http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:13:43 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/images/M_images/ http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/ PhilippineDailyMirror.com RSS Feed pdmcomhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/HHu1S5hzqjc/student-consultative-assembly-organized-to-discuss-planned-tuition-fee-increases.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/student-consultative-assembly-organized-to-discuss-planned-tuition-fee-increases.html <p />MANILA – A few months before the 2011-2012 academic year ends, Kabataan Party-List sponsored a consultative assembly in the House of Representatives regarding the issue of increasing tuition and related fees. The activity was held jointly with the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education. Organizers said the assembly was held in anticipation of the impending wave of proposed tuition increases in the coming summer session and school year.<br /> <br />Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino said his group conducted the assembly to provide a venue for students and stakeholders to voice their views on the increasing inaccessibility of higher education. He said these sectors should be able to participate in the crafting of regulatory guidelines to address the long-standing problem of unabated tuition and other fee increases in both private and public universities all over the country. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/student-consultative-assembly-organized-to-discuss-planned-tuition-fee-increases.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/HHu1S5hzqjc" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:41:52 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/student-consultative-assembly-organized-to-discuss-planned-tuition-fee-increases.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/4ZF1KdUHoAM/ateneans-oppose-another-six-percent-increaset-in-fees.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/ateneans-oppose-another-six-percent-increaset-in-fees.html <p>DAVAO CITY – Arguing that education is a right and not a commodity, students from the Ateneo de Davao University staged a candle-lighting protest against the proposed six percent hike in tuition and energy fee for the incoming school year.<br /> <br />The protest, led by <em>Buklurang Atenista</em> (BuklAt) Coalition standard bearer and the student council president-elect Maureene Ann Villamor, called for a genuine and democratic consultation with the students on the proposed increase.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/ateneans-oppose-another-six-percent-increaset-in-fees.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/4ZF1KdUHoAM" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:28:51 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/ateneans-oppose-another-six-percent-increaset-in-fees.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/h3hsSJf9gt4/phl-may-grab-a-larger-market-share-in-global-medical-tourism-industry-healthcore-study.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/phl-may-grab-a-larger-market-share-in-global-medical-tourism-industry-healthcore-study.html <p>TORONTO -- The Philippines may have found its next sunrise industry in the medical tourism field.<br /> <br />A study titled “Philippine Medical Tourism Compendium 2011:  Facts, Figures & Strategies” estimated that the country earned a total of $1.30 billion from health care and wellness services in the period of 2006 to 2010. <br /> <br />The study also projected that the Philippines has the potential to earn as much as $1 billion in additional annual revenue by 2018 or earlier if it would invest thoroughly on healthcare infrastructures, more open and liberal travel arrangements for medical tourists and lay down an extensive international marketing promotions campaign.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/phl-may-grab-a-larger-market-share-in-global-medical-tourism-industry-healthcore-study.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/h3hsSJf9gt4" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:57:28 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/phl-may-grab-a-larger-market-share-in-global-medical-tourism-industry-healthcore-study.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/UazJvbcv8_M/jury-convicts-woman-in-death-of-fil-am.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/jury-convicts-woman-in-death-of-fil-am.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) – Anna Lisa Raymundo wanted to be a Chief Executive Officer for some big companies one day. But her big dreams were snuffed away nine years ago by an Iranian American co-worker woman, who was obsessed with Anna Lisa’s boyfriend.<br /><br />On Friday (Feb. 10) Anna Lisa’s co-worker, Sheila Sara Duvalloo, was convicted by a 16-person jury for the brutal stabbing of Anna Lisa less than two days after a jury deliberation that ended a two-week trial, chronicled by daily, Stamford Advocate.</p> <p />“I just wanted to have closure on the death of my daughter,” Anna Lisa’s father, Dr. Renato Raymundo, told this reporter at the start of the trial. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/jury-convicts-woman-in-death-of-fil-am.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/UazJvbcv8_M" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:39:11 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/jury-convicts-woman-in-death-of-fil-am.