BBCNews: by Jon Donnison – In the typhoon’s path were areas already struggling to recover from a deadly 7.3-magnitude earthquake last month, including the worst-hit island of Bohol where about 5,000 people are still living in tents. The UK’s ambassador to the Philippines, Asif Ahmad, announced on Saturday that a […]
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Huff Post: by Erik De Castro – LOON, Philippines, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings including an old church and a hospital. Nearly 3 million people were affected by […]
Inquirer: by Julliane Love de Jesus. MANILA, Philippines—US President Barack Obama will visit Manila during his weeklong Southeast Asian trip next month to boost alliances at a time of growing territorial tensions in the region, Malacañang said Saturday. Obama, during his state visit in the Philippines on October 11 to […]
Yahoo News. MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Flooding caused by some of the Philippines’ heaviest rains on record submerged more than half the capital Tuesday, turning roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government suspended all work except rescues and disaster response for […]
Business Insider: by Manuel Mogato. CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) – A Philippine ferry sank after colliding with a cargo vessel killing at least 24 people and leaving nearly 300 missing, the coast guard said on Saturday. Some 572 people were rescued after Friday’s accident at the mouth of a channel approaching the port […]
By Leila B. Salaverria Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Muslim lawmakers are asking Education Secretary Armin Luistro to reconsider his directive requesting Muslim public schoolteachers not to wear their face veils in the classroom, so as not to unduly interfere with their beliefs, religion, and culture. The lawmakers said in a […]
Source: Gulf News Manila: The majority-Catholic Philippines told Muslim teachers Tuesday to remove their veils inside classrooms, in part to promote better relationships between teachers and pupils.Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the move was part of reforms to make schools more sensitive to religion.Muslim schoolgirls will still be allowed to […]
MANILA (AFP) – The majority-Catholic Philippines told Muslim teachers Tuesday to remove their veils inside classrooms, in part to promote better relationships between teachers and pupils. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the move was part of reforms to make schools more sensitive to religion. Muslim schoolgirls will still be allowed […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 July 2013 The family of a Saudi national slain by a Filipino worker now on death row is expected to sign a settlement agreement to accept blood money that will free the condemned man. Rodelio “Dondon” Lanuza, who was sentenced to death in 2001 for […]
Bloomberg News Philippines, Muslim Rebels Forge Wealth-Sharing in Peace Accord By Joel Guinto and Clarissa BatinoJuly 14, 2013 Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Google Plus Email The Philippines and Muslim rebels signed a wealth-sharing agreement after eight months of talks, bringing President Benigno Aquino closer to a final pact ending four decades […]
Inquirer: JOHANNESBURG— As Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South Africa’s national broadcaster. Mandela’s oldest daughter, Makaziwe, and 15 other family members have pressed a court application to get […]
It may look like another planet from a fiction movie, but its real. Chocolate Hills, Bohol, Philippines. The Chocolate Hills are actually grass covered limestone, but during the dry season the grass dries up turning brown which is where the name is derived from.
Inquirer: Randy David. A survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) in February this year highlights three interesting findings on the state of Catholicism in the Philippines. First, that weekly church attendance has significantly gone down from a high of 64 percent in July 1991 to a low of […]
Inquirer: by Frances Mangosing. MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines as a treaty ally should help the United States if it is attacked by North Korea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said Friday. “I think as treaty allies, if there is an attack we should help one another which is what the […]
Hooded flagellants worship during holy week in Pampanga province, Philippines. It looks mighty painful, but for these religious worshipers flagellation is a necessary act of mortification in which they scourge themselves by whipping their own flesh. Although the bloody practice is condemned by the Catholic church and frowned upon in […]
Source: globalpost, by Allison Jackson. Twenty-one UN peacekeepers held hostage by Syrian rebels for four days have been freed. The Filipino peacekeepers arrived in Jordan from neighboring Syria on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported,citing a Jordanian government spokesman and the Philippines ambassador in Amman. Rebels fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad abducted […]
Source: Theage.com. Eight policemen were killed, two in Kampung Tanduo near Lahad Datu and six in Kampung Simunul, Semporna, following skirmishes with bands of armed intruders claiming to be from the royal army of the Sulu Sultanate in the Philippines, on March 1 and 2. Eighteen of the armed intruders […]
Source: Inquirer News. KUALA LUMPUR—The Philippines and a Muslim separatist group hope to finalize a peace agreement ending a decades-old insurgency by April, a government negotiator said Thursday. Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are working to put the finishing touches to plans for disarmament and wealth- and […]