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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CHENGDU CITY, Sichuan, China (via PLDT) ? Officials of this booming capital city of the biggest province of China requested President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday to set up a consulate here, a request that she immediately granted.
Saying “it is a great honor” to be visiting Chengdu, the President assured Mayor Ge Honglin — with whom she had an informal meeting at the VIP Holding Room of the Jinjiang Hotel here ? that the Philippines “certainly will put up one (consulate) here in Central China.”
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Isabel Roces, Corey Wills, Chin Chin Gutierrez, and Yasmien Kurdi are Still in the Running
MANILA ? Actor and FHM cover model Alicia Mayer?most recently known for her role as Sussy on the popular sitcom Lagot Ka ? Isusumbong Kita!?has taken an early lead in the annual World?s Sexiest Vegetarian poll, which was just launched on PETA.org. Mayer, who has always had a soft spot for animals, has been a vegetarian since viewing video footage of factory farms on PETA.org.