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Australia opens national tsunami warning center (3:14 p.m.)
CANBERRA — Australia became an integral link in a network of tsunami warning hubs across the Indian and Pacific oceans with the official opening of a national monitoring center Friday.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center that opened in the southern city of Melbourne joins India as a “tsunami watch provider” for 29 countries on the [...]
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- Stock index soars 4.6% (2 p.m.)
- Bank of Japan cuts key interest rate (1:52 P.M.)
- Bomb blast wounds 7-year-old, 3 others (12:38 p.m.)
- Maja masaya sa piling ni Geoff (10:49 a.m.)
- Dawn fire razes Sultan Kudarat camp (10:32 a.m.)
- Philippine Airlines jet safe after pilot stroke (3:41 p.m.)
- Melamine-tainted body paint recalled in Australia (3:07 p.m.)
- Freed Basilan hostage in good health condition (3:06 p.m.)
- Stock index surges for 2nd day (2:20 p.m.)
- NPA member killed in Quezon clash (1:54 p.m.)
- Arroyo: I did not go to hospital for Bolante (1:40 p.m.)
- Pictures: ‘My Only U’
- Basilan kidnappers free 1 of 2 captives (10:43 a.m.)
- DepEd opens library hub in Lanao (10:38 a.m.)
- China investigates tainted eggs (4:20 p.m.)
- UN chief says global slowdown hurting migrants (3 p.m.)
- Stock index rises 4.5% (2:30 p.m.)
- Hospital visit to Bolante restricted (1:47 p.m.)
- Nun dies after lightning-strike (12:14 p.m.)
- Bolante seeks medical check-up (11:45 p.m.)
- Bolante arrives in Manila (10:50 p.m.)
- UN: Migrant worker cuts won’t solve global crisis (5:02 p.m.)
- 3.6 magnitude quake hits Cebu (3:01 p.m.)
- Soldier kills comrade, wounds another (2:52 p.m.)
- Joanna Jess given special permit to operate on All Saints’ day (12:22 p.m.)
- 3,500 cops to keep watch on All Saints’, All Souls’ Day (11:28 a.m.)
- Davao City: NPA gilutos na (4:36 p.m.)
- Lawyer: Arrest Bolante (3:21 p.m.)
- Stock index plummets 12.3% (2:36 p.m.)
- Fernando to terminate traffic enforcer (11:29 a.m.)
- NZ implants pig cells in human diabetics (8:42 a.m.)
- Rebels free 7 comrades in jail attack (5 p.m.)
- Cagayan de Oro: Dump truck nahulog sa pangpang, 2 patay (1 p.m.)
- Chinese eggs found tainted with melamine (8:10 a.m.)
- 6 soldiers killed in rebel ambush (1 p.m.)
- Oil prices plunge more than $3 a barrel (8:25 a.m.)
- General Santos: 6 bata nahilo (2:33 p.m.)
- Samsung 3rd-quarter profit falls 44% (10 a.m.)
- Microsoft profit up 2%, but outlook soft (9:40 a.m.)
- 6 countries to protect Coral Triangle (7:46 p.m.)
- Philippine stock index plunges 4.6% (7:30 p.m.)
- PNP prepares security for global summit (2:59 p.m.)
- Dela Paz faces laundering case in Russia (2:20 p.m.)
- Court hands arrest warrants to journalist’s slay suspects (12:24 p.m.)
- Santiago: Laundering could be the case in Moscow mess (11:33 a.m.)
- Senate orders arrest of dela Paz, wife (10:20 a.m.)
- Palace won’t declare Oct. 31, Nov. 3 a holiday (5:24 p.m.)
- Oil falls below US$70 on US recession fears (4:40 p.m.)
- UN says China’s food safety system needs reform (3:05 p.m.)
- 2 more food products positive for melamine (2:49 p.m.)
- 23 Cebuano workers return from Trinidad (11:27 a.m.)
