Antonio Figueroa
Digital Journalist based in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Joined on Feb 28, 2009
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While eye contact is enough to send boxing great Freddie Roach and eight-division champ Manny Pacquiao into a frenzied exchange of mitts, the inseparable duo were on different sides of the fence when it comes to fighting Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez.
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With three new court cases against him awaiting trial in the next few months, former welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. may not be back in the ring so soon—but for another pugilistic reason.
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After more than seven years of waiting for results, the family of a slain municipal mayor here has finally sought the help of the Supreme Court, the justice department, and the Catholic prelate of Manila for the speedy resolution of cases.
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MANILA – Stunned by reports that executives in government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) are receiving as much as 25 months of bonuses, former Senate President Franklin Drilon has sought the suspension of their allowances.
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MANILA – With a total of 54,659 dengue cases reported nationwide by the Department of Health (DOH) as of August 14, Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara (Aurora Province) has called on the government to contain the increasing threat of a full-blown dengue epidemic.
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MANILA - With the Filipino senator receiving roughly P1.625 (US$36,000) a year, the annual combined compensation of P6 million (US$133,333) each member of the Board of Trustees of the government-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
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Self-effacing and amiable, Secretary Herminio Coloma, head of the newly-minted Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) is slowly warming his way into the hearts of journalists covering the Malacanang Palace in Manila.
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MANILA - While a Filipino senator receiving only P1.625 (US$36,000) a year, the annual combined income each member of the Board of Trustees of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) receives of P6 million (US$133,333) .of P6 million (US$133,333)
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Close to half a million Department of Health (DOH) health workers spread throughout the Philippines will start receiving their H1NI virus vaccination this week.
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The first boxer in history to own a clean fight slate, all by knockouts, Venezuela’s great ring gladiator, Edwin Valero, former WBC lightweight champion, was found dead inside his detention cell on April 19, 2010, obviously having committed a suicide.
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MANILA - The Liberal Party (LP) has filed before the Supreme Court a petition seeking the nullification and reversal of the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to recognize two coalesced parties as dominant minority bloc.
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MANILA - House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles is not amenable to giving President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo an emergency power to solve the Mindanao energy crisis but to avail of other remedies allowed under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.
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The Philippine law on synchronized elections, known as Republic Act 7166, stipulates that a candidate seeking the office of President or Vice President can only spend no more than P10 ($0.22, US) per registered voter during the official campaign period.
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The Supreme Court (SC), in a banc resolution, has affirmed with finality the constitutionality of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States as “constitutional.”
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MANILA – Hundreds of human rights advocates will convene tomorrow, March 3, in a public forum at the state-funded University of the Philippines “to explore perspectives on human rights and the international humanitarian law.”
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MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) sided with seven-division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao today by dismissing the first of two disqualification cases filed against him in relation to his candidacy in the coming May 10, 2010 polls.
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MANILA – The Philippine peso, next only to the Chinese yuan, on a year-to-date (YTD) percentage basis, was one of the most stable currencies in the world, eclipsing the usually steady Japanese yen, the American dollar, and the British pound sterling.
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MANILA – Opposition to the planned rationalization plan in Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation (Quedancor), the state’s agri-credit guarantee arm, is mounting as another group has accused its president of not fulfilling his inaugural speech.
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MANILA – After failing to get the nod of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to represent the voice of the homosexual and lesbian community in the country’s party-list system, Ang Ladlad, a pro-gay group, has gotten the support of a Muslim educator.
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MANILA – The race to cleanse the Philippine electoral list, which has been known to include inactive, dead, migrated and non-existent voters, may be an urgent call but time seems to be running out on the effort to purge it of unwanted names.
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