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/y-4SO87yJtI/fill-am-twin-brothers-get-jail-time-for-marriage-fraud.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/fill-am-twin-brothers-get-jail-time-for-marriage-fraud.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) – Manny and Marc Aguja are identical twins and they thought nobody could tell one from the other if one of them was away.<br />In fact, their sister, Servita Aguja-Aguilar, agrees that “growing up, Marc and Manny were inseparable. And they remain inseparable to this day – they are two sides of one coin.”</p> <p>But Manny Aguja, a prominent Filipino American member of the Illinois bar, specializing in immigration cases, for more than ten years, made the mistake of telling his law office employee, Robert Insular, that when Insular “began working at the law firm, Manny Aguja and Marc Aguja told him that there was no Marc Aguja, only Manny Aguja.”</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/fill-am-twin-brothers-get-jail-time-for-marriage-fraud.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/y-4SO87yJtI" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:06:06 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/fill-am-twin-brothers-get-jail-time-for-marriage-fraud.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/h5ycdjjXDpg/qlet-truth-outq-says-fil-ams-following-cj-corona-impeachment-hearing.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/qlet-truth-outq-says-fil-ams-following-cj-corona-impeachment-hearing.html <p />CHICAGO (jGLi) – Some Filipino Americans urged Sunday (Feb. 12) Philippine senator-judges in the current impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona to arrive at the truth first before coming to a decision to avoid a constitutional crisis.<br /><br />Former Manila Bulletin provincial editor Tony Antonio, now publisher-editor of a twice-monthly Detroit’s suburb of Belleville, Michigan-based, Filipino Star News, welcomed in an editorial the stand taken by Senator-Judge Loren Legarda, who made “an encouraging statement when she said the sole basis of her decision will be the truth.” <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/qlet-truth-outq-says-fil-ams-following-cj-corona-impeachment-hearing.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/h5ycdjjXDpg" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:43:42 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/qlet-truth-outq-says-fil-ams-following-cj-corona-impeachment-hearing.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/rjLgwnROSBw/world-bank-funds-project-to-address-housing-crisis.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/world-bank-funds-project-to-address-housing-crisis.html <p>MANILA -- Mrs. Marilou Japay or “Daday’ lives with her asthmatic husband and three children in a shanty in the South Pier area near Divisoria that has the shape and size of three toilet stalls placed horizontally. The walls are made of rusting roofing material, flattened muddied cardboard boxes and scratched wooden planks. The roof is also made of the same with the addition of torn pieces of old advertising tarpaulin banners and plastic packaging sheets. When it rains, water seeps through the cracks and holes in the makeshift roof, and it was only by some miracle that the last typhoon’s strong winds did not destroy the entire box-like structure.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/world-bank-funds-project-to-address-housing-crisis.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/rjLgwnROSBw" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:26:04 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/world-bank-funds-project-to-address-housing-crisis.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/ytqZCG8SLuo/italys-new-policy-sparks-protest-from-ofws-and-filipinos.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/europe/italys-new-policy-sparks-protest-from-ofws-and-filipinos.html <p />ITALY -- Remove your middle name.<br /><br />This is what the authorities of Italy’s Ministry of Interior or the Ministero dell’Interno, have been telling Filipinos in Italy since the agency laid down its Circular No. 29 on October 7, 2010. The labor ministry has since been ordering ordering Filipinos living and working in Italy to “drop their middle names’ in official documents to avoid confusion in the use of middle names.”<br /><br />Italians do not have middle names. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/europe/italys-new-policy-sparks-protest-from-ofws-and-filipinos.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/ytqZCG8SLuo" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:54:51 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/europe/italys-new-policy-sparks-protest-from-ofws-and-filipinos.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/dUc3Uaa8wWU/senator-lapids-wife-granted-more-time-on-her-smuggling-case.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/senator-lapids-wife-granted-more-time-on-her-smuggling-case.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) – The United States District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada granted Tuesday (Feb. 7) the motion of Marissa Tadeo Lapid, the wife of Philippine Senator Lito Lapid, for  “additional time (to) conduct legal research and factual investigation” of the $50,000 bulk smuggling filed against her by the U.S. government.