In this photo provided by the Presidential Photographers Division Malacanang Palace, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, second right, and his partner Honeylet Avancena, right, chat with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie at the President’s residence at Dona Luisa Village in Davao City, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in the southern Philippines. Abe capped his two-day official visit to the Philippines by having breakfast with Duterte at his home in Davao city.
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Move over Washington, Moscow is coming to the Philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures with Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev and other officials at the anti-submarine navy ship Admiral Tributs at the south pier in Metro Manila, Philippines Jan 6, 2017. Source: Reuters/Noel Celis/Pool No longer is the United States influencing the region as it once did, leaving space for Russia and China to fill the void.
Pacete: Other stories in Negros
THEN and now, our province has nonpareil stories to tella Don Juan tragedy, Kanlaon eruption, the unforgotten massacre, the Swanson kidnapping, and more. These stories are always retold in whisper in gatherings to give color to the special event.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, fourth left, shakes hands with Russia’s Rear Adm. Eduard Mikhailov, third left, at the anti-submarine navy ship Admiral Tributs at the south pier in Manila, Philippines on January 6, 2017.
Uber to help cities get a better grasp on traffic patterns
SAN FRANCISCO >> Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ride-hailing service. The assistance will come in the form of a free website, called “Movement,” expected to be available to the public in mid-February.
MMFF entry ‘Oro’ receives second wave of sanctions
After losing the FPJ Memorial Award, Metro Manila Film Festival entry Oro received a second wave of sanctions over the reported killing of a dog in the movie. People behind the Oro film have been handed a one-year ban from joining the film festival because of the controversial dog slaughter scene, said the MMFF Executive Committee.
Philippine FDA orders Sanofi to take down dengue vaccine ads
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Pacete: The Rizal that we want to know 2
RIZAL is the perfect Filipino national hero with a public image that the Americans desired. They loved a hero that would not contradict American colonial policy .
Former Davao City vice mayor joins Duterte admin as new DBP board member
Former Davao City vice mayor Luis Bonguyan has joined the Duterte administration as a new board member of the Development Bank of the Philippines . Bonguyan, who was Duterte’s vice mayor in early 2000, told reporters during the regular Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City on Monday that DBP’s mandate for this year is to focus its support to the local government units , the electric cooperatives and water districts in the country.
Philippines Hunts for Crew of Ship Sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten; AIR Comments
The Philippine coast guard pressed its search Tuesday for 18 crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which struck the country on Christmas Day. Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said 14 other crewmen have been rescued and one died after the M/V Starlite Atlantic sank off Mabini town in Batangas province, where the powerful typhoon passed Monday on its way out of the country into the South China Sea.
Philippines Hunts for Crew of Ship Sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten; AIR Comments
The Philippine coast guard pressed its search Tuesday for 18 crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which struck the country on Christmas Day. Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said 14 other crewmen have been rescued and one died after the M/V Starlite Atlantic sank off Mabini town in Batangas province, where the powerful typhoon passed Monday on its way out of the country into the South China Sea.
Editorial: Disturb us
DECEMEBR 24, 2016, on the eve of Christmas, President Rodrigo R. Duterte visited the Children’s Cancer Center at the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City. Busy as he is, he made sure that the visit to the children with cancer is fitted into his calendar.
Typhoon kills 6, spoils Christmas festivities in Philippines
A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday after killing at least six people and spoiling Christmas in several provinces, where more than 380,000 people abandoned celebrations at home to reach emergency shelters and other safer grounds. Typhoon Nock-Ten cut power to five entire provinces due to toppled electric posts and trees, dimming Christmas revelries in Asia’s largest Catholic nation.
Zamboanga hospitals placed on – Code White Alert’
ALL hospital in Zamboanga Peninsula had been placed on “Code White Alert” to be ready in responding to cases of emergency during the Yuletide seasons. The Code White Alert status took effect on December 21 and will remain until January 5, 2017, according to Dr. Agnes Mabolo, Department of Health regional coordinator for violence and injury protection.
Super typhoon Nock-Ten to strike Philippines on Christmas Day
The U.S. military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center said Nock-Ten was a super typhoon with winds of up to 240 kph late Christmas Eve local time, though it was expected to weaken before landfall. The Philippines’ own weather bureau said the province of Catanduanes was likely to see sustained winds of up to 170 kph by the afternoon as the storm reaches its shores.
Maglana: A different kind of Silent Night amid PH anti-drug campaign
The song written by Fr. Joseph Mohr and set to music by Franz Gruber, first performed by them on December 24, 1818 at the St. Nicholas Church in in Oberndorf, Austria, and translated into different languages have been enjoyed by many as part of Christmas traditions around the world for 198 years now.
Delightful Dahilayan
DAVAO. The Dropzone is a heart-pounding 120-feet freefall ride touted to be the Philippines’ first extreme pendulum swing of its kind.
Ap Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia
In this Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, share a light moment during their visit to the Kodokan judo hall in Tokyo. Russia and Japan agreed Friday to hold talks on joint economic development on four islands at the center of a territorial dispute between the countries.
Pangan: On bolstering employees’ growth and performance
ASIDE from providing them with incentives, as mandated by law, local government units may consider giving them rewards as part of their HR engagement program that will also help the LGUs retain employees in the workplace. It takes some imagination and creativity for the LGUs to conceptualize some rewards systems.
Philippines’ Duterte to US over aid issue: ‘Bye-bye America’
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Saturday to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines, saying “bye-bye America” as he reacted with rage to what he thought was a U.S. decision to scrap a major aid package over human rights concerns. A U.S. government aid agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said earlier in the week that its board deferred a vote on a renewal of the development assistance package for the Philippines “subject to a further review of concerns around rule of law and civil liberties.”
Bisaya songs in Play Store
Collaboration. FPT Software signs an agreement with 22 Tango Records’ Cattski Espina and Kadasig’s Jude Gitamondoc for the development of IslaTunes, an application that will serve as platform for homegrown music.