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BAGUIO CITY — The creation of a Muslim Consultative Council seeking to institutionalize the representation and participation of the Muslim community in Baguio city’s governmental processes has been proposed.
Hideki Matsuyama has already won prestigious tournaments hosted by golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. He’s now got his eyes on another big one this week.
MANILA, Philippines — “Who doesn’t want to have glass skin? I also want to have glass skin!”
Thank you to all the readers who participated in this Free Stuff Friday survey and shared their most “Only in the Philippines” investment story. I’m going to share some of the (anonymized) responses that I received. As usual, no names or identifying info!The most “Only in the Philippines” investment story I've ever heard is:
MANILA, Philippines — Do you always win when playing a claw machine?
MANILA, Philippines — Gun enthusiast Sen. Robinhood Padilla sees nothing wrong with the revised Philippine National Police (PNP) regulations on the firearms law, which allowed citizens to own 7.62 mm semi-automatic rifles.
Christopher Vourlias Taking place just weeks after the historic passage of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Greece, the 26th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival — which runs March 7 – 17 — pays tribute to that watershed moment in the long-running fight for equal rights for the country’s LGBTQ community, while also issuing a rallying cry for diversity, inclusion and empowerment across the globe. “Our festival aspires to map out a detailed and thorough overview of our world’s complexity, welcoming films from the four corners of the world, which outline the radical changes, the challenges and the problems of our times,” says festival general director Elise Jalladeau.
MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the drug charges against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa to be remanded to the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) for a continuation of “trial on merits.”