<br /><br />Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen reset the preliminary hearing last Tuesday (Feb. 7) at 4 p.m. for April 9, 2012 also at 4 p.m. at Courtroom 3B in the U.S. District Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/senator-lapids-wife-granted-more-time-on-her-smuggling-case.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/dUc3Uaa8wWU" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:46:25 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/senator-lapids-wife-granted-more-time-on-her-smuggling-case.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/UzB4zm7Gb3c/rep-ron-paul-supports-fil-vet-cause.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/rep-ron-paul-supports-fil-vet-cause.html <p />CHICAGO (jGLi) – Rep. Ron Paul (TX-14th), battling for second place in Nevada caucuses last Saturday (Feb. 4) for the Republican presidential nomination, has pledged to support the pending H.R. 210, which will overturn the Recession Acts of 1946, according to Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign.<br /> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/rep-ron-paul-supports-fil-vet-cause.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/UzB4zm7Gb3c" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:48:05 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/rep-ron-paul-supports-fil-vet-cause.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/gH6ssukqUjY/fugitive-palparan-is-no-show-but-issues-statement-through-his-lawyer.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/fugitive-palparan-is-no-show-but-issues-statement-through-his-lawyer.html <p />MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan — For the third time, retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. did not attend the hearing at the Bulacan regional trial court.<br /><br />Palparan is charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention in relation to the disappearance of two students of the University of the Philippines Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan. The students, along with farmer Manuel Merino, were abducted in Hagonoy, Bulacan, on June 26, 2006. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/fugitive-palparan-is-no-show-but-issues-statement-through-his-lawyer.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/gH6ssukqUjY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/fugitive-palparan-is-no-show-but-issues-statement-through-his-lawyer.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/4TjTTOTKAAY/lawmaker-asks-congress-to-probe-delay-in-award-of-contract-to-purchase-firefighting-equipment.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/lawmaker-asks-congress-to-probe-delay-in-award-of-contract-to-purchase-firefighting-equipment.html <p />Bayan Muna lawmaker Teddy Casiño is now taking up cudgels for the country’s firefighters.<br /><br />After failing to get satisfactory answers and actions from both the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) officials, Casiño now wants Congress to investigate what he said as the “dubious termination” of a government contract amounting to P243 million ($5.65 million) for fire fighting equipment allegedly to favor some regular suppliers of the BFP. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/lawmaker-asks-congress-to-probe-delay-in-award-of-contract-to-purchase-firefighting-equipment.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/4TjTTOTKAAY" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:47:37 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/lawmaker-asks-congress-to-probe-delay-in-award-of-contract-to-purchase-firefighting-equipment.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/zfLh9LmZNx0/trial-continues-on-murdered-fil-am-lass-her-parents-are-called-to-testify.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/trial-continues-on-murdered-fil-am-lass-her-parents-are-called-to-testify.html <p />CHICAGO (jGLi) – Two hours before Filipino American Anna Lisa Raymundo was found dead at 10:34 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2002 in Stamford, Connecticut, she called up her mother, Dr. Susan Raymundo, at their home in Florida.<br /><br />But Dr. Raymundo was at the hospital with her mother when Anna Lisa, a 32-year-old New York native and Harvard University <em>magna cum laude </em>graduate, called, which she did about twice a day.<br /><br />The phone record was among the evidence presented before the Stamford Superior Court Wednesday (Feb. 1) when Mrs. Raymundo testified at the second week of the murder trial of the suspect, Sheila Sara Davalloo, accused of bludgeoning to death Anna Lisa nine years ago. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/trial-continues-on-murdered-fil-am-lass-her-parents-are-called-to-testify.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/zfLh9LmZNx0" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:20:43 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/trial-continues-on-murdered-fil-am-lass-her-parents-are-called-to-testify.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/7qolzxH_smM/mancao-is-a-vital-witness-says-his-us-based-lawyer.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/mancao-is-a-vital-witness-says-his-us-based-lawyer.html <p />CHICAGO (jGLi) – Accused-turned-state witness Cezar O. Mancao II, “despite the findings of  'untrustworthiness and credibility’" should be given an opportunity to provide “vital and significant information to support the filing of double murder against identified suspects” in the killing of Filipino publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and Dacer’s driver, Emmanuel Corbito.