David Wall during Distrito’s first appearance in the state court where his felony case will be tried. The defendant chased the victim down a staircase, had him in a chokehold and stabbed him in the back." Distrito, a defensive [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NEW YORK - Former Philippine Police Superintendent Michael Ray Aquino, who was implicated in the kidnapping and slaying of publicist Bubby Dacer and his driver several years ago, was nabbed by federal agents for violating US immigration laws. Aquino, a prot_g_ of Sen. Panfilo Lacson, was arrested for lack of valid documents to stay in [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
(Manila Standard via NewsEdge) Rates of international voice calls are expected to go down substantially after the National Telecommunications Commission came out with a draft memorandum allowing ISPs and other entities to offer VoIP as a value-added service.
NTC commissioner Ronald Olivar Solis said the commission is of the position that VoIP technology is a value-added [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By BRIAN MURPHY
VATICAN CITY (AP) âÂ?Â? From every corner of the world, the redrobed “princes” of the Roman Catholic Church headed toward the Vatican yesterday to prepare for the secret duty they were appointed to carry out âÂ?Â? gathering in the Sistine Chapel to elect the successor for the late Pope John Paul II.
It�s a [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 03, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Arroyo Video Solutions, Inc. is today introducing “Always ON,” nonstop video on demand (VOD) to the industry. Employing the new “Always ON” capabilities of Arroyo OnDemand - Arroyo’s industry-leading, 100% open standards solution for VOD - operators have for the first time a solution that continues to [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Virginia â??Jeanâ? Mamaed of Arlington, Va. passed away in her sleep on March 6. She was born in Bauang,La Union, Philippines on Jan. 20, 1933. She is the youngest daughter of nine children of Vicente Yanguas Rinonos and the late Tirso Rinonos. She attended Far Eastern University in Manila.
She worked for a [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA â?? The US Embassy in Manila said Washington has increased visa fees, but not for non-immigrant visas.
US Embassy spokesperson Karen Kelley belied reports that the fee for a non-immigrant visa was raised from $100 to $200.
â??The visa fee for non-immigrants remains at $100. I do not believe there has been an increase in the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
GREENSBORO, N. Carolina - Five Filipoino nationals were among 27 undocumented aliens rounded up by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while working as aircraft mechanics at the Piedmont/Triad International Airport here, according to the Filipino Reporter in New York.
All those arrested March 8 worked for contract labor companies that supply workers to [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
LEGAZPI CITY - Black Saturday lived up to its name for the victims of a
road mishap.
Eleven passengers were killed, and 10 others seriously wounded when a
Manila-bound bus rammed into a passenger jeep and a van along the
Maharlika Highway in Barangay Ilaor Norte, Oas town in Albay, police
said yesterday. The jeep and van were on their [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Lito Katigbak
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda-linked groups and the radical arm of the largest Muslim separatist rebel organization in the Philippines are planning to stage â??multipleâ? attacks throughout the archipelago, the United States has warned.
The warning issued by the US State Department March 23 advised Americans to â??consider carefully the risks of travel to the Philippines.â? [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Sierramar T. Cordero
MANILA
Ipahintulot ninyong paminsan-minsan ay gamitin ko ang Ingles dito at baka naman kalawangin na ang kaalaman ko ng wikang banyagang itinuro ko rin naman ng mahigit na 13 taon. Salamat.
Itâ??s been said a nationâ??s strength is its people; thus, our republicâ??s strength is us.
Citizens of the world by choice [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will finally meet in Kuala Lumpur April 16. Chief government negotiator Silvestre Afable announced it after meeting for four hours with MILF Chairman Al Hadj Murad in
Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. To be tackled at the forthcoming negotiation is the issue of ancestral domain, which includes territorial coverage [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Ingredients:
2 cups giant radish, peeled and julienned
1 to 2 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Combine the above ingredients and marinate for at least 15 minutes. Drain and reserve.
2 cups smoked salmon, sliced in batons
juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons shallots, finely minced
capsicums cored, seeded and cut into strips
salt and freshly [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Lito Katigbak
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda-linked groups and the radical arm of the largest Muslim separatist rebel organization in the Philippines are planning to stage â??multipleâ? attacks throughout the archipelago, the United States has warned.
The warning issued by the US State Department March 23 advised Americans to â??consider carefully the risks of travel to the Philippines.â? [...]