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    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Philippines ' wild world of politics. "My family does not understand why I am getting into politics. (My father) does not really want me to run. His advice to me was to stay in the private...

    Islamic rebels shoot bullets into poor Philippines village

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Islamic Abu Sayyaf rebels linked to al-Qaeda have killed at least 11 people on a remote island of the Philippines.

    Tsunami alert now at Level 2; thousands flee Surigao Sur, Davao Oriental coast

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    An estimated 10,000 residents from the coastal area of Tandag City in Surigao del Sur have fled to designated evacuation centers as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology elevated the ...

    Pakistani jailed in UAE for swindling Filipinos

    Posted by info@philippinenews.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    A United Arab Emirates court upheld a one-year jail term imposed on a Pakistani national who swindled Filipino jobseekers by promising them jobs in government offices there. UAE news site Khaleej Times reported the UAE Court of Appeals also ordered the Pakistani’s deportation once he serves his jail term. The report ...

    Man who tagged Mike Arroyo in jueteng shot dead

    Posted by info@philippinenews.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    A key witness who linked First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo and several government officials to the jueteng payoff scandal in 2005 was shot dead in an ambush in Parañaque City Sunday morning. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines said Wilfredo “Boy" Mayor, 55, succumbed to gunshot wounds before doctors at ...

    RP lifts tsunami alert as thousands flee coastal provinces

    Posted by info@philippinenews.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    MANILA - The Philippines on Sunday lifted a tsunami alert imposed in 19 Pacific-facing provinces after Chile's earthquake, allowing evacuees to return home as meter-high waves made little impact. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said thousands of residents who voluntarily evacuated their homes after the earthquake struck Chile on ...

    Tycoon's daughter enters Philippine politics

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    A daughter of tycoon Lucio Tan says she is defying the wishes of her famous father by seeking to become the first family member to directly enter the Philippines' wild world of politics. "My family do...

    Tycoon's daughter enters Philippine politics

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Philippines ' wild world of politics. "My family does not understand why I am getting into politics. (My father) does not really want me to run. His advice to me was to stay in the private...

    Trunami-triggered big waves hit SE coast of Philippines

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The Philippines has raised the Tsunami alert to Level 2, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday.Residents in 19 provinces facing the Pacific Ocean in the Phil...

    'Heartthrob' Bongbong charms lady voters

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on February 28th, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    URDANETA, Pangasinan, Philippines—Call him heartthrob Bongbong. A group of ladies -- young and old alike -- nearly disrupted a press conference of the Nacionalista Party (NP) at a restaurant he...