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(05/23/2013)




PH to pay Taiwanese

 

Govt offers NT$1-m in aid; another payment up

 

The Philippines’ resident representative in Taiwan said Wednesday the government has offered NT$1 million (about P1.38 million) as assistance to the family of the Taiwanese fisherman who was shot dead by Philippine Coast Guard personnel in the waters off Batanes on May 9, on top of a still undetermined amount as compensation.
The announcement from Antonio Basilio of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office came as the Palace reported that tension over the shooting had “eased a little” in Taiwan, where several attacks against Filipino workers were reported.
Deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said President Benigno Aquino III’s statement thanking the Taiwanese for their assurances that Filipino workers on the island would be protected was “received well” in Taipei.









Briones, Dolar top aerobics tilt

Unheralded Joseph Briones and national team mainstay Charmaine Dolar ruled the men’s and women’s aerobics gymnastics competitions of the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Philippine National Games last Monday at the GAP gym inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Real Estate

Gettys tapped to design Megaworld high-end condos

AFTER a successful design contract with Megaworld’s Resort’s World Manila and Maxim’s Hotel, international design firm Gettys, once again is tapped by the top developer, this time for its “super high-end’’ residential condominium project in the Makati Central Business District.


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