Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
In Manila’s upscale business district of Makati luxury flats are still fetching record prices, but the country’s property barons are getting nervous as the financial crisis takes hold. Builders have already started to review their plans amid fears tha…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Philippine government will resume the three-percent tariff imposed on oil products starting from Saturday as local pump prices continued to decline along with the global downtrend, an official said on Friday.”It’s a policy direction that we have to go …
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
A senior British security official is to discuss with Philippine government officials and separatist rebel leaders on the peace process in the south, the British Embassy said on Friday.Robert Hannigan, Security Adviser to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, wi…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Philippines has signed an agreement with the United Nations (UN) on the arrangement of standby forces for peacekeeping operations, the government said on Thursday.Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo signed the agreement on Contributions…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON - The six-city tour promoting the dream match between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya is drawing large crowds and accentuating public interest in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
USS ESSEX, At Sea (NNS) — U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Kristie A. Kenney, and Philippine Marine Corps Deputy Commandant, Brig. Gen. Natalio Ecarma, visited the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) Oct. 26. The visit came on th…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
SUBIC BAY, Republic of the Philippines (NNS) — The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) arrived in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, after completing this year’s Talon Vision (TV) and Amphibious Landing Exercises (PHIBLEX)…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Greg B. Macabenta
Friends from Manila have been asking me about the effect on the average Filipino household of the catastrophe that has befallen the US financial sector.
In a study that my ad agency conducted some years ago, we confirmed what we had suspected for
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Lito Katigbak
WASHINGTON - Their influx into the United States may be leveling off or in decline according to anecdotal evidence, but Filipino nurses still rule the roost when it comes to patient satisfaction.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
VIRGINIA BEACH = Kathleen Simpao is the first Filipino American woman firefighter in Virginia Beach and probably the first to ever join a fire department in the East Coast of the United States.
Ms Simpao, a former resident of California who joined the Thalia fire department in February, 2007,
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Thousands of Filipinos have had their lives shattered following the collapse of peace talks between the government and Muslim insurgents, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. The London-based rights group said an estimated 370,00…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Philippine government has decided to transfer “high-risk” and “high-value” leftist prisoners to “well-protected” military facilities after rebels attacked a jail and sprang seven of their comrades, an official said on Tuesday.There is already a “mechan…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Filipino seafarers remain the top pick of Japanese ship owners, managers and operators, an industry chief said on Tuesday.The preference for Filipino sailors is due to the fact that these mariners are “completely disciplined, hard-working, flexible and rel…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
A magnitude-5.0 quake rocked the central Philippine area of Mindoro at Tuesday noon, with no casualty or damage to property reported yet.The quake was recorded at 12:16 p.m. local time (0416 GMT), and the epicenter was 235 kilometers south-southwest of Man…