MANILA, Philippines – The number of confirmed cases of A(H1N1) influenza in the Philippines has risen to 14, the Department of Health announced Friday.
The four Filipinos confirmed on Friday to be infected with the virus were a 19-year-old female and a seven-year-old girl from the United States, and a two-year-old girl and a 20-year-old male who had contact with Taiwanese nationals during a wedding in Zambales
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MANILA, Philippines – Former President Fidel Ramos, co-founder of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats, slammed yesterday the merger of the party with President Arroyo’s Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), saying it was done with “undue haste” and that he and many others were kept in the dark regarding details of the merger.
In a press conference at his office on the 26th floor of the Export Import Ba
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The new maximum deposit insurance coverage of P500,000 pesos per bank account will take effect on June 1, the state deposit insurer said.
In a statement, the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) said that the doubling of deposit insurance, which was made possible through the passage of Republic Act 9576, will leave 97.2 percent of all deposits protected.
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A fight analyst said cable giant Home Box Office (HBO) is favoring Floyd Mayweather Jr. over Manny Pacquiao as both fighters edge closer to a possible bout late this year. Ben Thompson of FightHype.com said HBO appears to favor Mayweather over Pacquiao despite the Filipino’s status as the world’s top pound-for-pound boxer.
“If Mayweather didn’t have the edge, why would HBO bother to pay him $15 mi
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MANILA, Philippines – Import Anthony Johnson produced another solid game of 42 points and 24 rebounds as Sta. Lucia bundled out Coca-Cola, 94-88, last night to barge into the quarterfinals of the Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.
Johnson continued to frolic in the absence of Kelly Williams, pumping in 13 points in the third quarter as the Realtors battled back from a seven-point deficit be
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MANILA, Philippines – National junior champion Jericho Banares and crowd favorite Jasmin Ouschan of Austria dropped their respective matches and bowed out of the Philippine Open Pool Championship at the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 2 late Thursday.
Toh Lian Han of Singapore booted out Banares with a 9-7 win while Ernesto Dominguez of Mexico nipped Ouschan in a hill-hill match, 9-8, to advance.
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MANILA, Philippines—After attending an emotionally charged hearing at the Senate the other day, actress Katrina Halili Friday rolled up her sleeves and appeared bent on refurbishing an image she said had been tainted by allegations of drug use.
Already embroiled in a sex video scandal that is now the subject of Senate inquiry, Halili Friday filed libel charges against the mother of her former lover who alleged i
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PARIS, France – Celebrity cosmetic surgeon Dr. Vicki Belo expressed support for her former boyfriend who appeared before the Senate’s joint committee probe on the sex video scandal Thursday.
“I think I’ll just say that I’m really proud of him because he’s really faced it and he has told the truth,” Belo said in an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau’s Rose Eclar
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Just a week after being injured in a car accident, young actor Richard Gutierrez finally faced the media on Thursday during a thanksgiving affair he hosted with his family.
Gutierrez, clad in a white suit and sporting a few cuts on his left eyebrow as well as a tiny tincture of blood on his eye, announced that he has begun to recover from the trauma of the car accident last May 22. He said that he was thankful fo
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The syndicate responsible for the distribution of the sex video featuring cosmetic surgeon Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili might be the same "powerful" group supplying drugs to some entertainment people, Senator Maria Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal said Friday.
"We have information that Eric Chua and Bistek del Rosario sold the video to a person, who is involved with drugs," Madrigal to
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