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MANILA, Philippines — The Ber months have started and businesses are busier than ever to capture their targets in the merriest and wildest quarter—commerce-wise—of the year.
THE military claimed on Wednesday that it had gained ground against terrorists who suffered defeat in battles across the country.
MANILA, Philippines — They all had fun and soaked up the experience but what these band of youngsters relished more while playing on the ICTSI Junior PGT were the valuable lessons learned during the course of their campaign in the pioneering series.
Globe Telecom Inc. further intensified its campaign against cable theft to protect customers and ensure undisrupted internet connectivity.
Aman has died after he lit a firecracker and hugged it while drunk at New Year celebrations in the Philippines.The country’s Health Secretary Janet Garin confirmed the man embraced the dynamite-like firework, called “Goodbye Philippines”, in Manila when it exploded and killed him.The victim was identified in reports as Ronald Vericio, 45, a pedicab driver from Santa Mesa, Manila.Elsewhere in the capital, officials said thousands of families were left homeless when an abandoned hut was set on fire, causing 1,000 shacks to be destroyed.Fire officials said a rocket lit by revellers set the hut ablaze before it then spread to other homes in the Tondo slum district.Ms Garin said the number of people injured was less than half of last year’s toll because of rain late on New Year’s Eve and a Government scare campaign which showed past victims with fingers ripped off by firecracker blasts.Powerful firecrackers are used by many superstitious Filipinos at New Year to drive away bad luck and evil.The Government has promoted firework displays sponsored by shopping centres, cities and TV networks to dissuade people from lighting their own firecrackers.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 4) — Sen. Nancy Binay on Tuesday urged the Department of Tourism (DOT) to demand an apology from Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno over his statement on the Philippines' controversial tourism video that used foreign stock footage.
On Feb. 25, 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, from nuns to office workers, occupied one of the Philippine capital’s main arteries—the culmination of a four-day mass protest dubbed the “People Power Revolution.” It was unlike anything Asia, or the world, had seen before. By evening, the authoritarian regime of ailing President Ferdinand Marcos ended—with Marcos leaving for exile in Hawaii along with his wife and children. Replacing him was Corazon Aquino, the widow of an assassinated pro-democracy opposition leader.
HANGZHOU – Coach Tim Cone will definitely lose sleep trying to figure out how to play reigning Asian Games champion China in the semifinals Wednesday night here.