Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Malacanang May 23 called for greater vigilance against the spread of the A (H1N1) influenza as Filipinos come to grips with the reality that the dreaded virus has already reached the country.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Julian Oteyza, who calls himself, magician, musician and artist, recently attended the International Brotherhood of Magicians conference in Alexandria, Virginia.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MARION - At the international night held early this month at the Ohio State University here, Somali, Japanese, Filipino, Mexican and Indian cuisines filled the 600 plates that were handed out to those who explored A Taste of Culture.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
During a visit to Los Angeles, Virginia resident - Reverend Menchu Vasallo had a photo-op with Manny Pacquiao at his LA apartment building at Playa del Rey.
This was taken the day before his triumphant victory in Vegas. Rev. Vasallo holds Metaphysical talks on wellness and prosperity every Saturday at 5pm in Sully Circle. For inquiries, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Ambassador Willy C. Gaa May 6 awarded the Philippine Liberation Campaign Medal to Sgt. James “Jim” Carothers of the U.S. Army Air Combat Signal Corps at the Embassy for his contribution to the U.S. military operations during World War II that led to the liberation of the Philippines. Carothers remembers how Filipino soldiers gallantly stood [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
During a visit to Los Angeles, Virginia resident - Reverend Menchu Vasallo had a photo-op with Manny Pacquiao at his LA apartment building at Playa del Rey.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Mrs. Teresa Tambunting, 50 a Filipino American of upscale Scarsdale, New York has been accused of stealing more than 500 pounds of gold worth 12 million from a jewelry manufacturer in Queens where she works as the vault manager.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - It would take nearly two centuries for the Philippines to catch up with the living standards of industrialized countries at its current pace of economic growth, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reported early this month In a study titled, “A Cross-Country Analysis of Achievements and Inequities in Economic Growth and Standards of Living,” [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - Senate star witness Rodolfo Lozada Jr. pleaded not guilty May 7 and was remanded to the custody of the Senate on orders of the Manila judge hearing the perjury case against him.
In his order, Judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo of the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 26 denied all other motions and petitions for [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - The version of “Lupang HInirang,” the Philippine national anthem sang by popular singer Martin Nievera, during the Pacquiao-Hatton fight in Las Vegas May 2 is drawing endless mixed reactions from various sectors of the community even as Malacanang and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said he liked it.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - More than 50 people have been killed and millions of pesos worth of properties destroyed after two typhoons -”Dante” and “Emong”- struck southern and northern Luzon May 4 and May 7, respectively.
“Emong” killed 24 while 20 others were reported missing as of May 7 and “Dante” killed 27 people in the Bicol region, [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
WASHINGTON D.C. - The US State Department’s country reports on terrorism 2008 said the southern part of Mindanao and the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas Littoral area were among the terrorist safe havens in the world and the only terrorism hot spot in East Asia and the Pacific.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Eric Ariel Salas
SAN DIEGO, California - In my over two years of stay in Brookings and in my travels across the U.S., I learned a few things Filipinos and Americans don’t have in common.
In the Philippines, the family is the center of the social structure.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
SAN FRANCISCO - Filipino-Americans are hungry for good news about the Philippines, according to a government team that recently visited key cities in the United States as part of an information road show.
Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan, Presidential Adviser on External Affairs, who led a government team that presented positive developments taking place in the country that [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NEW YORK - Reuters news agency says home values in the United States extended their fall in the first quarter, with more than one in five homeowners now owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said.
Reuters continued: U.S. home values posted a year-over-year decline of 14.2 percent to [...]