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"Countries like India and China don't want to sign something too constraining or too ambitious for 20 or 40 years further, and they don't know what will be the economic landscape, the competition," she said. |
This has put the administration firmly on track of achieving or even overshooting its goal of reducing poverty incidence by 14 percent in 2022, Pernia added. |
Health benefits remain unaffected and there are no changes for the rest of the organization, including support and administrative staff. |
"After seeing the outcome of our work, I was initially convinced that the allegations of a [60-30-10 pattern] were indeed true [based on] our own findings)," Gozalo said. |
The chief executives of nearly every major Hollywood studio, TV network and record label attended the meeting and agreed to found and to fund the group, the statement said. The long list includes Disney CEO Bob Iger, Paramount CEO Karen Stuart, Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge and CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves. |
The lower court ruled in the transport groups' favor and said the policy was null and void—a decision upheld by the appellate court in 2008 while the policy was already in effect. |
"We are here as the entire village, from the locals to others. We didn't run or anything, so the government must see this and also not run away. It must send some of its planes here," a woman called Gulhan told Reuters. |
"Numbers' game yan eh… Realistic tayo, kailangan mo ng numero kaya bukas kami makipagkaisa para bumuo ng isang tunay na lumalaban na minority," he added, noting that they only seven in their bloc. |
About P7 million went to MOOE last June 7 while P1 million was appropriated for sanitation workers last Oct. 9. |
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(I hope that this committee will look into this issue, P816 million was cut. It could have helped a lot of elderly people if the DBM didn't slash the budget and realigned funds that can instead be slashed so that we can give importance to our elderly people.) |
"He trained in the best center of diabetes in the world, the Joslin Center in Boston," recounted Cuanang. "When he came back to the Philippines in 1969, we formed a diabetes institute (at UERM). He envisioned a center where education and research would be its thrust. He labored very hard." |
Capa stressed that it would take him another six months to wait for PNP officials to vacate higher positions before earning a promotion. |
Asked if she would endorse Poe's bid in case the latter would decide to run for the highest post, the superstar repeatedly said yes. |
NLEX also received Mahindra's 2017 second round pick and GlobalPort's 2019 second rounder in the deal. |
In 2017, the Nigerian Senate debated a bill for the "prohibition of facial mutilation" that would have introduced punishments for those who perform it and protection for those at risk. |
Above all, however, PBGEA seemed to be working on the Neda, particularly its director general Arsenio M. Balisacan, as the association raised the issue to the Neda regional directors in the areas of the banana industry. |
A little more push in their last two games, and the Alaska Aces could have been among the early frontrunners in the PLDT myDSL PBA Philippine Cup. |
Study authors said a stable US economy, continued urbanization of big cities, employment growth and low gas prices all contributed to increased traffic and congestion worldwide in 2016, lowering the quality of life. |
Among the architectural highlights of the city are the oldest surviving structure of Oporto Cathedral, the romanesque Church of Cedofeita, neoclassic samples in the Hospital of Saint Anthony, the Municipality, buildings in Liberty Square, Avenida dos Aliados, the tile-adorned São Bento Train Station and the gardens of Crystal Palace (Palácio de Cristal). |
He is the founder of JG Summit whose businesses include Universal Robina Corp., Cebu Pacific, Robinsons Land, financial services, and more. |
For Karam, the tunnel is part of a series of projects meant to spruce up Bethlehem. His foundation has carried out work on cleaning up buildings in Manger Square and improving waste management in the city. |
The captains were detained on April 12 when they were found operating trawlers under Malaysian flags that were fishing off Kalimantan, Indonesia's part of Borneo island, said Sumono Darwinto, chief of the local fishing office in Pontianak. |
But for months the Serbian national hero — now fourth in the world rankings — has been a shadow of his former self. |
Similar strategies have also been embraced by foreign governments and outside groups trying to sway the president's thinking. |
The company is the biggest cruise operator in Europe, with a turnover of 2.9 billion euros ($3.7 billion) in 2010, according to its website. |
TALK 'N Text head coach Norman Black has a clear-cut idea on when his team would gel and play its own brand of fiery basketball. |
Atienza, for his part, issued several postdated checks to the provincial government as payment for the loan. The checks, however, bounced for lack of funds. |
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The first task is in full swing. The sports agency has been spending to prepare national athletes for medal-winning feats in international competitions. As for the second objective, Ramirez says they are in for a real challenge. |
