NAIA screeners suspended. November 2, 2015 10:36 pm by THE MANILA TIMES NEWS TEAM THE AIR UP THERE President Benigno Aquino 3rd presides over a meeting in Malacañang specifically called to address the so-called ‘tanim-bala’ or ‘laglag-bala’ scam. MALACANANG PHOTO Aquino orders deeper probe of bullet scam AT least 40 airport security screeners have been placed under investigation over various complaints against them, including their alleged involvement in an extortion scheme that involves the slipping of bullets in the bags of passengers checking in for their flights. According to David de Castro, spokesman for the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the screeners belong to the Office of Transport Security (OTS), an agency under the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC). The MIAA, which manages the four terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), had revoked the screeners’ access passes and they are no longer authorized to enter the airport premises.
Need a lawyer? Chief. 3 out of 5 Filipinos have ‘little trust’ in China–SWS poll. Three out of five Filipinos, or 62 percent, have expressed that they have “little trust” in China as the Philippines is involved in a territorial dispute with the global superpower. The results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll conducted on June 5 to 8 stated that only 17 percent of Filipinos have “much trust” in Beijing. A net trust score of -45 for China was recorded, the lowest it posted since June 2014, May 2012 and June 1995. During the Mischief Reef incidents between China and the Philippines and the 2008 melamine contamination of milk, China’s net trust ratings also ranged between bad to poor. This is a stark contrast on the Filipinos’ very high trust in other countries such as the United States and Australia. In the June 2015 survey, the United States posted a “very good” net trust rating of +64 while Australia recorded a “good” rating of +36.
Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, scored a “neutral” rating of -9 while Malaysia posted a “poor” -10 rating. Six millions de fidèles pour la messe du pape François à Manille - Asie-Pacifique. A la veille de quitter les Philippines, le pape François a célébré une messe géante à Manille, sous des trombes d’eau, au cours de laquelle il a dénoncé les attaques contre la famille et envoyé les catholiques philippins en mission. Six millions de personnes étaient réunies pour l'occasion, une affluence record. Avec notre envoyé spécial à Manille, Antoine-Marie Izoard C’est devant une foule immense de plusieurs millions de fidèles rassemblés sous une pluie battante, que le pape François a célébré la messe au cœur de Manille, là même où Jean-Paul II avait clos les Journées mondiales de la jeunesse il y a 20 ans.
D'après le président de l'Autorité du développement de l'agglomération de la Manille, Francis Tolentino, six millions de personnes étaient présentes pour assister à cette messe dans le Rizal Park de la capitale. Herbert Bautista seeks revival of death penalty. By Aries Joseph Hegina |INQUIRER.net Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – After slapping a suspected Chinese drug dealer, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista is now pushing for the restoration of death penalty for drug-related crimes and rape in the country. Bautista said the renewed implementation of the death penalty on drug-related cases and rape would send a strong message against perpetrators of these heinous crimes. “I wish that death penalty will be revived for drug-related crimes and rape so that people will fear the law and give it some teeth,” he said in an interview over Radyo Inquirer 990 AM on Monday.
Bautista made the call after the arrest of suspected Chinese drug dealer Zhen Zhi Xu last week who was seized with 10 kilograms of shabu worth P15 million. The arrest became controversial when the mayor slapped Xu twice after he saw that the suspect was smiling and making faces when he was about to be interviewed by reporters. Follow Us. Les Philippines comptent désormais cent millions d'habitants - Asie-Pacifique. C'est officiel, dimanche 27 juillet 2014 est né au Philippines le 100 millionième habitant de l'archipel.
La petite Chonalyn Sentino désignée « 100 000 000e bébé » des Philippines est l'un des 100 bébés nés dans les hôpitaux publics ce dimanche dans tout l'archipel. Les cent enfants vont être suivis par les autorités au cours des années à venir pour voir s'ils reçoivent les services de santé nécessaires, ont annoncé les autorités. La forte croissance démographique des Philippines contrait le pays à une croissance soutenue pour faire reculer la pauvreté. Les Philippines sont constituées de 7 000 îles, mais la conurbation de Manille concentre plus de 13 millions d'habitants. Avec une population de désormais 100 millions d'habitants, les Philippines disposent d'une main-d'œuvre jeune et bien formée grâce à un très haut taux d'alphabétisation. La croissance de 6,5% en 2013 et 2014 doit se maintenir pour fournir un nombre toujours plus grand d'emplois.