- Australia to withdraw 100 troops from East Timor (10:29 a.m.)
- Dela Paz apologizes for Moscow incident (4:30 p.m.)
- MSU budget officer freed (2:26 p.m.)
- Versoza: Don’t include ‘innocents’ in Russia mess (2:13 p.m.)
- Buses in mishap may lose permit to operate (11:01 a.m.)
- 1,500 dogs die from tainted feed in China (7:15 p.m.)
- Oil rises to US$73 on expectation of Opec cut (4:15 p.m.)
- Global rice market seen to remain tight in 2009 (4 p.m.)
- Child virus kills 3, sickens 110 in east China (10 a.m.)
- Gabby patok pa rin (7:45 p.m.)
- Explosive materials seized (4:12 p.m.)
- West Indies to host 2010 Twenty20 World Cup (4:28 p.m.)
- Davao City: 10 anyos, lain pang 9 gibuhian sa `kidnaper’ (2 p.m.)
- South Korea braces for crisis fallout (11:16 a.m.)
- Rights group criticizes Singapore defamation suits (9:26 a.m.)
- European markets higher, Dow barely up (12:16 a.m.)
- Will rest make Phillies rusty for World Series? (7:07 p.m.)
- 2 independent oil firms cut prices (6:16 p.m.)
- MILF kidnaps budget officer (1:09 p.m.)
- Rebel killed in clash (1:05 p.m.)
- 269 new soldiers to gain recognition (1:04 p.m.)
- International flotilla to fight Somali pirates (9 a.m.)
- Philippine stock index drops 5.2 percent (4:35 p.m.)
- 4 independent oil firms cut prices (3:44 p.m.)
- Traffic enforcer nabbed for extortion (3:34 p.m.)
- Forbes Asia: Mall mogul is wealthiest Filipino (1:58 p.m.)
- ABS-CBN suspends Cristy from ‘The Buzz’, radio program (12:55 p.m.)
- Hong Kong stocks plunge after Wall Street sell-off (10:44 a.m.)
- Biscuit snack positive for melamine (4 p.m.)
- Malaysia ex-king must pay debt in landmark trial (3:15 p.m.)
- Oil falls to below US$78 on recession fears (2:16 p.m.)
- PNP confirms seizure of 105,000 euros (1:54 p.m.)
- Patay naglutaw sa dagat (1:52 p.m.)
- Authorities seized shipment of rotten meat in Pasay city (12:45 p.m.)
- Muslim rebels to take case to UN (10:57 a.m.)
- 3 charged over Malaysian couple’s death in ritual (10:55 a.m.)
- New sentencing set for would-be millennium bomber (9:56 a.m.)
- Supreme Court rejects Muslim autonomy deal (4:07 p.m.)
- DTI: Wowowee’s Wilyonaryo violates Consumer Act (1:34 p.m.)
- Wildfires force frantic evacuations near LA; 2 die (1:32 p.m.)
- Stock index jumps 7.3% (1:25 p.m.)
- Asia stocks soar after US rally; Nikkei up 13 percent (12:04 p.m.)
- Gensan: 12 anyos gitago sa engkanto? (4:30 p.m.)
- Arroyo wants summit to tackle economy (1:13 p.m.)
- 2 rebels killed in attack (11:49 a.m.)
- Versoza: No amnesty for loose firearms (3:25 p.m.)
- N. Korea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal (8 a.m.)
- Klitschko stops Peter for WBC title (7:19 a.m.)
- Somali pirates release 2 more Filipinos (3:44 p.m.)
- Davao City: 6 ka mga barangay nasiplatan ang MILF (2:29 p.m.)
- Cop, MILF rebel killed in clash (1:15 p.m.)
- Chinese tighten dairy regulations after scandal (12:20 p.m.)
- Stocks got slammed, but was it a `crash’? (9:22 a.m.)
- 20 more dairy products cleared of melamine
- Somali pirates release 20 Filipino seamen (5:46 p.m.)
