STUDENTS of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Santa Mesa, Manila attend the flag ceremony before the opening of classes yesterday. PUP is the biggest state university with 70,000 students in 22 branches and maintains tuition of P12 per unit. PUP Santa Mesa has 40,000 students. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)
Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro’s Geminoid takes the stage during the Global Future 2045 Congress at Lincoln Center in New York. Inset is the robot’s creator.
A CHILD siftas through charcoal for nail or any discarded metal to sell in junk shops at the makeshift charcoal factory in Vitas, Manila. Malacanang yesterday said it is doing its best to eliminate child labor through accessible education. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)
A WEEK after getting married, celebrity couple Maricar Reyes and Richard Poon recalled the moment when the singer met her parents.
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, from left, with forwards LeBron James, Udonis Haslem, and Mike Miller watch during the fourth quarter of Game 5 in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio on Sunday. The Spurs won 114-104, leading the best-of-seven series 3-2. (AP)
Justin Rose, left, of England, celebrates with his wife Kate after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. (AP)
San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, shoots as Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade defends during Game 5 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio. The Spurs won 114-104. (AP)
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12th Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day and 38th Year of Diplomatic Relations of the Philippines and China today
Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 148 issued on January 22, 2002, June 9 of every year is observed as Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day. This year’s celebration also marks the 38th Anniversary of the opening of the Philippines’ diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China on June 9, 1975. Incoming search terms:philippines and china (7)nipple slip (5)presidential...
BI arrests fugitive at airport
By JUN RAMIREZ Agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) have arrested an alien fugitive wanted for economic crimes in the People’s Republic of China. BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said yesterday Xiang Xiangfang was apprehended last May 10 when he was about to leave at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for Guanzhou, China. Read More »
Taiwan hits RP apology
Taiwan yesterday described the Philippines’ official apology for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) during an encounter in overlapping waters of the two countries last week as “insincere and unacceptable.” Manila Economic Cooperation Office (MECO) Antonio Basilio returned to Taipei on Tuesday evening to deliver the official letter...
Philippine Department of Tourism-Beijing Office awarded as one of the 2012 Most Innovative Foreign Tourism Departments
Manila, Philippines – The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT)-Beijing Office in the People’s Republic of China, which provides Beijing and northern China tour operators with technical assistance, information, and materials, and links with Philippine ground handlers, airlines, hotels, and resorts, was recently awarded by a major Chinese newspaper, The Beijing News, as one of...
His Excellency, Premier Li Keqiang of People’s Republic of China
His Excellency, Premier Li Keqiang, was formally installed as the new Premier of the People’s Republic of China (PROC), after he was voted by the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on March 15, 2013, during the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The election formalized his appointment that was first announced by the CPC on November 14, 2012....
New premier
China’s parliament named Communist bureaucrat Li Keqiang to the post of premier Friday, a role that involves running day-to-day government in the world’s second-largest economy. Read More »
National Day of Bhutan Today
Manila, Philippines – Today is Bhutan’s National Day which commemorates the 1907 coronation of the first king of Bhutan, Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck, at Punakha Dzong. This event ushered an era of peace, unity, and prosperity in Bhutan. Celebrations are held in Changlimen thang National Stadium, where the King and a statue of Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck are brought in for an elaborate...
BI won’t stamp PROC passports
Manila, Philippines – Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Ricardo David, Jr. ordered yesterday all personnel assigned in all ports of entry to stop stamping the passports of nationals from the People’s Republic of China (PROC). Read More »
IMPROVED RP-CHINA TIES SEEN
By KRIS BAYOS Manila, Philippines – The shaky diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China may still be salvaged with the assumption of young leaders in the Chinese government, according to former President Fidel Valdez Ramos. Read More »
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