Rediscover the wonders of play this summer

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 18:36:37 +0000

This March, Midas Hotel in Roxas Boulevard, Pasay presents its Stay to Play summer promo, where guests can book a Deluxe Room or an Executive Room. Each room package lets you choose between an ice cream from the 2702 Lobby Lounge or a ticket to the Dessert Museum. Take your taste buds to a food […]

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Inserto receives Alumni Achievement Award

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 18:35:24 +0000

The Villamor High School Alumni Foundation Inc. (VHSAFI) of Sta. Ana, Manila, presents to Manuel “Manny” Inserto, vice president for Business Operations and treasurer of Bangko ng Kabuhayan, formerly Banco Rodriguez, the first Rural Bank in the Philippines since 1952, the prestigious Alumni Achievement Award, for his exemplary accomplishments in his chosen field of endeavor, […]

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The Outstanding Filipino search launched

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 18:34:11 +0000

The Outstanding Filipino (Tofil) search was launched at Club Filipino on February 19. Tofil Awards is open to every Filipino, natural born, naturalized citizen or bearing dual citizenship (Filipino and a foreign country), at least 41 years of age of good moral character whose dedication to his/her profession or vocation has significant contribution to the […]

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New surge of migrants reaches Turkey-Greece border

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 11:05:19 +0000

PAZARKULE, Turkey: Around 2,000 more migrants reached the Turkish border with Greece on Sunday after Turkey opened its gates to Europe saying it could no longer cope with refugees from war-torn Syria. Since dozens of Turkish troops were killed in northwest Syria last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched reprisal attacks against Syrian […]

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Netanyahu pledges ‘immediate’ annexation steps if re-elected

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 09:05:06 +0000

JERUSALEM: A day ahead of Israel’s third election in a year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday that if re-elected he would annex swathes of the occupied West Bank within weeks. In an interview with Israeli public radio, Netanyahu said annexation of the Jordan Valley and other parts of the West Bank was his top […]

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Filipino sailor among 13 missing in Japan

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 04:39:25 +0000

TOKYO: A Filipino and 12 other crew members onboard a Belize-flagged cargo ship are missing after the vessel collided with a fishing boat off Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Aomori late Saturday, the Chinese consulate general in Sapporo said Sunday. Guo Xing 1, the 1,989-ton cargo ship with 14 crew onboard, informed the Japanese about the […]

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British leader Boris Johnson, girlfriend expecting baby

Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 04:22:19 +0000

LONDON: The patter of tiny feet is coming to Downing Street. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that he and his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, are engaged to be married and expecting a baby in the early summer. A wedding date wasn’t announced. Johnson, 55, and Symonds, 31, made history as […]

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Trump, on 1st death from virus in US: ‘No reason to panic”

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 04:05:21 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Seeking to reassure the American public, President Donald Trump said Saturday there was “no reason to panic” as the new coronavirus claimed its first victim inside the United States. The White House also announced new restrictions on international travel to prevent its spread. Trump, speaking only moments after the death in Washington state […]

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Black voters carry Biden to his first victory

Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 03:55:52 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Vice President Joe Biden has for weeks looked to the black voters of South Carolina to hand a win to his flagging campaign. On Saturday, they delivered. Biden won about 60 percent of the votes cast by non-white voters, dominating a crowded Democratic field among a group that made up more than half […]

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Washington state sees 1st virus death in US, declares emergency

Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 03:40:10 +0000

The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United States. More than 50 people in a nursing facility are sick and being tested for the virus. Gov. Jay Inslee directed state agencies to use “all resources […]

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