<br /><br />Mancao’s U.S.-based lawyer, Arnedo S. Valera, said, “the findings of his testimony as “incredible and untrustworthy” are separate and distinct issue with regard to his request that any case against him connected with these crimes should be dropped. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/mancao-is-a-vital-witness-says-his-us-based-lawyer.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/7qolzxH_smM" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:54:09 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/mancao-is-a-vital-witness-says-his-us-based-lawyer.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/6R8JIGFJfic/obamas-insourcing-highlights-risks-of-relying-on-bpos-ibon.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/economics/obamas-insourcing-highlights-risks-of-relying-on-bpos-ibon.html <p />The initiative is just another example of adverse trends facing the sector and more of this are likely to emerge as the crisis in the US and the rest of the world worsens in the coming years<br /><br />The recent pronouncement by US Pres. Barack Obama to bring outsourcing jobs back to the US highlights the dangers of relying on business process outsourcing (BPO), and on foreign economies in general, for Filipino jobs. According to research group <em>IBON</em>, even if it is still unclear if Pres. Obama’s proposed “insourcing” legislation will pass, the vulnerability of the sector and the government’s misplaced attention to this is increasingly apparent. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/economics/obamas-insourcing-highlights-risks-of-relying-on-bpos-ibon.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/6R8JIGFJfic" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:17:20 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/economics/obamas-insourcing-highlights-risks-of-relying-on-bpos-ibon.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/kWL11fA9XVY/nafcon-calls-on-p-noy-to-stop-deportation-of-filipinos-in-mariana-islands.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/nafcon-calls-on-p-noy-to-stop-deportation-of-filipinos-in-mariana-islands.html <p />NEW YORK -- The National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) is calling on President Benigno Aquino III to assist more than 12,000 Filipinos who stand to be deported from the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) this year.<br /><br />The CNMI is located in the western Pacific Ocean.Based on previous US census counts, Filipinos comprise almost 30 percent of all residents in the islands, surpassing even the total number of the native Chamorro people. There are an estimated 12,000 Filipino workers in CNMI who are now being threatened with deportation despite maintaining legal immigration status. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/nafcon-calls-on-p-noy-to-stop-deportation-of-filipinos-in-mariana-islands.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/kWL11fA9XVY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:06:41 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/nafcon-calls-on-p-noy-to-stop-deportation-of-filipinos-in-mariana-islands.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/Pl63h97Dzec/montilla-in-new-york-art-show-debuts-feb-27.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/entertainment/montilla-in-new-york-art-show-debuts-feb-27.html <p>NEW YORK <em>--- Montilla in New York</em>, a solo art exhibit of talented artist Ricky Montilla will be featured at the lobby of the Philippine Center in New York from February 27 to March 9, 2012.<br /><br />Known for his "kois" subjects, Montilla will be exhibiting 15 new works in oil on canvas including a number of "kois" paintings.  Koi is one of Montilla's best selling works because of his portrayal and execution of colors that interplay with his distinct brush strokes including the accurateness of koi patches according to its breed.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/entertainment/montilla-in-new-york-art-show-debuts-feb-27.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/Pl63h97Dzec" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:35:14 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/entertainment/montilla-in-new-york-art-show-debuts-feb-27.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/bYIO5cw8l80/farm-works-urges-sc-to-junk-cojuangco-aquinos-plea.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/farm-works-urges-sc-to-junk-cojuangco-aquinos-plea.html <p>MANILA – Farm workers of the Hacienda Luisita urged the Supreme Court to declare with finality its November 22, 2011 decision ordering the distribution of 4,916 hectares of Hacienda Luisita land to the original 4,296 original farm worker beneficiaries (FWBs).<br /><br />Through their counsel Jobert Pahilga, the farm workers opposed the motion filed by the Cojuangco-Aquinos last month seeking to increase the amount of compensation and to retain the option between owning stocks or land. In their motion, the Hacienda Luisita Inc. also wants to lift the ten-year prohibition on the sale of the awarded lands.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/farm-works-urges-sc-to-junk-cojuangco-aquinos-plea.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/bYIO5cw8l80" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:07:24 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/farm-works-urges-sc-to-junk-cojuangco-aquinos-plea.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/zhSYCHTeIIU/ron-paul-to-speak-at-rally-in-las-vegas-in-support-of-filipino-veterans.