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UMPIL awards writers in national congress

The Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL, or The Writers Union of the Philippines) celebrated National Literature Month on April 29. The theme of the congress, “Ang Panitikan sa Panahon ng Tokhang (Literature During the Bloody War on Drugs),” featured a keynote lecture by Dr. Jose “Butch” Dalisay Jr., a professor of creative writing […]

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De Lima, PETA win 2017 Ramon Magsaysay awards

Former Philippine Economic Zone Authority director-general Lilia de Lima and Philippine Educational Theater Association are two of six awardees of this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award. As PEZA’s first director-general, De Lima was tasked to promote and regulate foreign investments in the country’s economic zones in 1995. De Lima was recognized for “her unstinting, sustained […]

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Bacolod student volunteers pack meals for Marawi evacuees

Around 200 St. John’s Institute student volunteers in Bacolod City helped pack fortified rice meals for displaced families in Marawi City. In total, 250 boxes were packed, each containing 36 rice meals, which will be sent to Mindanao for the evacuees. SJI student council president Angela Terese Yu said this is how they show their […]

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Abus behead 3 Vietnamese, 2 Pinoy sailors rescued

The Abu Sayyaf group executed three of its remaining Vietnamese captives in a Sulu village. Troops recovered the bullet-riddled body of Tran Khac Dung, alias Tran Viet Van, in Buhanginan village, Patikul, Sulu on July 8. The Abu Sayyaf group on July 5 beheaded Vietnamese nationals Hoang Trung Thong and Hoang Va Hai in Barangay […]

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MRPO extends support to AKG in habeas corpus case

Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order pledges its full support to the Anti-kidnapping Group in the nuisance habeas corpus case filed against them by kidnap-murder suspect, former Bulacan mayor and current barangay captain Apolinario Policarpio Marcelo Jr. of Angat. “We at MRPO will give our full support to the AKG officers and help them […]

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Chickenjoy triumphs in US

Homegrown Jollibee fastfood chain now ranks third best among places to go for fried chicken in the United States. Food writer Constantine Spyrou rated only two other fastfood joints higher than Jollibee: Chick-fil-A and Popeye’s. “What makes it stand out beyond the rest, however, is a gravy packed with flavors of onion and celery that […]

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Tsinoy business, media to join hands on civic works

The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc., led by newly elected president Domingo H. Yap, and The Manila Times, led by chairman emeritus Dr. Dante A. Ang and president Dante Francis ‘Klink’ Ang II, discussed a partnership to support FFCCCII’s socio-civic, medical, education causes and economic advocacies. The Tsinoy business federation […]

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Bulacan’s ex-mayor nabbed for kidnap-murder

Police have arrested Apolonio Policarpio Marcelo Jr., ex-mayor and now barangay captain of Angat, Bulacan who allegedly masterminded the kidnapping and murder of a Chinese-Filipino businesswoman and her driver in Sta. Maria, Bulacan last March. The suspect’s alleged cohorts, Ariel Sorospe, Oliver Elfa, Antonio Posos, and one alias Rommel, remain at large. Marcelo was arrested […]

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Petty crimes in Binondo: cops respond to citizens’ complaints

Police have promised to step up patrols and other crime prevention measures in response to reports that petty crimes are rising in Manila’s Binondo district. The Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order, through its founding chairperson Teresita Ang See, received several complaints of rising criminality in Binondo. Ang See immediately brought this to the […]

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Tsinoy group donates 6,000 pairs of underwear for Marawi soldiers

A group of Chinese-Filipino businessmen on June 28 donated 6,000 pairs of underwear for government troops fighting terrorists in battle-torn Marawi City. “We want to show our support to our troops especially in Marawi [and help] uplift their moral,” said Michael Cordinete Que, chair of SDS International Charity. SDS International Charity is composed of 1,600 […]