Manila

Manila's children say 'Let's dance'

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Children have been learning the rumba, tango, jive and foxtrot at Manila's DanceSport Training Centre.

Philippines opens part of shelved Manila airport

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

The first flights are rolling out of an airport terminal in the Philippine capital, promising to bring much-needed new capacity to the old, overburdened facilities after a six-year legal delay, officials said Wednesday.

• Philippines opens controversial airport terminal - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Alert up as dengue cases rise in Manila, north NCR

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Department of Health (DOH) has raised its dengue alert level in the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela as incidence levels of the disease rose during the first half of the year.

New terminal for budget carriers planned for Manila airport

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | yesterday

After a six-year delay in opening Manila's airport's third passenger terminal, the government is now considering one for budget carriers, officials said Wednesday.

$ 1-M 'sports hotel' rising in Subic Freeport

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

MANILA, July 25 (PNA) -- A $ 1-million "sports hotel", featuring an Olympic-sized swimming pool will soon boost the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority's thrust to promote Subic as a major sports destination not only in Luzon or in the Philippines, but in Asia as well.

PRC to hold Walk-in Exams for Marine Engineer Officers on July 24-25

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) will hold a two-day computer-based Walk-in Examinations for Marine Engineer Officers on July 24-25 at the Association of Marine Officers and Seafarers Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) Center in Intramuros, Manila.

Upcoming Benny and Red Bird Editions

Vinyl Pulse (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

MINDstyle is prepping two new Benny and Red Bird editions from Kathie Olivas. There’s a DIY white edition (release info pending) and a silver edition – the secret Fresh Manila edition (August').

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

A Bowl of Stupid (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Following my brief, 3 week trip back to the Philippines, I left Siargao island this morning at 6:30 A.M. (after missing the 5:30 A.M. boat). And now I find myself sitting in yet another airport terminal — in Manila this time — waiting another 5-6 hours until my connecting flight leaves back to Bangkok (admittedly, [...]

Charice back from Italy, shares moments at Bocelli's concert

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Filipino singing sensation Charice arrived in Manila, Thursday morning from a performance at Teatro del Silenzio in Tuscany, Italy at pop tenor Andrea Bocelli's birthday concert dubbed, "The Cinema Tribute" held last Saturday, July 20th.

Bible Society launches graphic design contest

Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

MANILA, July 26 (PNA) — The Philippine Bible Society (PBS) Thursday launched the “National Bible Week 2009 Graphic Design” contest, and entries must be submitted no later than July 31.

Joel D Adriano, "Pitfalls open in Philippine mining," Asia Times online, July 25, 2008. (World Report)

Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

...the country took a nationalistic turn against foreign miners in the wake of the disastrous 1996 Rapu-Rapu cyanide spill by Canadian miner Placer Dome in Albay province. MANILA - Australian ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith last week jumped to the defense of the dozen or so Australian mining companies operating there, in what is turning out to be a nightmarish venture for most of them.

• Pitfalls open in Philippine mining - Asia Times

FEU player critically wounded in gun attack

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

A basketball player of the Far Eastern University is now fighting for his life at a hospital in Manila after a gunman shot him near the FEU campus after practice Thursday night.

Philippine Leader Calls House Population Bill Evil

Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

MANILA, Philippines -- El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde Tuesday described the reproductive health (RH) bill pending in Congress as “evil” and warned that his Catholic charismatic group would take to the streets to oppose its passage. Velarde claimed that...

Human rights chief deplores MMDA's iron fist

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) deplored the violent evictions being enforced by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) against informal settlers and sidewalk vendors.

After 6-year wait, Arroyo says NAIA 3 opening shows resolve

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

President Arroyo said Thursday the opening of a Manila's new airport terminal after a six-year delay showed the country's resolve to overcome problems that have deterred investment and slowed economic growth. The 600 million dollar Terminal 3 opened to limited traffic Tuesday.