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/ron-paul-to-speak-at-rally-in-las-vegas-in-support-of-filipino-veterans.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) – Rep. Ron Paul (TX-14th), one of the presidential candidates bidding to win the Republican nomination, will speak at a rally on Friday, Feb. 3, in Las Vegas, Nevada to support the six Nevada Filipino veterans who were denied benefits as well as passage of a House legislation that will recognize the services to the United States of 24,000 Filipino veterans denied benefits.<br /><br />Luke Perry, press relations representative of the Las Vegas-based Filipino American Veterans of Nevada, said Ceasar Elpidio, president and founder of the Filipino American Veterans of Nevada, is inviting the community to attend the rally at the Leatherneck Club at 4360 W. Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas on the eve of the Nevada Republican Presidential caucus on Feb. 4.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/ron-paul-to-speak-at-rally-in-las-vegas-in-support-of-filipino-veterans.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/zhSYCHTeIIU" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:28:17 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/ron-paul-to-speak-at-rally-in-las-vegas-in-support-of-filipino-veterans.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/wcBS6VWsxEE/puerto-princesa-underground-river-now-one-of-the-new-7-wonders-of-nature.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/puerto-princesa-underground-river-now-one-of-the-new-7-wonders-of-nature.html <p>MANILA -  Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders, has confirmed Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR), as one of the New7Wonders of Nature during a meeting with Edward Hagedor, Mayor of Puerto Princesa on January 28, 2012.  Also present at the meeting were Nardz Villafranca, PPUR campaign coordinator and Jean-Paul de la Fuente, New7Wonders Director.<br /><br />"This confirmation is wonderful news for Puerto Princesa, and a great example of how now its more fun to be in the Philippines," Mayor Hagedorn said.  "World-wide exposure of our natural beauty on this level is critical both for tourism and for our image nationally and internationally."</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/puerto-princesa-underground-river-now-one-of-the-new-7-wonders-of-nature.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/wcBS6VWsxEE" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:49:50 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/puerto-princesa-underground-river-now-one-of-the-new-7-wonders-of-nature.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/GZUU6ox20wY/ph-us-hold-2nd-bilateral-strategic-dialogue.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/ph-us-hold-2nd-bilateral-strategic-dialogue.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) -- The Philippines and United States deepened their partnership when they made a “number of significant advances across a wide range of issues” at the second United States-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue that took place in Washington, D. C. on Jan. 26 and 27.<br /><br />According to a press statement from the White House Communications Office, the dialogue was attended by senior officials from both governments, who reviewed a number of shared accomplishments achieved over the past year.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/ph-us-hold-2nd-bilateral-strategic-dialogue.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/GZUU6ox20wY" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:55:31 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/ph-us-hold-2nd-bilateral-strategic-dialogue.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/6WEcV8Pl0rs/taiwan-official-ordered-deported-for-fraud-and-trafficking-two-filiipinos.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/taiwan-official-ordered-deported-for-fraud-and-trafficking-two-filiipinos.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) – A high-ranking representative from Taiwan was ordered deported by United States Judge Greg Kays of the Western District of Missouri in Kansas City on Friday, Jan. 27, for fraud in foreign labor contracting after fraudulently obtaining two Filipino servants for her residence.<br /><br />It was another Filipino, who was able to help authorities rescue the Filipina servant, who was not identified in the court records. The names of the two Filipino servants were redacted from the records.<br /><br />Beth Phillips, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Hsien-Hsien “Jacqueline” Liu, 64, of Taiwan, was sentenced by Judge Kays, who accepted the blinding plea agreement and sentenced Liu to time served.  She has been in federal custody without bond since her arrest on Nov. 20, 2011.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/taiwan-official-ordered-deported-for-fraud-and-trafficking-two-filiipinos.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/6WEcV8Pl0rs" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:02:17 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/taiwan-official-ordered-deported-for-fraud-and-trafficking-two-filiipinos.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/nIGKgI_pqxg/canada-gains-access-to-philippine-market.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/markets/canada-gains-access-to-philippine-market.html <p>ONTARIO, Canada -- Canadian cattle, sheep and goat producers now are able to market their livestock to the Philippines.