Choose bloom prints in either bright or dark color combinations. Go for fashion pieces and accessories with floral flare to mix and match. You'll see your style blooming in no time! |
It will tell the story of Led Zeppelin's early days in the 1960s, as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones left their previous bands to join John Bonham in 1968. |
For now, the family has to get used to a more stationary way of life, but one without the lifeblood of the circus: The public. |
What she meant was that I was disrespectful —a description that, I learned later on, stemmed from the fact that people from the Visayas do not use "po" or "opo" in their everyday language. |
DAVAO CITY — What used to be a crowded street bustling with vendors, shoppers and passersby here has turned into a swampland where some alugbati (Malabar spinach) and squash are now growing after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) started digging Ponciano Reyes Extension, known here as the Crooked Road. |
The delayed bid submission is likely to affect the timing of an award and signing of the concession agreement, earlier expected by February 2016. Transportation Secretary Joseph Abaya said it was their intention to award the project before President Aquino steps down in mid-2016. |
Pe recalled how she personally experienced difficulties contacting the MPD. "Station 5 has a landline and cell phone, but when I dialed the landline, it wasn't working, and sometimes the cell phone can't be reached either." |
Kapamilya love team James Reid and Nadine Lustre are back to conquer the big screen with their upcoming movie "Never Not Love You." |
The bar exams were rescheduled to mid-December. A helicopter hovered over Manuel L. Quezon University as law graduates took the bar. |
"My wife and child are inside! My 4-month-old baby is inside!" CNN-Turk television showed one young man sobbing outside a collapsed building in Van, the provincial capital. |
K-to-12 may advance his own vision of how to improve the education sector. He now has the opportunity to bring behind him the Education Nation that persuaded P-Noy to pursue the K-to-12 program. |
Dela Rosa filed his COC for senator under the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). /kga |
Spending the past three months in quarantine has reminded Vic Sotto of something people may take for granted amid their daily hustle: The importance of family. |
After the court decided to consolidate the various counts of plunder and graft into three groups per senator, Enrile's case was raffled off to the 3rd Division headed by Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang; Estrada's case to the 5th Division headed by Associate Justice Rolando Jurado; while Revilla's case was raffled off to the 1st Division headed by Associate Justice Efren de la Cruz. |
"You can't help but get so pumped up when those fans get so crazy like that and you're on the run and it's the first time I've been on this side of it," Cone said. "We gotta give all our credit to the fans and take great pride in helping us get back into that game. |
A monthlong festival in Mabalacat City, Pampanga province, recognizing the hard work of farmers and their contribution to the economy of the city. |
In this marketing campaign, L'Oreal launched dynamic ads on Facebook that were targeted to a female audience in the Philippines, aged 25 to 40 to optimize their e-commerce efforts. This was done by setting up a catalogue segment featuring L'Oreal's highlighted products on Facebook and were seamlessly fed into the consumers' Facebook experience. Through this partnership, L'Oreal achieved 96% increase in traffic to their Lazada store and ultimately saw a 55-point lift in online sales with specific 8-point lift in sales for their other brands such as Garnier and Maybelline New York. |
Supt. Romeo Santander, chief of the Cebu City police's City Intelligence Branch (CIB) said the protest was peaceful though the march protest disrupted the flow of vehicles in Jones and Natalio Bacalso avenues. /With Correspondent Chito Aragon |
Complete survey results and findings of The TRU Study: 2012 Philippines Edition are available from TNS Philippines, tel. 5842233 or e-mail [email protected] |
CEBU CITY—It was a back-to-back-to-back-to-back win for the senior reporter of the Inquirer sister publication, Cebu Daily News (CDN). |
Hong Kong has been rocked by months of protests ignited by now-scrapped legislation that would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited from the semi-autonomous territory to China. |
Councilor DJ Bagatsing, author of the resolution and chair of the city council committee on tourism, said there will be a dialogue among stakeholders on Dec. 6. |
Some 19.7 million units of the Switch has been sold since its worldwide introduction on March 3, 2017, up until June 30, 2018. Nintendo so far managed to keep up with rival Sony's PlayStation 4, the most popular current-generation game console among gamers. Nintendo targets 20 million units sold by March 2019, as stated in the report. |
Summer is bikini season. To inspire people to unleash their sexier, healthier and happier version of themselves, the country's undisputed No. 1 tuna brand, Century Tuna, launched its "#ABSolutelysummerready" summer campaign and its latest batch of stunning endorsers. |
