Published : Monday May 21, 2012 | Category : Nation | Views : 371
By : RAFFY AYENG REPORTER
SOME 87 million kilos of pork were allegedly smuggled into the country in 2011, causing a deep 20 percent dent on the income of local hog raisers who now call on President Benigno Aquino 3rd to immediately mount a crackdown on suspected smugglers of hot meat. Read more
Published : Monday May 21, 2012 | Category : Nation | Views : 284
By : CAMILLE LOPEZ
MILITANT labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno on Sunday held a protest at Plaza Miranda in Manila against the recently approved P30 additional cost of living allowances (COLA) for workers, arguing that the amount does not meet even half of the P125 across-the-board wage hike that labor groups have been seeking... Read more
Published : Monday May 21, 2012 | Category : Nation | Views : 349
By : JEFFERSON ANTIPORDA REPORTER
SENATE Majority Leader Vicente Sotto 3rd came to the defense of a 19-year-old Filipina rape victim who is now being blamed for her own ordeal following the release of video footage showing her kissing a Panamanian diplomat she would later accuse of sexual assault. Read more
Published : Monday May 21, 2012 | Category : Nation | Views : 95
By : CAMILLE LOPEZ
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned schools against admitting foreign students who do not have the required student visa, saying institutions that will violate this rule will either lose their authority to accept foreign student, pay a fine of P50,000, or both. Read more
Published : Sunday May 20, 2012 | Category : Nation | Views : 385
By : RITCHIE A. HORARIO
TAIPEI: Ma Ying-jeou’s second inauguration as president of Taiwan would increase the deployment of Filipino workers to the island-nation, a Philippine official said on Saturday. Read more