</p> <p>Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast announced recently that the Government of Canada has secured live ruminant market access to the Philippines.</p> <p>“The Philippines’ market is now open for Canadian exports of live cattle, sheep and goats,” said Minister Ritz.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/markets/canada-gains-access-to-philippine-market.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/nIGKgI_pqxg" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:40:56 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/markets/canada-gains-access-to-philippine-market.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/p0yqhvLZlME/popular-actor-now-provincial-official-accused-by-environmental-groups.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/popular-actor-now-provincial-official-accused-by-environmental-groups.html <p>MANILA -- Environmental groups in Batangas are crying foul against dramatic actor and Batangas Provincial Board member Christopher de Leon ’s alleged support for mining operations in the region.</p> <p>Saying that the recent tragedy of Typhoon ‘Sendong’ remains fresh in the minds of many, the Bukluran Para sa Inang Kalikasan (BUKAL) is appalled over how the local government has already approved and endorsed the operations of destructive large-scale mining in the province.</p> <p>Bukal officials said they received a letter from the office of Governor Vilma Santos-Recto inviting its members to a meeting to discuss mining in Batangas. Earlier on, the group came upon a report released by CrazyHorse Limited, a Canadian Mining firm venturing in Gold-Exploration Project in Taysan, claiming that the firm has already secured the endorsement and approval from the Provincial Board. The endorsement, the company said, was settled May 11, 2011 through the passage of Provincial Board Resolution no. 253.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/popular-actor-now-provincial-official-accused-by-environmental-groups.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/p0yqhvLZlME" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:11:40 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/popular-actor-now-provincial-official-accused-by-environmental-groups.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/HMC73q4g4nU/rape-case-versus-filipino-truck-driver-dismissed.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/rape-case-versus-filipino-truck-driver-dismissed.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) – The rape case filed by a 21-year-old woman against a 36-year-old Filipino immigrant has been dismissed after Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas in Chicago, Illinois “found that there existed ‘No Probable Cause’” during preliminary hearing on Dec. 19, 2011.</p> <p>A court order issued Dec. 30, 2011 was made available to this reporter Monday (Jan. 24) by Ms. Blanca E. Jara, public information manager of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County.</p> <p>Attorney David J. O’Connor, private defense lawyer for Guillermo G. Balingit, Jr.  told this reporter over the phone “the judge saw in Mr. Balingit evidence of innocence that’s why the case was dismissed.”</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/rape-case-versus-filipino-truck-driver-dismissed.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/HMC73q4g4nU" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:25:46 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/rape-case-versus-filipino-truck-driver-dismissed.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/YQW8ekJMB1A/us-cbp-agents-confiscate-senator-lapids-wife-money.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/us-cbp-agents-confiscate-senator-lapids-wife-money.html <p>CHICAGO (jGLi) – An ill-informed, if not ill-advised, wife of Philippine Senator Lito Lapid has enriched the coffers of the United States government again.</p> <p>Instead of proudly informing the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities that she was in possession of more than $50,000 in U.S. currency and more than 10,000 Philippine pesos (US$356.00) when she arrived in the U.S. last November, she underdeclared her cash declaration below US$10,000 even if there was nothing wrong in declaring the actual amount in her possession.</p> <p>If it was true that Mrs. Marissa Tadeo Lapid was telling the CPB’s Albert G. Giangregorio, Special Agent for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that she was  applying “as a Lawful Permanent Resident” upon her entry into the US, her alibi that she was taking in US$50,137 and US$356 in foreign currency (Philippine pesos) would have been perfect and valid reason for her to carry such amount as she needed it to start a new life in America.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/us-cbp-agents-confiscate-senator-lapids-wife-money.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/YQW8ekJMB1A" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:09:53 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/us-cbp-agents-confiscate-senator-lapids-wife-money.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/-xq7_ogPK3g/probe-on-world-bank-fund-anomaly-involving-philippine-supreme-court-sought.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/probe-on-world-bank-fund-anomaly-involving-philippine-supreme-court-sought.html <p />MANILA — The two representatives of <em>Bayan Muna</em> party are calling for investigations into the World Bank fund anomaly involving the Supreme Court.