10 Satires and hoaxes that fooled Filipinos in 2013 | NewsGraph. It’s quite easy to differentiate a fake news, satirical piece or hoax from the real ones, or not? 2013 has been filled with crazy articles that duped many Filipinos – from regular internet users to big media entities. So the question is: are we really that easy to fool? Here’s a list of 10 parodies and hoaxes that shocked and awed Filipinos in 2013. 1. Jinggoy Estrada arrested at US airport after trying to smuggle money Jinggoy Estrada Arrested After Trying to Smuggle Money Inside His Breasts to US / Photo from So, What’s News On November 4, satirical news website So, What’s News? A netizen posted the parody on social networking site Facebook and it immediately spread on the same day as if it were real news. The spoof was released following the Department of Justice’s attempt to cancel the senator’s passport in order to hold him available for the pork barrel scam investigation.
Senator Estrada immediately denied his arrest. 2. The spoof received different reactions from netizens. 3. 4. 5. 5 gang suspects in Pangasinan killed, 2 beheaded. About 10 hooded gunmen broke into the shack where the gang was staying in the town of Bugallon in Pangasinan Rappler.com Published 3:09 PM, June 08, 2013 Updated 7:52 AM, June 09, 2013 MANILA, Philippines - Five men believed to be members of a crime gang in Bugallon, Pangasinan were massacred before dawn Saturday. About 10 hooded gunmen broke into a hut located beside the Grand Royal Subdivision in Brgy Poblacion, where the victims were staying, and tied the hands and feet of two of the victims before hacking them to death, provincial police spokesperson Senior Inspector Ryan Manongdo said.
Three others were shot dead when they tried to fight back. The suspects beheaded the two wounded victims later on. The victims were identified as Romel Ramoran, 38, Jomer Ramoran, 17, Ronald Ramoran, 34, Ernesto Ramoran, 49, and Albert Martinez, 25. At the scene, police recovered 16 used cartridges, 5 bullets from a .45-caliber pistol as well and the strap used to tie the victims' bodies.
Philippines (twitter_ph) sur Twitter - Pale Moon... Australian resort manager shot dead in Philippines | News.com.au - Pale Moon. The Blue Rock Beach Resort in the Philippines, where an Australian was shot dead. Source: Supplied AN Australian has been shot dead execution-style at the beach resort he was managing in the Philippines. Blue Rock Beach Resort general manager Paul Dean Davy, 53, was shot in the back of the head while talking to another Australian man at a resort restaurant in Olongapo, 120km north of Manila, on Friday night.
Police said the gunman approached Mr Davy from behind at the beachside restaurant, holding a .45 pistol. He then pointed it at the back of his head and fired. Witnesses said the restaurant was full of holiday makers and families at the time of the attack. Mr Davy was rushed to hospital but later died. Police described the shooter as a Filipino man aged 30-35 wearing a blue cap and clear prescription glasses. It is understood Mr Davy knew his attacker. It was not clear if police had apprehended the suspect. Resort staff were in a meeting and were unable to comment on the incident. Photos de Gabriel Reyes. Philippines to free prisoner of conscience after charges against him dropped.
Sex Education controversy in the Philippines. Women in the Philippines. Overseas Filipino Workers. Young Pinoys inseparable from cellphones: survey | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features. MANILA, Philippines - Mobile phones are considered a must-have among young Filipinos, with product ownership in the country at 67%, according to a survey recently conducted by global research agency Synovate.
One out of 4 of them, it said, can't live without the said gadget. Christelle, 11, is among the many Filipino youth who can't seem to let go of their mobile phones. Of the P40 allowance she gets each day, Christelle said she spends P20 on prepaid credit to catch up with her relatives and friends. Carole Ann Sarthou, managing director of Synovate Philippines, said this is not a surprise especially after the country was dubbed as the "texting capital of the world" for its excessive use of short message services (SMS). "Ang mga Pinoy kasi sociable at always in touch with friends (Filipinos are very sociable and are always in touch with friends)," Sarthou told ABS-CBN News.
They are not just inseparable from their mobile phones -- young Filipinos get in touch with a lot of people, too. Ang Balintataw ni Juan - The New Philippine Peso Bills. So just what like said a while ago, I’ll make a post comparing the new and the old Philippine Peso Bills. Personally, I think that the new Philippine Peso Bills are a bit “play money-like” but in a certain way, it looks very much artistic.lol. I think it’s cool having a new look to our bills but I still prefer the look of our old bills. haha. Thanks to my dad for having these bills then gave it to me.haha The New and the Old P20 Bills The New and the Old P50 Bills The New and the Old P100 Bills The New and the Old P200 Bills The New and the Old P500 Bills So what do you think?
Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light) Isang Litrong Liwanag ADVERTISEMENT. Former ambassador charged with malversation of funds. MANILA, Philippines—The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the filing of a criminal case against a former ambassador for misusing government funds worth over US$95,856. In a 24-page resolution approved by acting Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro, the Ombudsman said there is probable cause to charge former Ambassador to Nigeria Masaranga Umpa of four counts of malversation of public funds under Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code for misusing Assistance to National (ATN) Standby Funds in the total amount of US$95,856 for the repatriation of abducted Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in 2007. Umpa was appointed as Philippine Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria by then President Joseph Estrada and was retained in a hold-over capacity by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Nigerian hotel accountant Adeleke Osinuga denied issuing the receipts presented by Umpa to the DFA. Hackers strike again in the Philippines, defacing TESDA website. Hackers have defaced the website of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), a government agency mandated to provide vocational and technical education. As of press time (11:30 pm, January 10), the TESDA website front page has been replaced with a message that says “We console with the death of people’s scholar, freedom fighter Kimay”.
The hacking of the TESDA website appears to be a taunt from hackers as the Philippines prepares for its first nationwide automated elections. The hacker left a portion of a purported invitation from Ventureslink to technical training consultants for Smartmatic, the company which won the bidding to provide the machines and software for the automated elections. The hacker redirects the frontpage to yet another page on the TESDA website in a few seconds. Click here to view a PDF printout of the second hacked page. PIA daily news in English, Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Waray, Pangalatok from around the Philippines. MANILA, April 15 -- Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares is simply doing her job as the country’s chief tax collector with her constant reminders for boxing living legend Manny Pacquiao to settle his tax liabilities following his most recent victory, the Palace said on Monday.The BIR Commissioner was not out to spoil the fun in Pacquiao’s camp and neither did she intend to lessen the honor he brings to the country when she reminded the boxer of his tax obligations, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said during a press briefing.The BIR chief...
Read Full Story - BIR Chief only doing h... PH Dev’t Plan 2011-2016 Midterm Update now available online MANILA, April 15 -- The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) released yesterday the full text of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016 Midterm Update, with revalidated Results Matrices (RMs), through its official website. PH joins International Civil Aviation Public Key Directory. Pinoy Exchange. The Philippines in the Context of Southeast Asia's History. One of the interesting things about team-teaching a course on “The Domestic Politics of Southeast Asia: The Philippines and Thailand” is that I myself have never taken a course on Southeast Asia. I was an American politics specialist as a graduate student, with a dissertation on “Interpretation and American Electoral Studies.” On the Philippines in particular, and on Southeast Asia more generally, I am an autodidact – I’ve learned it all by myself through 30 years of experience in the country and the region, and by reading.
There are limits to this approach, though, in that I have been “present centric” – my studying tends to start with the current situation and/or problem on which I’m working (as a researcher into contemporary politics, or as a development professional concerned with better governance). Rarely do I work my way back to, say, a 14th century Javanese kingdom to which the kingdom of Buayan in Mindanao claimed connection.
Take the example of President Benigno S. Philippines: Phenomenal video protests.
Sexe, sang et politique aux Philippines - Made in Asie. Wouah, wouah, wouah… Khavn de la Cruz est un grand, grand, grand malade ! Et il nous le démontre par une aisance sans borne avec The Family That Eats Soil / Ang Pamilyang Kumakain ng Lupa (2005), un OFNI made in Philippines. Pas d’hésitation possible qu’on puisse le ranger en Category 3 (en mode HK), il a tout ce qui fait la grandeur de cette classification. Résumer The Family That Eats Soil… impossible. Les membres d’une famille mangent à table (les trois repas). S’invitent alors des scènes à la fois burlesques, absurdes, irréelles et nonsensiques, dont certaines cachent un sens de la dénonciation crue qui semble sans limite. Difficile donc de retranscrire avec des mots ce que Khavn dénonce. Il rentre de plein fouet et sans aucune retenue au cœur de ses sujets : religion, pédophilie, violence, viol, tout y passe.
The Family That Eats Soil dépasse toute frontière, ne s’enferme dans aucun carcan si ce n’est celui de la folie. Philippines: Dancing flight attendants. Abortion deaths blamed on gov’t.