Gay activist Filipino lawmaker urges LGBT colleagues to come out publicly and fight discrimination
Posted by: GerryAlbert
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 02:33:49 -0700 | political-news
By Gerry Albert Corpuz, anchor, all voices. com MANILA, Philippines- (2nd Update) Philippine lawmaker Rep. Teddy Casino of party list group Bayan Muna (People First), a staunch supporter of LGBT concerns in this predominantly Catholic nation of over 100 million...
Obama to urge lawmakers on 'to do' list
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 04:49:46 -0700 | political-news
A five-point economic "to do" list will aid a U.S. upturn, the White House said as President Barack Obama was to meet with lawmakers Wednesday to tout the list. Congressional action on the tax-cutting, job-creation and mortgage-relief action plan --...
21-year-old Simi Valley woman killed in Chatsworth crash
Posted by: skooter
Cebu :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-15 12:35:33 -0700 | causes-news
Skooter reporting 05/15/12 A tragic road accident occurred at Chatsworth when a 21-year-old Simi Valley woman died early Monday morning when she lost control of the car she was driving, crashed into a delivery truck, and then was struck by...
Company wants to tap Mojave's public lands for Southland water
Source: Los Angeles Times
Cadiz :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-15 22:48:53 -0700 | green-news
They found the signs they were looking for here in the sun-blasted mountain ranges and creosote-freckled valleys of the Mojave Desert, 200 miles east of Los Angeles. The group, which founded Cadiz Inc. , bought old railroad land, drilled wells...
For Tim Tebow, an Example Set Long Ago
Source: Newyork Times
Davao :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-15 21:25:12 -0700 | political-news
Gauran, 67, who runs the orphanage with his wife, Raymunda, 65...That was three years ago, before Tebow's professional stardom cut down on his time for travel to the Philippines. But the boys and girls here still toss around a football...
For Tim Tebow, an Example Set Long Ago
Source: International Herald Tribune
Davao :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-15 20:25:52 -0700 | sports-news
Jes Aznar for The New York Times A view from the classroom inside the orphanage...Gauran, 67, who runs the orphanage with his wife, Raymunda, 65...That was three years ago, before Tebow's professional stardom cut down on his time for travel...
Cheers and tears on 'DWTS'
Posted by: skooter
Cebu :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 05:21:54 -0700 | entertainment-news
Skooter reporting 05/16/12 Maria Menounos was glowing last night's episode of "Dancing with the Stars" and in the other hand Katherine Jenkins was in tears. What really happens was "Extra" correspondent Menounos had an exceptional night on the show, garnering...
'Bomb' boast bozo busted at JFK
Posted by: skooter
Cebu :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 01:18:30 -0700 | travel-news
Skooter reporting 05/16/12 At JFK Airport, a 65-year-old Brooklyn man identified as Ilya Burd of Bensonhurst was nabbed Tuesday evening for claiming that he had a bomb in his suitcase, police said. At about 5:45 p.m., Burd was at the...
United Naghi claim 4th MFBA bona fide...
Source: Arab News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-15 20:15:04 -0700 | sports-news
April Never before in the history of Filipino basketball in Jeddah that any team has won four consecutive titles in as many championship appearances. But now it can be told, as three-time inter-company bona fide champions United Naghi made it...
Five dead, 17 injured in Bogota bombing believed targeted at ex-minister
Posted by: skooter
Cebu :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 00:46:03 -0700 | disasters-news
Skooter reporting 05/16/12 A bomb exploded in the Columbian capital Tuesday leaving five people killed and 17 injured. President Juan Manuel Santos said in a speech from the presidential palace, it was an assassination attempt against a former interior minister...
KMP says gov't funding armed bandits to terrorize farmers in Negros
Posted by: GerryAlbert
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 01:21:18 -0700 | political-news
By Gerry Albert Corpuz and Handog Malaya Vera- Yamamoto Bacolod City, Negros Occidental- The Philippine government is funding the terrorist activities of armed bandits in Central Philippines to violate the basic human rights of landless farmers in Negros Island. According...
Manny Pacquiao says ‘no to same-sex marriage’
Posted by: jesettextine
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 05:07:37 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
A controversial comment from the boxing icon and champ Manny Pacquiao on same-sex marriage quoted as saying, marriage "should not be of the same sex so as to adulterate the altar of matrimony, like in the days of Sodom and...
'Small lady' testifies vs Phl chief justice
Posted by: omeroscar
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-16 05:39:12 -0700 | political-news
Laughter and whisper of the spectators from the gallery filled the Philippine impeachment court Wednesday after one of the defense lawyers asked Kaya Natin convenor Harvey Keh if he was the “small lady” referred to by the prosecution panel. Atty....
Feminists rap gov't for allowing alleged diplomat-rapist to leave Philippines
Posted by: ngamolo
Quezon :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-15 23:31:18 -0700 | political-news
By Nora O. Gamolo Amid the political noise in the on-going Senate impeachment hearings, Filipinos rile over the government’s apparent complacency over the departure of a Panamanian diplomat who allegedly raped a Filipina. Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan called...
'Superbugs' created by U.S. cheap meat
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2012-05-15 20:04:06 -0700 | health-news
Mothers, healthcare providers, farmers and chefs gathered in Washington for a conference on the link between cheap meat and so-called superbugs in humans. Everly Macario, whose son died of highly antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria methicilliin-resistant Staph aureus, joined the...
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