They explained that despite strong family ties among Filipinos, there was a need "to build a comfort place initiated by the local government for the protection of abandoned, neglected and indigent elders of Quezon City so as to provide comfort and care …" |
Francis will also greet some descendants of the Hidden Christians, who developed their own unique prayer known as the "Orasho," or oratio, while hiding in Nagasaki's northern islands, where some local Shinto and Buddhist residents supported them. |
If the praises and expressions of support newly appointed Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista are getting from citizens and electoral groups are true, then there indeed is another reason to be optimistic on the 2016 polls. This is supposing that the new chair could steer the commission to conducting a more stable automated elections, which is at present being hounded by issues that put the PCOS (precinct count optical scan) machines under clouds of doubt. |
Jessie rushed them to the St. Michael Hospital in Orion, where the attending physician declared the children dead on arrival. |
Now the outcome of the standoff over the Spratlys and Scarborough Shoal is even more uncertain than four months ago, even as Chinese maritime vessels have made their presence permanent at the rock formations claimed by the Philippines as part of its exclusive economic zone. What's certain is that Mr. Aquino will never have another chance to meet Hu again in a face-to-face diplomatic encounter. |
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 59-year-old woman was killed after she was trapped on the second floor of their house that was engulfed by fire on Tuesday afternoon in Minglanilla town, about 15 kilometers south of this city. |
Whichever it is, or however you call it, are we supposed to be scared or to panic? Even if the emergency declaration covers Metro Manila, I can't sense any tension around, so what is there to worry about President Duterte's move to make everyone safe from terrorists? |
Certainly, the passage of the sin tax bill has the full backing of the Aquino administration, which plans to use the revenue from the revised sin tax system to advance the government's universal health care agenda. The campaign has garnered strong public support as well, particularly from the medical and health community. |
Pingris, who is part of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players, followed his long-time teammate into retirement last May. |
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Singapore is this year's Asean chairman. Cayetano flew to the city-state on Tuesday to attend the Asean Ministerial Meeting. |
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"We blew two earlier chances at the quarters. We're so thankful to God we're given so many chances to make it," said Phoenix coach Ariel Vanguardia. |
Fans seemed to have found the confusion hilarious, as Prats' post has so far gained over 45,000 "Haha" reactions on Facebook and around 5,700 shares. |
The annual presidential address to Congress, a borrowing from an American tradition, is a gala affair in the Philippines, with legislators and their spouses coming in formal attire — the traditional barong tagalog for men and the terno for women. |
Because we see men who dress like women as jokes. Because we make fun of guys who are hurt by women. Because we have an ideal body for the perfect man. Because in our mind there is a standard of what a man must be. |
"I don't think anyone would argue that the terrorist on March 15 had a right to livestream the murder of 50 people and that is what this call is very specifically focussed on," she said. |
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points, Jordan Clarkson had 16 and Donovan Mitchell chipped in 15 to underscore another balanced attack for the Jazz. Utah placed seven in double figures in points. |
Defensor made the remark after questions were raised regarding the amendments approved by the House's small committee even if the lower chamber already approved the proposed 2021 reading on final reading. |
Quintos captures this world by assembling an array of vivid characters, collectively a recognizable social set, yet fully realized as individuated human beings with personal quirks, flaws and ideals. There is no easy resort to stereotypes. The wonderful triad of titas—played by Stella Cañete-Mendoza, Frances Makil-Ignacio, and alternates Jenny Jamora and Missy Maramara—are likely one of local theater's most memorable ensembles of a comic type, but they are not reduced to figures of farcical fun, but are lovely personalities, funny and poignant and ornery, their ricocheting affection and contrariness toward each other a highlight of the play. |
In November, it stopped the operations of a 177-kilometer (109 mile) gas pipeline that passed underneath Manila after a leak was discovered, preventing what could have been a major disaster, environmentalists and officials said. |
Pesons halted the bout at the 1:14 mark after Fulgencio did not make the count. But Gello-ani saw it a different way. |
The Port of Cebu breached its August target of P2,238,890,000.00 with a surplus of P506 million, or 22.60 percent more taxes collected compared to the target. |
