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  • 1 dead, many injured in Filipino New Year revelry

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    12/31/2009, 9:07 a.m. EST (AP) — NEW YORK - Stocks are edging higher on the last day of the year as weekly unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since July 2008.

    Filipino migrant in Saudi Arabia: exploited and mocked for her faith

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    A Filipino domestic worker describes as "a prison" her experience in Saudi Arabia. For seven months she was not allowed to leave or have a bed to sleep on. Because of her Christian faith her salary wa...

    1 dead, hundreds injured in Philippine New Year revelry

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of Filipinos were injured by firecrackers and celebratory gunfire despite a government scare campaign in which doctors displayed surgical saws on TV to warn New Yea...

    Filipinos wary of Mayon despite lava lull

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Legaspi, Philippines - Nearly 50 000 Filipino villagers are likely to spend the first few months of 2010 in evacuation centres amid concerns that the Mayon volcano will erupt. The chief government ...

    Filipinos wary of Mayon despite lava lull

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Legaspi, Philippines - Nearly 50 000 Filipino villagers are likely to spend the first few months of 2010 in evacuation centres amid concerns that the Mayon volcano will erupt. The chief government ...

    Opportunity to choose best leader

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    Philippine government appeals against firecracker use at New Year

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    Manila - The Philippines' health department Thursday issued a last-minute appeal for Filipinos to refrain from using firecrackers during rowdy New Year's Eve celebrations to prevent injuries or deaths...

    Four killed as Philippine bus with sleepy driver slams into van

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Manila - Four people were killed Thursday in the Philippines after a bus driver fell asleep at the wheel, causing the vehicle to collide with a van, police said. Six people were also injured in the pr...

    Pacquiao sues Mayweather, De La Hoya for $75,000 plus punitive damages

    Posted by info@philippinenews.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    LAS Vegas, Nevada—World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is fighting mad and has taken on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in court even as a potential blockbuster bout between them is on the ropes. The 31-year-old Filipino hero filed a lawsuit in federal court ...

    Filipino confesses to killing housekeeper in Austria, cites jealousy as motive

    Posted by info@philippinenews.com on December 31st, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    A Filipino has confessed to the murder of the stay-in housekeeper of the Lebanese Ambassador to Austria Ishaya El-Khoury, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers’ Affairs Esteban Conejos said. He said he could not give out the name of the suspect and other details about him yet. “Our instruction to our embassy ...