Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 04:35 p.m.MANILA — Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippines.
The book "Inferno," which is being sold in the Philippines, includes a character who is visiting the city and taken aback by poverty, crime and the sex trade.
CA upholds suspension on ‘Willing Willie’ over striptease episode
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 03:42 p.m.MANILA -- Television networks and their talents must be educated on gender sensitivity and children and women's rights issues, the Court of Appeals said, as it upheld the one-month suspension on TV5 variety show "Willing Willie" in 2011.
The CA Second Division said the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) "correctly performed its duty" when it sanctioned the show for its episode showing then six-year-old boy "Jan-jan" gyrating like a macho dancer while being cajoled and goaded by host Willie Revillame and the audience.
Sale of Philippine property in Japan stopped indefinitely
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 02:33 p.m.MANILA -- The development of a property owned by the Philippines in Tokyo, Japan will not push through after the Court of Appeals issued an injunction in favor of the government.
This was a follow up to the 60-day temporary restraining order issued in October last year by the CA 14th Division, which acted against the writ of execution issued by the Pasay Regional Trial Court favorable to Masahiro Nagayama.
Makati judge convicted for pocketing intelligence fund
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 02:26 p.m.MANILA -- Former Dapitan mayor turned Makati judge Joseph Cedrick Ruiz will be sent to prison for withdrawing close to P1 million from the city's intelligence fund for his personal use in 2001.
Ruiz was penalized by the Sandiganbayan First Division with a jail term of around six to eight years for graft and between 12 and 18 years for malversation of public funds.
Senator-elect wants probe on ‘60-30-10’ poll results pattern
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 02:24 p.m.MANILA -- Senator-elect JV Ejercito Estrada on Thursday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to look into the supposed "60-30-10" pattern of poll results bared by a math professor at the Ateneo de Manila University over the weekend.
Estrada is one of the three candidates of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) who made it to the top 12 in last week's election. The other nine are from the administration coalition Team PNoy.
Presence of Chinese frigate off Ayungin Shoal 'unusual'
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 02:13 p.m.MANILA - Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin called the presence of a Chinese frigate, along with a group of fishing vessels off Ayungin Shoal, highly "unusual".
The frigate, with two Chinese Maritime Surveillance ships, was spotted by a Philippine aerial patrol 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Bank manager shot dead while driving in Manila
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 12:34 p.m.MANILA -- A female manager of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Taft Avenue branch died after she was shot while driving her car in Manila.
Rose Marie Gatan was driving her sports utility vehicle on Apacible Street when gunmen onboard a motorcycle shot at the car, hitting her in the head.
Heat beats Pacers in overtime thriller in Game 1
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 12:16 p.m.MIAMI (Updated)— Miami's LeBron James made a buzzer-beating layup in overtime as the Heat narrowly escaped a shock loss on their home court and beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in Wednesday's opening game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.
James finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Heat — his ninth postseason triple-double.
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 12:07 p.m.KATMANDU, Nepal — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team said.
Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time Thursday, according to his support team. Miura and his son Gota called them from the summit to report the news.
Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 11:15 a.m.ORLANDO, Florida — Authorities in the U.S. shot to death a Chechen immigrant who turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.
Ibragim Todashev, 27, was gunned down at his Florida home during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said.
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