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  • Mindanao conflict fuels trafficking

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    indicates that "there is an increasing number of women and children from Mindanao trafficked internally and trans-internationally for domestic work. Traffickers use land and sea transportation to tran...

    Manila "virtual" pilgrimage to 7 churches to meditate on the sufferings of Christ

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The gesture of "Visita Iglesia" retraces the pilgrimage to the seven Roman basilicas and was imported by Spanish missionaries in the early eighteenth century. It involves all Catholics during Holy Wee...

    Choose Gibo if you're not for Erap, Jinggoy urges

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    If voters decide not to vote for his father, Puwersa ng Masa standard-bearer and former President Joseph Estrada, as their presidential candidate, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said they should then vote for L...

    GMA will be speaker under a Noynoy presidency

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Nacionalista Party standard-bearer has raised fears that President Arroyo will likely clinch the House speakership if Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno Aquino III is elected president. Vil...

    Urban poor activists hold rally in front of Philippine stock exchange in Makati

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    For one day, the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City served as a "Station of the Cross" for some 50 poor activists during the Holy Week. Informal settlers wearing masks stopped by the PSE to h...

    Dipolog Design Center holds First Photo Workshop for Beginners

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The Dipolog Design Center held its first Photography Workshop for beginners with Freger S. Reyes as the primary resource speaker. The 2-day workshop included lectures, a photowalk and concluded with a...

    Philippines move to protect women's rights during armed conflict

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    Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by the Philippine government to implement a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution, which aims to ensure the protection of women's rights during ...

    Party woes may hurt Philippines' Arroyo's ambitions

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    MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's ambitions to become leader of the lower house after elections in May could be upset by unrest in her coalition, with senior offici...

    Banks told to stock up ATMs with enough cash for Holy Week

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    Philippine banks were told to stock up their automated teller machines with enough cash to last the Holy Week. This last-minute reminder was issued on Wednesday by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (...

    Party woes may hurt Philippines' Arroyo's ambitions

    Posted by Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippine Times.com on March 31st, 2010 and filed under Uncategorized | Comments Off
    (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's ambitions to become leader of the lower house after elections in May could be upset by unrest in her coalition, with senior officials resigni...