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$200,000 tip

PITTSBURGH – A shoeshine man has given a Pittsburgh children’s hospital a total of more than $200,000 in tips he’s collected over the last 30 years. var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":true,"data_track_textcopy":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; var addthis_product = 'wpp-3.1';  Read More »

5 Filipino fishers coming home

Manila, Philippines – Philippine authorities will soon repatriate the five Filipino fishermen who were rescued at sea by a Vietnamese fishing boat just after Christmas last year, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila said yesterday.  Read More »

Rape-slay suspects in Cavite fall

CAMP GEN. PANTALEON GARCIA, IMUS, Cavite – Police arrest two brothers, including a minor, and two cousins as suspects in the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Barangay San Lorenzo Ruiz II, Dasmariñas City. Incoming search terms:zosimae magluyan (19)zoziemae magluyan (2)cavite rape june 2013 (1)suspek in slay murder in cavite (1) Read More »

Rafael nearly misses his flight

Manila, Philippines – SA sobrang kasiyahan niya sa piling ng kanyang pamilya sa Cebu nitong Christmas holidays, tila nalimutan ni Rafael Rossell ang oras kaya muntik na niyang na-miss ang flight niya pabalik ng Manila. Naka-schedule na kasi siyang mag-taping ng GMA-7 seryeng “Temptation of Wife” kaya di na siya puedeng mag-stay sa Cebu.  Read More »

Girl, 9, raped & killed

DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – A missing nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and found killed last Saturday in Barangay San Lorenzo Ruiz II of this city, police said yesterday. The victim, name withheld for the meantime, was a resident of Excess Lot, also in San Lorenzo Ruiz II. She was reported missing by her relatives on Christmas Day (December 25). Incoming search terms:9 year... 

Embassy scandal

TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) ­- The Honduran ambassador to Colombia was forced to resign Saturday after his bodyguard reportedly held a Christmas party with prostitutes at the mission, the foreign ministry in Tegucigalpa said.  Read More »

Lani Misalucha eyes new album

Manila, Philippines – FOUR years since she last came out with a studio album, Lani Misalucha is raring to return to the recording studio to come up with a new record. “Matagal na akong walang album. Of course, sino ba naman ang ‘di looking forward to doing more work?” Misalucha, 43, was quoted as saying by entertainment news site Push.com.ph.  Read More »

Slitting throats

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – Suspected Islamist extremists have killed 15 Christians by slitting their throats in an attack on a village in Nigeria’s volatile northeast, residents and a relief source said Sunday.  Read More »

Destroyed

Manila, Philippines – Some P200,000 worth of seized illegal firecrackers were destroyed by the Quezon City Police District yesterday morning.  Read More »

Polar bear

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ­- The last polar bear at the Buenos Aires zoo has died amid a heat wave. Zoo officials say “Winner” became nervous and irritated amid the scorching heat of South America’s austral summer and the noise from fireworks during Christmas Eve celebrations.  Read More »