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Maoist rebels ask Philippines to stop offensive

MANILA (Reuters) - Communist guerrillas in the Philippines demanded on Monday that the military halts an offensive in a mining area in the south in exchange for talks on freeing a captured lieutenant, but the army rejected the...

MEDIA-PHILIPPINES: 'Jeepney' Street Paper Delivers Jobs Too

MANILA, Nov 17 (IPS) - "We share with people our stories, rich stories that can be found in the streets," Cheran Banaria says of her work selling ‘The Jeepney Magazine’, the Philippines’ first street paper. "Before, I was...

Is HB 4580 The Solution to Philippines’ Brain Drain?

The government is finally taking some steps in trying to put a stop to the brain drain afflicting the country. But are these the right steps to take? Rep. Ignacio Arroyo of 5th District, Negros Occidental proposes a measure...

The Manila Times Internet Edition | WEEKEND > The world of Karla Paula Ginteroy Henry

The world of Karla Paula Ginteroy Henry By Rome Jorge, Lifestyle Editor Everything is interconnected. Talk about replanting trees on hillside watershed areas and the issues of overdevelopment and climate change arise. Recall a...

Student tagged in Manila snatching

MANILA, Philippines—A few months shy of earning a degree in criminology and possibly becoming a policeman, a 23-year-old student was arrested Sunday evening for allegedly snatching a gold bracelet of a pedestrian while aboard a...

Boy hurt in Manila shooting

By Jeannette Andrade Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—A 13-year-old boy was injured early Sunday evening after he found himself in the middle of a pursuit between a gunman and his intended prey in Manila. The...

Chris Maume: Ali and Frazier diminished by memories of Manila bitterness

Muhammad Ali is an international treasure, the closest thing the world has to a secular living god, a fistic mixture of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Joe Frazier is a sad old bloke living in a shabby, pokey flat above his...

Rihanna's a thrilla in Manila

SHE never lets us down, that RIHANNA. The singer’s stage outfits are some of the raunchiest in pop. And she was showing off one of the more skimpy items in her wardrobe for a gig with her fella CHRIS BROWN in Manila, in the...

Crime › 4 nabbed for aiding fugitive lawyer suspected of fleeing to Manila

Monday 17th November, 06:51 AM JST OSAKA — Four people were arrested Sunday for allegedly assisting Masumi Ogawa, a lawyer and former Osaka prefectural assemblyman wanted by police on suspicion of evading around 250 million yen...

RP Says: It Won't Give Asylum To Thaksin

Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is a multimillionaire, former telecoms magnate, was sentenced in absentia by a Thai court in October to two years in prison for violating a conflict of interest law while he was still a "prime...