Prestigio launched last week six models under the Prestigio Multiphone series with prices ranging from P5,699 to P13,899. |
Unlike normal pairs of Prestos that have a small Swoosh on the midsole, and an even smaller one in the toe, the Demon King's pair has a huge black Swoosh on the side panel that a translucent cage partially hides. |
Speaking at the event's opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised action on reducing overcapacity but announced no new initiatives. |
In a report submitted to Espina Monday afternoon, Capa said all the clues they had gathered pointed to the possibility of the burglary being an inside job. |
Helmed by Chris Salan, the restaurant now conducts body temperature screening tests for both guests and staff members. |
As of May 30, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH – 7) has already recorded a total of 52 healthcare workers who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. |
The Inquirer Foundation supports our healthcare frontliners and is still accepting cash donations to be deposited at Banco de Oro (BDO) current account #007960018860 or donate through PayMaya using this link . |
We flew to Dusseldorf on board the Emirates Airlines A380. It was an incredible experience to enjoy having cocktails at a bar lounge complete with flight attendant/bartender up in the air. Carlo and Archie made sure we started the trip with champagne while chatting with the other passengers. Thanks to a Filipino flight attendant, I was able to tour the first class section and check out the full bathroom and lounge area. Imagine showering at 40,000 feet! |
Villar said Llana was very vocal about his death threats and enemies, "he even discussed it on air and laughed about it. |
"Chedeng" has maintained its strength of 175 kph near the center and 210 kph gusts while taking a small shift in direction from a west northwest track to a northwest path. |
The virus responsible for Mexico's current bird flu outbreak, H7N3, has occasionally caused human disease in various parts of the world, according to the UN, but has not shown itself to be easily transmittable between humans. |
And Scoutmaster Leyson is carried too by the lift and lightness of his own memories. The mentor's mentor was Scoutmaster Damaso, once of the Colegio De San Jose-Recolletos. It was because of him that he went into scouting. He remembers hanging out near the school as an "istambay sa Carbon" until 1960 when the local Jesuit community hired him for 2 pesos a day for various positions with Sacred Heart School for Boys including scoutmaster, manager of the boarding house, assistant prefect of discipline and vocational arts teacher. |
"NASDAQ OMX Opens New Office in Manila, Philippines," Nasdaq, http://ir.nasdaq.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=826457, (February 18, 2014) |
Lico told the Inquirer the hut was demolished without anyone asking permission from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). |
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has announced that the shortened operations due to runway rehabilitation at Tacloban airport will be extended until 9 p.m. of April 30. |
Trillanes said CLTG Builders failed to meet the deadline for its joint venture projects and had a B-license, which means it cannot undertake big-ticket projects without a partner. |
"I hope his words will empower us and unite us," Howarth said. "Pope Francis' gift lies in reaching people the church may not have otherwise reached. He has that approachability and the world is falling in love with him." |
But those who can piece together historical narratives and those who can craft speculative narratives can also collude with the manipulators of factuality. The former can be dishonest, or can deliberately ignore evidence of previous facts. The latter can construct a desirable fantasy that can appear rooted in what nearly all can perceive, but is actually based on the shared beliefs of a (much) smaller collective. In other words, both can be based on "alternative facts"—manufactured (i.e., nonexistent) coincidences that rely on making the beliefs of an exclusive collective appear to be tantamount to the alignment of a narrative-builder's perspective and the nearly-all-inclusive |
FTV and other Taiwanese broadcasters said Lin had changed his name after a previous bankruptcy and had run a multitude of companies. |
News reporters quote experts who recommend a bag of ice under one's armpits to prevent a heat stroke. Here's a tastier alternative: What about some ice cream? |
MANILA, Philippines – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III likened the Philippines to a "good ship" as it navigates the rough seas amid the trade dispute between the United States and China. |
Members of Karapatan and Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) held a brief protest rally in front of Camp Crame Monday morning to slam the government's treatment of political prisoners and to demand the imprisonment of all players in the pork barrel scam. They also demanded the release of political prisoners as they held up photos of their imprisoned comrades. |
Police told AFP a large wakeboarding boat and a smaller ski boat collided on the lake where O'Leary has a luxury cottage, around 220 miles (350 kilometers) north of Toronto. |