
A WORKER of the National Parks Development Committee cleans the Flower Clock at the Rizal Park in Manila, a day after President Aquino signed a law setting the Philippine Standard Time, yesterday. (Photo by Michael Varcas)

Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in his latest urging that people of all religions – or no religion – work together.

MEMBERS of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) rescue team, clad in fatigue uniforms, board a truck for their deployment in Manila to help clear the sidewalks of vendors and other obstructions. (Photo by KJ Rosales)

SENATOR Manny Villar and Senator-elect Cynthia Villar check the plastic school chairs, finish product of the Waste Plastic Recycling Factory in Barangay Ilaya, Las Pinas, which they inaugurated yesterday morning. The factory turns plastic wastes into durable school chairs that could last up to 20 years. (Photo by Linus Guardian Escandor II)

SINGER Richard Poon and actress Maricar Reyes are eyeing to tie the knot in an “exclusive” wedding some time this year.

GRANDMASTER Darwin Laylo (seated, left) is locked in a battle with GM Li Shilong of China during the sixth round of the Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Chess Championship at the Midas Hotel and Casino. Watching the game (from left) are GM Mark Paragua, NCFP executive-director Jayson Gonzales, NCFP secretary-general Cavite Rep. Bambol Tolentino and NCFP director - Rommel Tacorda.

MIAMI Heat guard Dwyane Wade battles for a lose ball against Indiana Pacers guard George Hill during the third quarter of Game 1 in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers against the Miami Heat in Miami. (AP photo)
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Manila, Philippines – Malacanang said yesterday that it is not threatened with China’s naval exercises near the West Philippine Sea as long as it is conducted in international waters.
Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte also allayed fears that the naval exercises conducted by China will be done in Philippine territory.
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Manila, Philippines – FOR the first time in Philippine history, a sitting Administration sees fit to memorialize the `Jabidah Massacre’ of March 18, 1968. Recall, a government military action planned under `Operation Merdeka’ (Freedom) to train Filipino-Tausugs to initiate an insurgency; lead a liberation for reversion of Sabah as part of Philippine territory.
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Manila, Philippines – For days, I followed various radio programs attempting to impound a census of the public sense via text & commentaries. Majority were irate and disgusted by the Palace pronouncements & position on the toll of Filipino lives making a stand in Lahad Datu Sabah. Insults hurled questioning the limp-wristed stance, to include Malacañang’s sense...
Manila, Philippines – As of this writing, the percolating tension in Lahad Datu Sabah (Malaysia) where 100 Filipino members of the Royal Armed Forces of the Sultanate, brings to the forefront what some describe as the reluctance, actually broken promises of previous Administrations (post Marcos) to pursue the re-acquisition of, more or less, 78,000 square kilometers of rich Philippine...
Philippines – The Bureau of Customs is probing the spate of alleged illegal hauling of nickel ore to three Korean ships in Zambales province where these vessels arrived last year.
These foreign ships were identified by the BOC as T/B Shinyang 2, B/G Shinyang 7001, and B/G Shinyang 7002.
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Manila, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar C. Binay urged the Chinese government yesterday to recognize the jurisdiction of a United Nations (UN) arbitration tribunal to resolve the territorial dispute between the Philippines and China.
The Phililippines’ second highest official said this would help advance peace and harmony in the Association of Southeast...
Manila, Philippines – After tropical storm “Auring” left the country on Friday, a new weather disturbance off Mindanao will likely form into another tropical cyclone within the week, state weather forecasters said.
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Manila, Philippines – The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs said yesterday that with her “wealth of experience” in diplomatic service, newly appointed Philippine Ambassador to China Erlinda Basilio would serve as “strong defender of Philippine sovereignty.”
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Manila, Philippines – The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year pounded the southern provinces yesterday, cutting power, suspending travel and flooding areas already vulnerable to landslides.
More than 41,000 residents have moved out of their homes in high-risk coastal villages and along rivers, including in southern provinces that were devastated by a deadly storm...
Manila, Philippines – COMMON notion based on pop ular history instructs the uninitiated, that the first `Liberation Front’ were the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founded in the latter part of the 60′s and its prodigal group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
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