- China to help foreign claimants in milk scandal (5:40 p.m.)
- Stock index tumbles 8.3 percent (1:29 p.m.)
- Malacañang: BIR chief Hefti resigns (11:59 a.m.)
- Oil plummets to US$82 on global slowdown fears (11:43 a.m.)
- Meralco to add to generation rate (11:01 a.m.)
- Tainted milk: 10,000 Chinese kids still ailing (3:02 p.m.)
- Bizman forced out of home; files complaint (1:54 p.m.)
- Unioil cuts prices by P2 (1:22 p.m.)
- 1 cop dead in Shariff Kabunsuan ambush (11:32 a.m.)
- Pirates release 15 Pinoy hostages (11:23 a.m.)
- RP ratifies free trade accord with Japan (10:54 a.m.)
- Milk products cleared of melamine (as of October 8, 2008)
- Melamine-contaminated milk products (as of October 8, 2008)
- Teehankee walks out of prison (9 p.m.)
- Philippine stock index plummets 4.8 percent (3:28 p.m.)
- General Santos: 2 army angol sa giyera (3:13 p.m.)
- Adobe releases new products (2:37 p.m.)
- US law hits use of child soldiers in Philippines (2:01 p.m.)
- Cagayan de Oro: 2 naipit sa trak, patay (2 p.m.)
- Lawmaker’s chief of staff killed in ambush in Manila (12:47 p.m.)
- Jolly Cow Slender milk product tests positive for melamine (12:08 p.m.)
- Judge orders release of Chinese Muslims into US (11:48 a.m.)
- Obama, McCain bring campaign positions to debate (11 a.m.)
- Killings put counselors on alert about money woes (10 a.m.)
- Court denies appeal in Britney case (8:36 a.m.)
- Philippines slams BBC comedy showing Filipino maid (8:25 a.m.)
- Mayor’s son arrested (9:50 p.m.)
- Batasan witness surrenders (3:03 p.m.)
- Group hits Palace for Teehankee pardon (1:37 p.m.)
- Filipino man blows up wife, himself in Malaysia (11:50 a.m.)
- 6 die in family murder-suicide in upscale LA home (11:43 a.m.)
- China candy back from tainted milk scare (10:50 a.m.)
- Malacañang unruffled by Bro. Eddie’s 2010 plans (4:42 p.m.)
- General Santos: Gasolinahan naugdaw (3:10 p.m.)
- AIG assures customers despite sale (3 p.m.)
- Davao: Kanhi kapitan giihaw (2:42 p.m.)
- 3 soldiers hurt in landmine incident (11:21 a.m.)
- Pictures: Kuya Germs b-day celebration
- Dureza: Media’s job to air sides (6:25 p.m.)
- Gov’t to study LPG hikes (6:02 p.m.)
- 2 soldiers, civilian killed in clash with rebels (5:40 p.m.)
- Taiwanese film beats Hollywood blockbusters (2:09 p.m.)
- 2 soldiers killed, 1 hurt in N. Oriental clash (1:17 p.m.)
- Aubrey gives birth to a healthy baby boy (10:08 a.m.)
- Web designer: 3rd axed castaway (9:50 a.m.)
- Chinese shopping mall selling Mao Zedong’s plane (4 p.m.)
- Aussie boy breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc (3 p.m.)
- Japanese man killed in gunfire incident (12:51 p.m.)
- Gov’t to sell Petron in end November (11:03 a.m.)
- Pictures: Blue Eagles’ victory party
- 3 more miners rescued Wednesday (6:25 p.m.)
- Recto dismisses taxed SMS plans (5:50 p.m.)
- Last czar declared victim of political repression (4:43 p.m.)
- Body of Iranian found in home (4 p.m.)
- Davao: Lolo gibugha sa apo (1:39 p.m.)
- Google stock fell on error; Nasdaq raises close (10:24 a.m.)
