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Meralco customers to enjoy power bill cuts in March
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MANILA, Philippines?While prices of other commodities continue to rise, customers of power distributor Manila Electric Co. can look forward to a decrease in their power bills this March as the generation charge fell by 1.62 centavos per kilowatt-hour to P4.8461 per kWh. Read More
Aquino presides over destruction of World War II bombs
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CAPAS, Tarlac, Philippines?President Benigno Aquino III’s wish to dispose of almost 400,000 pounds of US bombs and other explosives left over from World War was fulfilled on Saturday when the Philippine military detonated the last 11,000 pounds of ordnance at its Crow Valley Range here. The safe transport… Read More
5.7 magnitude quake rocks southern Philippines
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MANILA, Philippines – Officials say a 5.7 magnitude earthquake has rocked the southern Philippines, collapsing the walls of some… Read More
Student’s Facebook scandal a test case for voyeurism law
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MANILA, Philippines ?The Facebook controversy between a 26-year-old student and a school dean is being eyed as a test case to see how the newly enacted ‘cyberboso’ law or the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 can enforce its teeth on voyeurs. Buhay partylist Representative Irwin Tieng, the main author of Republic Act 9995, said his group is now helping the student, known only… Read More
PH stock prices stage rally
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MANILA, Philippines ? Local stock prices rallied on Thursday as more investors hunted for bargains in light of expectations of another year of strong corporate… Read More
Suspects in Ortega murder get death threats
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MANILA, Philippines?Two suspects who admitted their participation in the killing of Palawan environmentalist and broadcaster Gerry Ortega have been receiving death threats apparently to make them retract their statements implicating former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes in the murder, the victim’s family and lawyer said… Read More
BSP to help OFWs exchange their Libyan dinars
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MANILA, Philippines?The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said it has begun talks with banks on how overseas Filipino workers repatriated from Libya may exchange their Libyan dinars into pesos or other more useful currencies. Although OFWs who returned from Libya were saved from potential harm arising from violent protest actions in some cities in the Northern… Read More
Asia-Pacific live fish trade under threat: experts
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Abu Sayyaf frees kidnapped nurse
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ZAMBOANGA CITY ? Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits on Monday evening freed the 21-year old nurse they kidnapped here more than two months ago, the… Read More
Juice drink crosses $1B in global retail sales in 5 years
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MANILA, Philippines ? The Coca-Cola Company welcomes the addition of Minute Maid Read More
3 soldiers killed, 4 hurt in Ifugao ambush
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SANTIAGO CITY, Philippines?-Three soldiers were killed while four others were wounded after they were ambushed by communist rebels in Asipulo, Ifugao, on Saturday,… Read More
One police killed in communist rebel attack in Philippines
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Manila – One policeman was killed and three were wounded in an attack by communist rebels in the eastern Philippines, a military spokesman said Sunday. Police were… Read More
Communist rebels execute ‘counter-revolutionary’
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KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines?Communist rebels killed two people in Davao del Sur this week, justifying one attack as appropriate for a counter-revolutionary. The latest to be killed was Jun Sal, who… Read More
People Power lives on
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MANILA, Philippines ? The debate on who sparked the Edsa People Power Revolution has lasted since it happened in 1986. Read More
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