SM to deploy roving 'magic stick' guards, more crime-fighting CCTVs

Be afraid, criminals. Be very afraid. Starting this week, guards armed with the latest state of the art sticks will be dispatched to roam the corridors of SM stores everywhere to check mallgoers' belongings. The changes were made in response to the Jan 26 robbery in SM Megamall in Mandaluyong,...

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Ricky Lo to interview The Fast and The Furious stars for Manila premiere

Controversial celebrity troll Ricky Lo has been tapped by Solar Entertainment to interview the cast of The Fast and the Furious 6 for its Asian premiere in Manila May 14. "We are confident in Mr. Lo's ability to get the most out of his subjects while treating them with the beloved Filipino wit and...

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Floating library runs aground in Pasig River

  Barely a week since a US Navy minesweeper got stuck in the Tubataha Reef in Sulu Sea, another foreign ship has run aground in Philippine waters, this time in the Pasig River. MV Doulos, the 98-year old freighter that last visited the country in 2009 as a floating library, got stranded on...

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Number of executive jobs in the Philippines severely lacking --fresh graduates

  Reacting negatively to recent reports that unemployment in the Philippines is bolstered by "choosy" applicants, unemployed college graduates blasted the country's lack of available executive and managerial jobs."The ones available either offer meager starting salaries and positions, or are...

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Downed drone proves that It's More Fun in the Philippines ---DOT

The drone found off the shores of Masbate last Sunday is evidence that the Philippines is indeed the top tourist spot in 2013, Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. said yesterday."Even unmanned aerial vehicles want to take a dive in our beautiful seas," he said, adding that the drone even swam...

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PNP gives up hunt for criminals in honor of PCGG

Manila, Philippines-- Inspired by the Presidential Commission on Good Government giving up the hunt for the Marcoses' ill-gotten wealth, the Philippine National Police announced yesterday they no longer want to chase criminals, saying that "a lot of them have already been elected to Congress and...

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Fewer firecracker-related incidents for 2012 disappoint scavengers in Manila

Manila, Philippines---With the number of injuries caused by firecrackers in Metro Manila slashed by at least 17% compared with the same period last year, scavengers in the metropolitan had to make do welcoming 2013 with less of their anticipated new year's day treats. "Usually, by this time,...

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