<br /><br />Reps. Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares have filed House Resolution 2049 to probe the alleged anomaly, and call on the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to conduct an inquiry on the irregularities involving the SC’s Judicial Reform Support Project (JRSP) funded by the World Bank.<br /><br />According to an official briefing paper released by Malacañang on the JRSP issue, the JRSP aims to make the judicial system accessible in order to foster public trust and confidence. It supposedly aims to improve case adjudication and access to justice; enhance institutional integrity; strengthen institutional capacity; and assist in strengthening support for the reform process. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/probe-on-world-bank-fund-anomaly-involving-philippine-supreme-court-sought.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/-xq7_ogPK3g" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:51:51 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/probe-on-world-bank-fund-anomaly-involving-philippine-supreme-court-sought.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/3HfXD4YrHkM/human-rights-groups-aquino-has-not-delivered-on-his-promise-to-end-impunity.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/human-rights-groups-aquino-has-not-delivered-on-his-promise-to-end-impunity.html <p>MANILA – International human rights watchdogs expressed dissatisfaction with the Aquino administration’s actions, or lack of it, in addressing impunity.<br /><br />In its 2012 report on the Philippines, New York-based Human Rights Watch said “extrajudicial killings of leftist activists and petty criminals continue, with the government failing to acknowledge and address involvement by the security forces and local officials.”<br /><br />Human Rights Watch said that since Aquino took office in June 2010, it has documented at least seven cases of extrajudicial killings and three enforced disappearances for which there is strong evidence of military involvement.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/human-rights-groups-aquino-has-not-delivered-on-his-promise-to-end-impunity.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/3HfXD4YrHkM" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:29 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/asia/human-rights-groups-aquino-has-not-delivered-on-his-promise-to-end-impunity.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/9uSXYp8qA5E/impeachment-and-the-economy-is-the-aquino-government-prepared-for-economic-challenges-in-2012.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/commentary/impeachment-and-the-economy-is-the-aquino-government-prepared-for-economic-challenges-in-2012.html <p />The Philippine government is preoccupied with the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. But with the recent World Bank warning that the global economy is on the edge of another damaging financial crisis this year, how prepared is the Aquino government to address the risks on the Philippine economy?<br /><br />The World Bank this week issued a warning against more risks in the global economy in 2012, forecasting a downturn that it said will be worse than the financial crash in 2008. <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/commentary/impeachment-and-the-economy-is-the-aquino-government-prepared-for-economic-challenges-in-2012.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/9uSXYp8qA5E" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:17:49 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/commentary/impeachment-and-the-economy-is-the-aquino-government-prepared-for-economic-challenges-in-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pdmcom/~3/xt034ClkvOs/top-new-york-fil-am-lawyer-recommended-to-serve-on-us-district-court.html http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/top-new-york-fil-am-lawyer-recommended-to-serve-on-us-district-court.html <p>NEW YORK-- Fil Am lawyer Lorna G. Schofield, a white-collar criminal defense attorney at the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, has been recommended by U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.<br /><br />In a statement released January 23, Schumer said that when he selects judges, "I always look for three things - excellence, diversity, and moderation - and Schofield exemplifies all of these qualities.  I'm pleased to recommend her to President Obama for the Southern District Bench." <br /><br />There are five openings on the Southern District bench, and the White House has advanced nominations for two of them: Jesse Furman, the deputy chief appellate attorney in the Southern District U.S. Attorney's Office, and Ronnie Abrams, special counsel for pro bono at Davis Polk & Wardwell. If nominated by the White House and confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Schofield would fill the seat held by Judge Shira Scheindlin, who took senior status last August.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/top-new-york-fil-am-lawyer-recommended-to-serve-on-us-district-court.html" target="_blank">Read more ...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pdmcom/~4/xt034ClkvOs" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:45:24 +0000 http://www.philippinedailymirror.com/index.php/north-america/top-new-york-fil-am-lawyer-recommended-to-serve-on-us-district-court.html