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Businesses Heeding 30-Meter Beach Easement Rule In Boracay

Business operators and other stakeholders in Boracay Island are up in arms over the planned operation of a bar that would not only violate a rule for establishments to be at least 30 meters away from the beach but would be right smack in the middle of the water.

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Published on 25/01/2020 by Papagei
Categories: Business
Tags: bar, Boracay, Water

Alert Level 3 Up As Taal Volcano Spews Kilometer-High Ash Column

Phivolcs says the Taal Volcano's main crater 'has escalated its eruptive activity' as of 4 pm on Sunday, January 12

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Published on 12/01/2020 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Communities, Environment, News and Events
Tags: Taal, Volcano

Philippines Makes Visa Upon Arrival 30 Days Only For Chinese Tourists

The amendment also prohibits conversion of the VUA to other types, such as work visas

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Published on 12/01/2020 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Legal, News and Events, Politics, Travel
Tags: Chinese, Philippines, tourists, visa

Bi Intercepts 3 Women In Naia Bound For Hk To Work As Bar Girls

Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) have foiled another human trafficking attempt after they intercepted three women who were allegedly recruited to work as bar girls in Hong Kong.

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Published on 12/01/2020 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Legal, News and Events
Tags: women

Women Are The Future Of Philly's Food Scene

Traditionally, historically (and for all the wrong reasons), professional kitchens have been a man’s game. But times change, and so has the industry. Now, women restaurateurs, chefs, front-of-the-house pros and food artisans are reimagining the way we eat. Here’s how they’re navigating the food scene. And here’s how they’re making an impact.

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Published on 12/01/2020 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Culture, Food and Dining, People, Society
Tags: Asian, Chef, Chicken, Dining, group, industry, Menu, Pork, restaurant, scene, Woman, women, work

Philippines Mark Massacre Anniversary With Calls For Justice

Relatives of 58 people slain in the Philippines´ worst political massacre held a tearful vigil Saturday to mark a decade since the killings, voicing anger at the slow pace of justice.

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Published on 24/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Communities, History, Politics
Tags: Maguindanao massacre

Cops Seize E-Cigarettes; Legal Basis Questioned

In just three days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a ban on electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in public, the police in Central Visayas had already confiscated at least 230 vaping gadgets.

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Published on 24/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Legal, Politics
Tags: cigarette, Duterte, e-cigarette, government, Police, President, Tobacco, vaping

Save Farming And Our Farmers

Barely 24 hours after announcing that he would order the suspension of rice importation “to avoid riots” among farmers impoverished by the Rice Tariffication Law, President Duterte did an abrupt turnaround and said he would just ramp up the government’s rice purchase and give cash subsidies to small farmers.

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Published on 24/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, News and Events, Politics
Tags: agriculture, country, Farm, farmers, Rice

Norwegian Ambassador Partaken To Reduce Carbon Footprint Plan In Manila

The Norwegian ambassador together with the ASEAN green initiative made their first move on reducing carbon footprint by planted 500 trees in Metro Manila on 19th November 2019.

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Published on 22/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Environment, People
Tags: ASEAN, biodiversity, Director, Manila, Metro, Philippines, Trees

Metro Manila-Cavite Ferry Routes To Open Soon

The dry run of the first phase of ferry operations, set for early December, includes routes from the Metro Star Ferry Terminal in Cavite to SM MOA and the Cultural Center of the Philippines port

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Published on 22/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Communities, News and Events, Travel
Tags: Cavite, ferry, Metro

Philippines's First Missile-Capable Frigate To Undergo Sea Trials

The country's first-ever missile-capable frigate, the BRP Jose Rizal, will undergo historic sea trials this month.

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Published on 22/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: News and Events
Tags: Korea, warfare

10 To 15 Multinational Headquarters Pull Out Of Ph On Tax Issues

Ten to 15 regional headquarters of multinational companies (MNCs) have pulled out of the country, according to the Philippine Association of Multinational Companies Regional Headquarters Inc

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Published on 22/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, News and Events, Politics
Tags: companies, Ilagan, industry, Workers

Customs To Block Entry Of Vape Products

The Bureau of Customs has ordered to block the entry of vaping products, such as e-cigarettes and e-liquids, following the verbal order of President Rodrigo Duterte to ban their importation in the country.

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Published on 22/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Health, News and Events
Tags: Customs, vaping

Philippine Monsignor: Christian Survivors Of Jihad Carry A Faith ‘Test'

The tiny Christian minority in Jolo, Philippines – a majority-Muslim area in an overwhelmingly Catholic nation – has seen renewed energy in its churches now that its faith has been “tested by fire,” Monsignor Romeo S. Saniel, vicar administrator of the Vicariate of Jolo, told Breitbart News in an interview on Tuesday.

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Published on 20/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: News and Events, Opinion, Religion
Tags: Cathedral, Christian, Church, Duterte, faith, Marawi, Mindanao, Muslim

Negros Occidental Imposes Permanent Ban On Pork From Luzon

The ordinance will cover live pigs, boar semen, pork and pork products originating from, manufactured, and processed in Luzon and in African swine fever-affected countries and in other areas

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Published on 20/11/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Health, News and Events
Tags: Negros, Occidental, Pork, pork ban