The United States embassy in Manila today gave a $10 million (at least 450 million pesos) reward to four Filipinos who provided information that led to the deaths of Abu Sayyaf leaders Khadaffy Janjalani and Abu Sulaiman. It was the second-largest reward the US has given in its anti-terrorism campaign in the Philippines. Read the full story.
CHENGDU CITY, China (via PLDT) — “We came not only for your delicious spicy food but also to build a warm relationship between our two economies and two people.”
Thus President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo set the tone of her two-day visit to China in her informal talk with Mayor Ge Honglin of Chengdu ? a “municipality” one-third the size of the Philippines — before addressing the Chengdu Business Forum at the Jinjiang Hotel before noon Wednesday.
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NEW YORK — The Filipino health workers campaigning for justice known as the Sentosa 27++ marched down the Philippine Independence Day Parade along Madison Avenue last Sunday in a colorful hundreds-strong contingent of Filipino families well-received by loud applause by parade watchers from the sidewalks.
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MANILA — Partylist groups Bayan Muna, Kabataan, Anakpawis, Gabriela and Suara Bangsamoro, filed two more cases of electoral sabotage against the provincial canvassers of Kalinga and Zamboanga del Sur for vote shaving and vote padding respectively on June 6.
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MANILA ? Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers? Affairs Esteban B. Conejos, Jr. warns Filipinos traveling to the People?s Republic of China (PROC) that persons caught possessing and trafficking narcotic drugs into China face a stiff penalty of 15 years up to life imprisonment plus fines if caught.
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