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Number of trafficked fishermen rising, Tawi-Tawi raises alarm
JAKE SORIANO BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi: Tawi-Tawi authorities are alarmed at the growing number of fishermen from the Visayas who end up here after being recruited by human trafficking syndicates to engage in...
View ArticleSC orders air firm owner’s prosecution over Naia project
JOMAR CANLAS THE Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the prosecution of Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco) owner Henry Go in connection with a questionable agreement with the...
View ArticleBatangas monitors 3 suspected MERS cases
Tina GanzonBATANGAS CITY, Batangas: Three patients confined at the Batangas Medical Center or BMC (formerly Batangas Regional Hospital) are now under observation for possible cases of MERS coronavirus....
View ArticlePH to play key role in US Asian ‘pivot’
JOEL M. SY EGCO THE Philippines will play a vital role in the United States’ “rebalancing” of assets toward what Washington calls the Asian “pivot” and President Barack Obama will likely discuss...
View ArticleCebu Pacific offers P1 seats in systemwide Easter sale
Cebu Pacific Air marks Easter with a systemwide sale of PHP1 seat sale until April 22, 2014 or until seats last. The PHP1 seats are available on all of CEB’s 33 domestic and 24 international...
View ArticleFirst bodies pulled from submerged Korean ferry
JINDO, South Korea: Divers began retrieving bodies on Sunday from inside the submerged South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with hundreds of children on board, as families angered by the pace...
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Shark for sale
Fishermen offer a young shark for sale, caught in Manila Bay, as thousands of city residents come out for an early Easter Sunday dip in the polluted waters to beat the scorching heat on Sunday. The...
View ArticleThe $30 million MRT extort try: Fact or fiction?
DR. DANTE A. ANG First of two parts There’s no going away present for H.E. Joseph Rychtar, Czech Ambassador to the Philippines, when he finally bids farewell to Manila for another posting somewhere in...
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Pope: Bring Jesus’ fire ‘to the very ends of earth’
Fireworks light up the EDSA Shrine in Quezon City at the climax of the salubong, the traditional reenactment of the meeting of Jesus Christ and Mother Mary after Christ’s resurrection, as part of...
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‘Avenge yourself and testify’
JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA Sen. Miriam Santiago Now that she is back, it is best for Jessica “Gigi” Reyes, the former chief of staff of Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile, to tell everything she knows...
View ArticleShowbiz world gets papal inspiration
ROME: Pope John Paul II’s extraordinary life is being set to music in Rome, with audiences enjoying a flourish of theater shows about the former playwright and future saint ahead of his canonization on...
View ArticleBiden sets visit to Ukraine in face of truce collapse
KIEV: US Vice President Joe Biden was to begin a two-day visit to Ukraine on Monday amid Russian “outrage” over a deadly weekend shootout in the rebel east that shattered a fragile Easter truce....
View ArticlePyongyang warns Obama on upcoming Asian trip
SEOUL: North Korea warned on Monday that an upcoming Asian tour by United States President Barack Obama could escalate military tensions, as South Korean media cited intelligence reports of increased...
View ArticleTokyo, Beijing at odds over ship seizure, pre-war debts
TOKYO: Tokyo warned on Monday that the seizure of a Japanese ship in Shanghai over pre-war debts threatened ties with China and could undermine the very basis of their diplomatic relationship....
View ArticleGigi Reyes not seen as vital ‘pork’ witness
Joel M. Sy Egco and Jomar Canlas Senior ReportersEverybody seems eager to hear Jessica “Gigi” Reyes “sing” but not Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Palace officials. This could be because officials...
View ArticleMalaysian Airlines plane in emergency landing
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysia Airlines plane with 166 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur early on Monday in another blow to the flag-carrier’s safety image after the loss...
View ArticleScrutiny over MH370 a lesson for Anwar foes
KUALA LUMPUR: The intense global scrutiny brought upon Malaysia’s government over the fate of flight MH370 has tossed a wild card into its controversial efforts to send opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim...
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Sewol crew actions ‘tantamount to murder’
A relative weeps as she sits before the sea at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry ‘Sewol’ are gathered, at Jindo harbor on Monday. AFP PHOTO JINDO, South Korea: The...
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