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CEBU CITY, Philippines/01 February 2012–The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) will commence long-haul flights in the 3rdquarter of 2013. The airline will lease up to 8 Airbus A330-300 aircraft to serve new markets beyond the range of CEB’s current fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft. The Airbus A330 has a range of up [...]
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines/20 December 2011–Two media men based in this city died in attempts to rescue their families, when Typhoon Sendong whiplashed northern Mindanao recently. Among the death toll in Iligan are broadcasters Mikel Kundiman of DXRJ and Ernie Alsonado of RMN DXIC. A team from the Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (PECOJON) visited the [...]
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/18 November 2011—Eight schools in Western Mindanao are set to receive the first set of Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations or STARBOOKS next week, as the Regional Information Technology and E-commerce Committee IX (RITECC IX) will be launching the DOST-STII’s STARBOOKS on 23 November. The eight (8) recipients of [...]
BALI, Indonesia/18 November 2011 by Frencie Carreon–US President Barack Obama and Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘Noy’ Aquino formally opened the US-PH bilateral meeting this morning at the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel here, where the two leaders are set to discuss a variety of issues that are at present crucial to both nations. [...]
BALI, Indonesia/17 November 2011—Philippine President Benigno Simeon “Noy’ Aquino III may have missed the opening ceremony of the 19th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, but he was not too late yet for the more important parts where the Philippines is concerned. The President is among the signatories to today’s historic signing of The 2011 Bali [...]