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By Eamonn Fitzgerald on January 28, 2012 in Puerto Princesa Underground River
Manila/Philippines, Zurich/Switzerland: Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) is now confirmed as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. Making the announcement in Manila, Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, congratulated the people of the Philippines for supporting their national finalist in the global campaign.
“When your very own President Aquino came out in support of the PPUR campaign, I knew that this country was taking the New7Wonders of Nature seriously,” said Weber. “Fans of PPUR all over the world responded to his call for action by voting in record numbers and today’s confirmation is the well-earned reward for this extraordinary...
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REUTERS - Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo poses in her hospital suite at St.Luke's Medical Center in Taguig city, east of Manila, December 9, 2011, while awaiting transfer to a government hospital. Philippine security forces transferred Arroyo from the private hospital to a military medical facility in Manila this afternoon, according to local media. Arroyo, president from 2001-2010 and a now a member of Congress, has been under heavy guard at the private Manila hospital since her arrest last month on charges of rigging results in elections in 2007. REUTERS/Bullit Marquez/Pool (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS)
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s hospital arrest is a temporary arrangement,...
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By Gerry Plaza | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
Noontime show "Happy Yipee Yehey" will have its final episode next Saturday, February 4, nearly a year after its first episode, ABS-CBN announced.
The show, whose main hosts are John Estrada, Randy Santiago, Toni Gonzaga, Rico J. Puno and Pokwang, aired its pilot on February 12 last year. An original host, Mariel Rodriguez, had moved to TV5 and is now host of the early evening game show "Wil Time Bigtime."
Other "Happy Yipee Yehey" hosts include John Prats, Matteo Guidicelli, and Bianca Manalo.
"Happy Yipee Yehey" is the second noontime show to be cancelled after Willie Revillame's "Wowowee" had been put off the air over the network's ongoing case against the now TV5 host. The...
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By Rudy Santos | Philstar
After nine years, the arbitration case between the Philippine government and the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco) is finally over.Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) general manager Jose Angel Honrado yesterday announced that the Singapore-based International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) ruling in favor of the Philippine government has become final and executory.
In a manifestation filed on Dec. 27, 2011, Piatco formally withdrew its second application to set aside the earlier ICC ruling that dismissed its claims against the Philippine government.
Piatco in February 2003 filed a request for arbitration before the ICC seeking to enforce its concession agreement with the...
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By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball | Reuters
(Corrects date of NIE report to 2007 from 2003, in paragraph 16)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is unlikely to move toward building a nuclear weapon this year because it does not yet have the capability to produce enough weapon-grade uranium, a draft report by the Institute for Science and International Security said on Wednesday.The report by the institute founded by nuclear expert David Albright offered a more temperate view of Iran's nuclear program than some of the heated rhetoric that has surfaced since the United States and its allies stepped up sanctions on Tehran."Iran is unlikely to decide to dash toward making nuclear weapons...
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REUTERS - The Philippines is in talks with the U.S. government on expanding its military presence in the southeast Asian country in response to the growing assertiveness of China, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.In recent months, the United States has announced plans to set up a Marine base in northern Australia and station warships in Singapore, moves seen in China as a part of a broader U.S. attempt to encircle it as it grows into a major power in the region.The newspaper said that negotiations were in the early stages but quoted officials from both governments as saying they were favourably inclined towards a deal.It said more talks were scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Washington before higher-level meetings...
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By Shielo Mendoza | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
Miriam Defensor-Santiago (NPPA Images)
After yet another heated argument with the prosecution team on Thursday, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago’s blood pressure shot up and was advised to leave early and rest at home.
Tom Tobias, media relations officer of Santiago, said the senator’sblood pressure read 180/90. He said Santiago will return on Monday for the trial.
When the proceedings began, the senator-judge was irked by the prosecution’s failure to answer her directly.
“Just answer yes or no! I am tired of hearing your voice!” Santiago said to private prosecutor Atty.Arthur Lim. She asked Lim if the prosecution is charging Chief...
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By KEVIN DOLAK, LAMA HASAN and ANGELA ELLIS | Good Morning America
The wife of the captain accused of abandoning the capsized Costa Concordia cruise liner off the Tuscan island of Giglio says that her husband is not the "monster" that has been portrayed in the media and that he is being made a scapegoat.
Fabiola Russo, the wife of Captain Francesco Schettino, spoke out in a cover story in Oggi, an Italian weekly magazine, which hit newsstands today. In the interview Russo says that her husband is a "maestro," and that there was a reason he was entrusted with the helm of the Concordia."My husband is at the center of an unprecedented global media storm," Russo said in the interview. "I cannot think...
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By BRUCE SMITH | Associated Press
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — With the blare of air horns, cheers and a champagne toast, "The Ship That Would Not Die" returned Wednesday to its home at a maritime museum on Charleston Harbor on the South Carolina coast.Just after sunrise, the World War II destroyer USS Laffey was towed slowly down the Cooper River to the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. It was moved more than two years ago to a dry dock so its hull could be repaired at a cost of about $9 million.A group of about 50 people, including more than a dozen former crew members, gathered on the flight deck of another World War II vessel, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, to welcome the Laffey...
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