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Conflicting death counts in Marikina, Rizal
Manila :: Philippines | 2 months ago
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At least 59 bodies have been retrieved from the flooded Provident Village in Marikina City as rescuers continued Monday to trudge through muddy waters to rescue survivors or recover bodies. The official death toll in Marikina City as reported by the National...
Tags: Philippines, Philippine Star, philippine flooding, death toll, flooding victims, Gloria Arroyo, salaries grade, Australia, flooding survivors, Manila
People Power: the televised revolution
Singapore :: Singapore | 4 months ago
Credibility SINGAPORE: The death of former Philippines president Corazon Aquino has generated renewed interest in the 1986 "People Power" uprising that brought her to power and was beamed around the globe. Satellite TV coverage of Aquino's battle to avenge her husband's...
Tags: philippines, Corazon Aquino, president corazon, Mrs Aquino, Philippine Star, colon cancer
Kapampangan among dead in Afghan crash
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility One of 10 Filipinos who died in a helicopter crash in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) air base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday was a resident of this Pampanga capital city, his relatives said, citing the reports of the victim's father who...
Tags: Afghanistan, Esteban Conejos, helicopter crash, Ten Philippine, Philippine Star, Philippine Daily Inquirer, filipinos workers, southern afghanistan
Philippine ferry sinks, killing 12
Manila :: Philippines | 6 months ago
Credibility Philippine police say 12 people died when a ferry sank as it headed for a resort town south of Manila. Chief Superintendent Luisito Palmera says the boat, a large motorized outrigger, capsized today when one of its outriggers broke on its journey to...
Tags: Central Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard, Oriental Mindoro, PCG Batangas, Puerto Galera, Philippine Star, Mindoro Island, Manila, ferry boat
Efforts continue to free Red Cross workers
Manila :: Philippines | 8 months ago
Credibility Philippine army troops Thursday held their positions around Muslim extremists holding three Red Cross workers hostage, the military said...Alexander Yano, chief of staff of the Philippine army, denied the troops had been pulled back from their original...
Tags: Philippine National Red Cross, Philippines-The Philippine National Police, Sen. Richard Gordon, international committee, cross worker, Philippine Star, aid worker, Sulu, southern philippine, Abu Sayyaf
Terms set for lifting ban on working in Lebanon
Dole :: France | 8 months ago
Credibility Terms set for lifting ban on working in Lebanon By Estrella Torres, Correspondent Published: March 18, 2009, 23:21 Manila: The Philippine government has set demands for the resumption of the deployment of Filipino workers to Lebanon, a government official...
Tags: Philippines Labor, Lebanon, Marianito Roque, Philippine Star, deployment ban, secretary marianito
Shares close 1.9% lower
Manila :: Philippines | 10 months ago
Credibility Share prices closed 1.9 percent lower on Friday as investors ignored favorable economic growth figures at home to focus on the gloomy outlook overseas, dealers said. The composite index fell 35.60 points to 1,825.09 points, while the all-shares index...
Tags: Philippine Star
2 suspected Sayyaf militants bolt Basilan jail
Manila :: Philippines | 11 months ago
Credibility Two suspected members of the bandit group Abu Sayyaf who allegedly took part in the beheading of government troops in 2007 have escaped from the provincial jail in Basilan province. Reports reaching the Philippine National Headquarters in Camp Crame indicated...
Tags: Abu Sayyaf, Basilan, manila, Philippines, provincial jail, basilan jail, Isabela City, suspected abu, basilan provincial, Philippine Star
RP, US to hold naval exercises near Spratlys--report
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility US and Philippine forces will carry out joint naval exercises off Palawan, the closest major Philippine island to the disputed Spratlys chain in the South China Sea, a report said Saturday. The joint exercises will begin Monday, Vice Admiral William Douglas...
Tags: Philippines, Philippine Star, Spratlys, disputed spratly
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