Norwegian holds 4 hostages; then gets killed
" CEBU CITY -- A Norwegian was stabbed to death Monday morning after he allegedly held hostage four persons inside his house since Saturday night. Nils Frode Aksnes Steen, 51, died of multiple stab wounds at the...
Cebu mayor's brod 'blocks' raid
" CEBU CITY -- Operatives of the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) were reportedly blocked after confiscating illegal gambling paraphernalia at the back of the Compostela Public Market Thursday afternoon. Cebu...
'Transport patients to governor's office'
" CEBU CITY -- Patients from Cebu Province who are not in an emergency situation will not be served at the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). They will instead be sent to the governor's office. Cebu City Mayor...
Maund festival celebrated with fervour in Aglar Valley
MUSSOORIE/AGLAR, 28 June:
The shouts of Macchi! Macchi!(fish! fish!) heralded the fishing festival popularly called “Maund” in the Aglar Valley, 30 kms from Mussoorie as thousands gathered for the...
Michael Jackson Thriller Tribute Performed by Cebu Inmates
A Michael Jackson tribute dance has been performed by the Cebu inmates, the same ones who made the 'Thriller' dance famous a few years ago. More than 1,500 inmates rehearsed for nine hours straight to put on the show...
Cebu inmates dance to Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire
The Cebu inmates, the dancing prisoners from Cebu in the Philippines who became instant sensations due to their dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller, are back with their lastest mass dance to Jai Ho from Slumdog...
Hey the Philippines has Talent - See the videos enjoy the music
One of the things I love about living in the Philippines is its culture, art and music, partially the music groups and bands and wonderful singers. I feel privileged to have been here and living in the area of the...
Philippine tourist traffic up despite global crisis-- DOT
With DOT's target of 3.5 million tourist arrivals this year and five million by 2010, the industry must expand total capacity in terms of physical infrastructure, room accommodations and manpower... "Local...
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Second chance for priests after ‘spiritual reform’
Philippines - Two Cebu diocesan priests who were involved in separate sexual misconduct cases in the past will resume their duties together in a different parish. Fr. Oscar Ornopia and Fr. Joey Belciña are part of a new six-member team ministry in Minglanilla town. Before...
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BBC producers defiant over racist slur
From the United States' "Desperate Housewives" to UK's "Harry and Paul", TV productions can't seem to have enough of the global Filipino worker. Early this week, officials and civic groups have issued statements condemning the show and its producers and demanding... Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth
"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...Mass grave found in Sudlon caves
The communist have a blood thirsty history in the Philippines, they have enclaves in the mountain areas on most habited Islands. They recruit from the poverty stricken hill farmers. Fortunately they are a small minority but they do on occasion cause trouble, blowing up cell...Audit body: Bonus to dancing inmates illegal
"CEBU CITY -- Illegal bonuses to prisoners and the unregulated use of government phones were among the alleged lapses that state auditors found in the Cebu Provincial Government’s transactions last year. The Commission on Audit (COA), in its annual report released...27,765 pass nursing board exam
" MANILA, Philippines -- A total of 27,765 or 43.07 percent of the 64,459 who took the nursing licensure exam last June 1 and 2 passed it, the Board of Nursing of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)...
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