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Hurst's winning chant - standard.co.uk - city Manila

Hurst's winning chant

This is the winning chant Mr Hurst submitted, based on Barry Manilow's Copacabana, and written for Aston Villa.His name is Angel And he's a show boy An Alice Band keeps up his hair Juan Pablo from Col-om-bi-air He came to Villa To be a winner He succeeded overnight Our very own Angel Delight Just hear the Villa roar With each Juan Pablo score We've got him on a four-year deal But we still want more At the Villa, at Aston Villa The greatest club west of Manila At the Villa, at Aston Vi-lla Football and passion All ranges of fashion At the Villa, we have it all La-la, Aston Vil-la-la Aston Vil-la-la-la Vil-la-la-la

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HSBC opening centre in Manila - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Usa - India - Britain - city Manila

HSBC opening centre in Manila

BANKING giant HSBC is to open a service centre in the Philippines, creating 500 jobs, to handle processing activities.The office will open in the summer on the outskirts of Manila and will service HSBC group companies in the UK and the United States.English language and telecommunications skills were freely available in the Philippines, said officials.The bank has joined other UK firms opening call centres in India and has a number of sites in other countries.

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Growing up gay in the ghetto - standard.co.uk - Philippines - city Manila

Growing up gay in the ghetto

Maxi, the 12-year-old hero of this low-budget Filipino drama, is a pint-sized drag queen, who waggles his hips 24/7 and laughs when his family make jokes about it being «that time of the month».He has much in common with Justin, the fashion-crazy nephew in Ugly Betty, except that where Justin is a marginal character, Maxi (Nathan Lopez) takes centre stage.And when not being threatened with rape and destitution, he's lusting after a hunky, twenty-something cop.All of which may suggest that first-time director Auraeus Solito is simply out to shock. In fact, his story unfolds with great naturalness — delicate and raw in equal measure.The camera buzzes around Manila's trash-filled streets like an angry fly, rubbing our noses in the ugly beauty that surrounds its pre-teen hero.Meanwhile, the script (by Michiko Yamamoto) crawls under Maxi's skin, forcing us to share his pain and pleasure, to the extent that when he watches the sad, virtuous cop Victor (JR Valentin) pull up his underpants, the force of the boy's innocently carnivorous gaze makes us gulp.Back in 1959, Tiger Bay explored underage desire, and ghetto-living with the same kind of grimy intensity.That film took years to find its niche; The Blossoming, blooming in a limited release, will probably struggle too.

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Fans and actors will miss Saigon - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Usa - Vietnam - Britain - city Manila - city Bangkok

Fans and actors will miss Saigon

Tears will be shed when Miss Saigon closes on Saturday after 10 extraordinary years in the West End. But for some, who owe their very existence to the show, life is only just beginning. They are the Miss Saigon babies, children born to couples who joined the show from all over the world, met, fell in love and married.One of them is 18-month-old Cassandra Jae, though her life is already touched with sadness in a way that echoes the Madame Butterfly story of the musical.

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Probe into exploding oxygen cylinder in 747 aircraft emergency landing drama - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Usa - Australia - China - city Manila - city London - city Melbourne

Probe into exploding oxygen cylinder in 747 aircraft emergency landing drama

An exploding oxygen cylinder may have ripped open the fuselage of a Qantas jumbo jet that had to make an emergency landing, investigators said yesterday. Such a blast would have major implications for 747 aircraft around the world, said the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority. It has sent experts to Manila in the Philippines to inspect the aircraft.

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Stricken Philippines face new floods as death toll hits 240 - standard.co.uk - Philippines - county Pacific - city Manila

Stricken Philippines face new floods as death toll hits 240

Rescuers battling to save victims of the Philippines floods which have claimed at least 240 lives were facing a new threat today from two storms brewing in the Pacific.The homes of nearly 1.9million people in the capital Manila and surrounding areas were swamped when Tropical Storm Ketsana tore through the region over the weekend.Nearly 380,000 people have sought shelter in schools, churches and other evacuation centres, and some queued desperately on streets for handouts of fresh water as services were hit.President Gloria Arroyo said she was opening the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila to displaced people.

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Resorts World Manila attack: At least 35 choke to death after gunman storms resort and sets fire to tables - standard.co.uk - Philippines - city Manila

Resorts World Manila attack: At least 35 choke to death after gunman storms resort and sets fire to tables

At least 35 people have died from choking on fumes after a gunman stormed a casino-hotel complex in the Philippines and set fire to gaming tables, police say.The gunman stuffed a backpack with casino chips before he fled, but was found dead in an adjacent hotel early on Friday, having apparently killed himself.The bodies were found in the smoky gambling room of the Resorts World Manila by firefighters. They died from suffocation and smoke inhalation.Metropolitan Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde said none of the bodies had gunshot wounds.The attack, which sent hundreds fleeing into the streets during the night, prompting a claim of responsibility Isis, but police said there was no evidence to support terrorism and believed robbery was the motive.«He would have shot all the people gambling there» if it had been terrorism, national police chief Ronald dela Rosa said.

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Manila attack: 'English-speaking' gunman who killed 38 in casino rampage caught on camera during attack - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Isil - city Manila

Manila attack: 'English-speaking' gunman who killed 38 in casino rampage caught on camera during attack

The gunman who killed 38 people in a brutal casino rampage in the Philippines was seen on security camera footage firing his rifle in the air, setting fires and shooting at security forces.The so-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack in Manila, but authorities say it was a botched robbery by a single gunman and there were no links to terrorism.After storming into the Resorts World Manila complex, he used petrol to torch gambling tables before fleeing to an adjoining hotel where he killed himself. The victims appeared to have died of smoke inhalation as they hid from the gunman, police said.At a news conference on Saturday, authorities described him as an English-speaking man in his 40s, 6ft tall and armed with an assault rifle.The taxi driver who dropped the man off at the casino said the man also spoke fluent Tagalog and appeared normal during the ride, said Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde.He said terrorism was unlikely because the gunman did not shoot anyone.«He could have shot everybody there,» Albayalde said.

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