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Sarah says comments by Lea, Bamboo hurt her
Singer-actress Sarah Geronimo would sometimes feel slighted by comments of “The Voice of the Philippines” fellow coaches Lea Salonga and Bamboo Mañalac but said she understood that they were all part...
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Marcos diaries: ‘Delusions of a dictator’
(First of two parts)I was about to call it a day in the Manila bureau of the New York-based United Press International (UPI) on the night of Sept. 22, 1972, when I heard on radio that Defense Secretary...
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'Ilo Ilo' is Singapore's entry to Oscars
MANILA -- A movie that centers on an Iloilo-born domestic helper in Singapore is the country's official entry to the 86th Academy Awards, marking the third submission that chronicles stories of...
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Sir Chief to launch debut album
MANILA - Kapamilya star Richard Yap, popularly known for his role as Sir Chief of the hit daytime series "Be Careful With My Heart," is now gearing up for the launch of his self-titled debut album. On...
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Bong Revilla hires handwriting expert
MANILA, Philippines - The office of Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. has hired a handwriting expert to examine documents purportedly signed by the senator and his staff to endorse portions of his pork...
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'Yolanda' survivors hope to escape apocalypse
TACLOBAN - In the withered heart of the Philippines' typhoon disaster zone, defeated survivors abandoned hopes Tuesday of a dignified burial for their loved ones and tried to flee aboard military...
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DENR: 'Yolanda' is the 'new norm'
MANILA, Philippines - Powerful typhoons like "Yolanda" (international name Haiyan) is the "new normal" phenomenon as observed in previous weather disturbances that lashed the country in recent years,...
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Foreign aid balloons to P2.36-B; COA to audit donations
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has received a staggering amount of P2,366,669,200 in financial assistance as of Wednesday morning to help the country's typhoon-stricken areas and the calamity...
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More Leyte towns show extent of destruction
An aerial view taken on Wednesday, November 13, shows signs for help and food amid the destruction left by super typhoon Yolanda in the coastal town of Tanauan, Leyte. Yolanda (Haiyan), one of the...
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Samareños in Metro Manila hire bus to bring goods to their hometown
MANILA, Philippines—It started out as an online appeal on Facebook on Wednesday night for passengers wanting to go home to their families to Balangiga, Eastern Samar, which was ravaged by Supertyphoon...
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Tacloban buries some dead as ‘Yolanda’ survivors beg for help
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—Scores of decaying bodies were being taken to mass graves Thursday as overwhelmed Philippines authorities grappled with disposal of the dead and the living begged for help...
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'WE'VE LET PEOPLE DOWN' | UN exec frustrated over slow delivery of aid to...
MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE - 6:15 p.m.) The United Nations’ under-secretary general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief expressed frustration Thursday over what she said has been the...
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Article 17
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Thursday said the aircraft carrier USS George Washington -- loaded with food, water, tents, and medical supplies -- was near the coast of the Philippines to...
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Police official sacked over 10,000 fatality estimate
MANILA, Philippines - The police general who said Super Typhoon Yolanda could have left 10,000 people dead was ordered relieved from his post yesterday.Eastern Visayas police (PRO8) regional director...
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De facto martial law
MANILA, Philippines - “De facto martial law” is in effect in Leyte and its capital Tacloban as authorities try to contain looting and secure relief goods being sent to areas that have yet to be reached...
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THANK YOU, SHOICHI | Japanese boy, 6, donates his savings to Yolanda victims
The Philippines has received an outpouring of international support in the wake of supertyphoon Yolanda, which hit the country Friday last week. One more has been added to the list of donors -...
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Mass burial held in typhoon-hit Tacloban
TACLOBAN, Philippines — The air was thick with the stench of decay as sweating workers lowered the plastic coffins one by one into a grave the size of an Olympic swimming pool.Scores of unidentified...
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Typhoon death toll nears 4,000: NDRRMC
Tacloban mayor says 4,000 deadMANILA - The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Friday said the death toll from super typhoon "Yolanda" has reached 3,621, with more...
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Anderson Cooper to Korina Sanchez: Go to Tacloban
MANILA,Philippines—CNN broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper urged news anchor Korina Sanchez to go to Tacloban, the hardest hit by one of the worst typhoons in history, since she has the means “as she...
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Koreans raise P100-M for PH typhoon victims
MANILA, Philippines - South Koreans have raised 2.5 billion won (around P103 million) during broadcasting network KBS' special televised fund-raising event to benefit relief efforts in storm-hit...
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