Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
What is known is that Bolante arrived at
the Los Angeles airport from Seoul,
South Korea on July 7, was
taken into custody by immigration officials and is now at the San Pedro
immigration detention center near Los
Angeles. Everything after that is murky.
Laurie Haley, a spokeswoman for
immigration and customs enforcement in Los Angeles
said Bolante’s tourist visa [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Replying to the group’s allegations with
a “Dear Friends” letter July 24, Dr. Lorica said the charges were initiated by
a group in the PMA who have kept sole possession of its finances so “they could
dictate policy for the entire organization without any independent oversight.”
He said the dispute started “when I
reasserted Presidential control over the PMA finances [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
There are some 30,000 Filipino workers in
Lebanon.
In Manila,
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who has just returned from a two-day state
visit to Libya,
has ordered the evacuation of the Filipinos who wanted to leave but the order
could not be implemented because of lack of planes and ships to undertake the
evacuation. She also directed that no one would be [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
These tsismosos also foresee a problem
for official Washington.
How will they pronounce the name Gaa without insulting him. I think this is
fairly easy. If you know how a goat or sheep cries, there will no problem. Gaa
rhymes with Baa. Just say, GA-A!
The ambassador is said to be a Romblonon,
meaning he comes from the province
of Romblon. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Ingredients:
2 1/2 pounds large, fresh and cleaned
scallops, cut in halves & pat dried with paper towels.
Vegetable oil
1 small onion cut into wedges and
separated
4-6 large mushrooms, stems removed and
thinly sliced (approximately 1/8")
1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
freshly ground pepper
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons tapioca starch, dissolved
in 2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup strips of red bell pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried parsley
Methods:
1. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Aquino, a close aide of Sen. Panfilo
Lacson who was then head of the Philippine National Police under President
Joseph Estrada, has been linked to the Kuratong Baleleng massacre and also with
the murder of publicist Salvador Bubby Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito.
He and another co-accused fled the country when Estrada was deposed.
The US initially alleged that [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
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From our perspective, we saw a difficult
upward gridlock facing del Rosario, who had absolutely no experience in
diplomacy. it takes almost two years for any new assignee to Washington to acclimate and work out the
Capitol Hill, the White House and the thick bureaucracy, the different think
tanks, lobby groups and [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
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For the first five months, sea‑based
workers deployed abroad increased
by 15.1 percent to 115,557 versus a year
ago even as land‑based workers
declined by 3.6 percent to 350,705 during
the same period.
The OFWs likewise wired in more money in
May to take advantage of the
foreign exchange rate.
After peaking at 50.88:$1 in March, the
peso [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The ambassador’s letter, which was also
released to the Filipino American media, specifically cited the July 11 column
of Soliven which he said indicated that Soliven’s “illusory approach” has not
changed, adding “he remains, at least for me, immensely entertaining. ”
The ambassador continued:
“Worthy of note, however, is Soliven’s
upgrading of his strategic arsenal: Instead of using his ‘tirador’ (slingshot)
and [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Only about 20 percent of the population
living there have access to piped water supply and household connections. Many
of them rely on self-provision in acquiring water. But the irony is that, whenever
there is water acquired through piped services, its quality is poor and does
not meet government standards of drinking water.
The World Bank said the country loses [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
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The survey conducted from June 22 to June
28, disclosed that the number of Filipinos who intend to vote “no,” if a
plebiscite was to be held on constitutional change, has increased to a solid
majority of 67 percent compared to 56 percent in a previously held SWS [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
McCool, known at NASA for his humility
and exceptional talents, died onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia launched on
January 16, 2003. Columbia
ended tragically on February 1, 2003 at the end of its 16-day scientific
mission. The space shuttle disintegrated during re-entry to earth’s atmosphere
a few minutes before landing at the Kennedy
Space Center
in Florida.
All seven crew members aboard were [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Former Republican Congresswoman Connie
Morella lost this seat to a Democrat politician in 2002 after Maryland’s Democrat Party legislative
majority changed the district’s boundries to include more heavily minority
precincts.
After that redistricting, the U.S. Census
Bureau reported that the following minority groups increased to the following
numbers (respectively), as a percentage of the general population: Asian 13%,
Black 17%, Hispanic 14%. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“I am surprised to see that, in the Philippines,
there is still an activity of high incidence of moral and political violence
against those who profess different political ideologies, like the journalists,
columnists and writers, among others," he said.
The Vatican representative to Manila pointed out that
the violence and the political killings are not helping the people as well [...]