Los Angeles 16 April 2013, The Philippine Consulate General successfully launched the first day of elections for Overseas Absentee Voters (OAV) on 13 April 2013 at the Rizal Hall of the Consulate. The Consulate General invites all registered Overseas Absentee Voters (OAVs) in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to cast their […]
PILAR, Bataan, Apr 9 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III announced on Tuesday the government’s effective implementation of the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Law. In his speech keynoting the commemoration of the 71th Araw ng Kagitingan rites at Mt. Samat Shrine here, the Chief Executive said that some 18,700 Filipino veterans were already given […]
MANILA, Apr 11 (Mabuhay) — Police investigators have denied that the spate of missing children cases is somewhat connected to organ trafficking — a grim possibility that surfaced when a missing four-year-old boy was found dead recently with his internal organs gone in Rizal province. According to Chief Inspector Kimberly Molitas of the National Capital […]
MANILA, Apr 11 (Mabuhay) — Sen. Pia Cayetano filed with the Supreme Court (SC) a petition-in-intervention on Thursday so that she may participate in the pending case filed by the Philippine Tobacco Institute (PTI) against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health (DOH) that seeks to define “the extent of FDA’s […]
PASSI CITY, Iloilo, Apr 11 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has committed to augment the hardworking Ilonggos’ industries, commerce and economy by vowing to provide more infrastructure projects in the province. The President gave his commitment in his speech during a meeting with local leaders and the community here on Wednesday. Among the […]
MANILA, Apr 11 (Mabuhay) — Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes on Thursday appealed to candidates and their camps to refrain from resorting to campaign giveaways. Brillantes said existing regulations on campaign giveaways are rather vague, making it risky for candidates and their supporters. He said the poll body may release next week the acceptable […]
MANILA, Apr 6 (Mabuhay) – Despite North Korea’s advice to foreign missions to consider evacuating their posts due to nuclear tensions, the Philippines still sees no need to raise its alert level in Korea as of Saturday morning. In a radio interview, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the situation at least in South Korea […]
MANILA, April 6, 2013 (AFP) – The Philippines will ask the United States to pay 58 million pesos ($1.4 million) in compensation for damage caused by a US warship to a protected coral reef, the manager of the reef said Saturday. The amount is based on studies by Philippine agencies including the coast guard that […]
MACAU, April 7, 2013 (AFP) – Philippines boxing hero Manny Pacquiao wants his next fight to be in Macau, according to his promoter Bob Arum, who says they are working on an autumn showdown in the casino enclave. Negotiations are ongoing for a September rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez, who knocked Pacquiao out in December, […]
MANILA, Apr 8 (Mabuhay) – For the second year in a row, the entire country was strike-free for the first three months of 2013, said National Conciliation and Mediation Board Executive Director Reynaldo Ubaldo Monday. In his report to Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, Ubaldo said: “We did this through the provision of timely, efficient, and […]