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By Bong Lozada INQUIRER.net 9:11 pm | Thursday, June 5th, 2014 MANILA, Philippines-With China continuing its reclamation projects in the disputed Spratly Islands, the Philippines has fired back saying the operations are an “outright disregard” of one international relation. Peter Paul Galvez, Department of National Defense spokesman, said that the reclamation projects of the Chinese at the Gaven and Cuarteron reefs disregard the Declaration of Conduct that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations formed. “This is an outright disregard of the DOC,” Galvez said Thursday evening. “We continue to reiterate that all nations in the region (to follow the DOC). Galvez said that the Philippines continues to “aggressively pursue the code of conduct.” China’s reclamation operations began in March at the Cuarteron reef and May at the Gaven reef. According to the Asean DOC, Asean countries and China should “promote a peaceful, friendly, and harmonious environment in the South China Sea.” Galvez said that apart from sparking new tensions, the “illegal activities” also disrupt the environment. “These actions, these activities destroy the marine environment which sustains the marine life in the waters.” Follow Us Other Stories: South Korea gives Corvette to Philippine Navy G7 concerned by Asian maritime tensions Vietnam shows video of Chinese ship ramming boat Recent Stories: Complete stories on our Digital Edition newsstand for tablets, netbooks and mobile phones; 14-issue free trial. About to step out? Get breaking alerts on your mobile.phone. Text ON INQ BREAKING to 4467, for Globe, Smart and Sun subscribers in the Philippines. Short URL: Read More …

 Sheeran has won Brits, been nominated for the Grammys, toured with Taylor Swift and others, and is now selling out concerts all over the world Great love stories in the movies also produce great theme songs. This was true of As Time Goes By from Casablanca back in the ’30s, also of Love Story and Where Do I Begin, Breakfast at Tiffany’s Moon River, The Way We Were, Superman’s Can You Read My Mind, Somewhere in Time and so on down to recent times with My Heart Will Go On from Titanic.  Now Titanic happened 17 years ago and while there has been no shortage of good music from the movies, we still have to come across a theme of the same tremendous impact as My Heart Will Go On. It must be because times have changed and films are not that romantic anymore. Also because film producers have discovered the marketing boost that old songs provide. Think of She in Notting Hill. This is sad but maybe Ed Sheeran and All Of The Stars from The Fault in Our Stars can change the situation. The Fault in Our Stars is based on a best-selling book by John Green about two cancer stricken teenagers. Bright, attractive, very smart and with a uniquely humorous view of the world around them, Hazel Grace and Augustus meet and fall in love while attending a cancer support group. The story does not deal with changing the inevitable, it is instead about how these young Read More …

Drink to your health: Matstone multipurpose juice extractor gets the most juice out of hard leafy veggies, fruits, and even nuts.   MANILA, Philippines – A growing body of science and medical studies clearly show that malunggay (Moringa Oleifera) is nature’s multi-vitamin. It contains about 90 essential nutrients, 46 antioxidants and eight amino acids. Malunggay is one of the richest plant sources of vitamins: Vitamin A (beta carotene), Vitamin B1 (thiamine), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (niacin), Vitamin B6 (pyrodixine), Vitamin B7 (biotin), Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), Vitamin D (cholecalciferol), Vitamin E (tocopherol), Vitamin E, and Vitamin K. Malunggay provides seven times more Vitamin C than oranges, 17 times more calcium than milk, four times more Vitamin A than carrots, 25 times more iron than spinach, 15 times more potassium than banana, and three times more protein than yogurt. The list of minerals present in malunggay is abundant, which includes calcium, copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, and zinc. To top it off, malunggay has no known impurities, with no reverse actions ever recorded. You’ll probably say, “OK, so how do you expect me to eat a bunch of malunggay leaves?” That’s right, you can’t eat all of that, but you can drink it! You can include malunggay (leaves and stem) into your juice. To get the most juice out of a malunggay stem, use a slow juicer like Matstone multipurpose juice extractor. Users of Matstone can attest to this juicer’s performance, compared to other slow juicers, in getting the most Read More …

MANILA, Philippines – Counterfeit items seized by the government surged 334 percent in the January to April period compared to the same period a year ago, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said. Data from the IPOPHL showed counterfeit goods confiscated by the government amounted to P6.572 billion as of end-April, well-above the P1.515 billion in the same period last year. The IPOPHL attributed the higher amount to operations of the IP rights enforcement agencies particularly the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC). “The same joint NBI-BOC operations yielded the increases,” IPOPHL director general Ricardo Blancaflor said in a text message yesterday. For the rest of the year, the IPOPHL is upbeat the value of seized pirated or counterfeit items would continue to rise. “The operations will continue at present levels,” he said. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 “There will be more joint cooperations,” he added. Aside from the NBI and BOC, other agencies part of the National Committee on IP Rights (NCIPR) which is authorize to visit business establishments with IP violations and confiscate counterfeit items are the Philippine National Police, Optical Media Board and Food and Drug Administration. Blancaflor is confident the value of goods seized by the NCIPR this year could beat last year’s total of P7.76 billion. He is also hopeful this year’s total could match the record-high set in 2011. Counterfeit items seized by the government reached an all-time high of P8.3 billion in Read More …

Philippine Daily Inquirer 7:40 am | Monday, June 2nd, 2014 President Benigno S. Aquino III . GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–President Aquino will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the two-day Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management on June 4, Secretary Herminio Coloma said Sunday over government radio. Coloma said the ASEM Manila Conference was expected to come out with a “Tacloban Declaration” which would be Manila’s contribution to new international policies and principles on disaster risk reduction and management. ASEM delegates will visit Tacloban City prior to the conference. They will meet with local officials and civic leaders. An estimated 150 senior national and local government officials, scientists, academicians, policy makers, industry and business executives, civil society leaders and representatives of regional and international organizations from 36 countries in Asia and Europe are expected to attend the meeting. Also expected are Kristalina Georgeva, European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis; Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction Margela Wahlstrom and Vietnamese Vice Minister for Agriculture Hoang Van Tang. The ASEM conference is a Philippine initiative which President Aquino announced during the 9th ASEM Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Nov. 5, 2012.–Christine O. Avendaño  Follow Us Other Stories: ‘Yolanda’ recovery gets Canada boost Unhappy, solons want migrants better protected Alien seniors should get discounts too Tacloban is being ‘built back better,’ says Investment Roadshow Recent Stories: Complete stories on our Digital Edition newsstand for tablets, netbooks and mobile phones; 14-issue free trial. About to Read More …