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Russian mountaineer found on Mayon volcano

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Search-and-rescue teams have found a European mountaineer who had called for help after getting lost and breaking a leg while on a solo climb on Mayon Volcano without seeking permission from local authorities.

Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Remembering the victims of that tragic limousine accident

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Filipino nurses are in the spotlight once again following the tragic death of five Filipino immigrant nurses in California’s San Mateo Bridge two weeks ago.

Posted: May 19th, 2013 in Global Pinoy | Read More »

Death in 90 seconds amid blasting music

A limousine in which a Filipino bride and four friends died when it erupted in flames was carrying more passengers than its normal limit, an official and reports said Monday.  AP FILE PHOTO

First came the tapping. Over the blasting music, limousine driver Orville Brown heard someone in the backseat knock on the partition behind him, saying something about smoke. No smoking allowed, he told the crowd of partying women, including a newlywed woman from the Philippines.

Posted: May 8th, 2013 in Americas,Features,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Fatal US blaze limo had too many passengers—police

A limousine in which a Filipino bride and four friends died when it erupted in flames was carrying more passengers than its normal limit, an official and reports said Monday.  AP FILE PHOTO

A limousine in which a Filipina bride and four friends died when it erupted in flames was carrying more passengers than its normal limit, an official and reports said Monday.

Posted: May 7th, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Filipino bride, friends died trying to escape burning limo—coroner

San Mateo County coroner Robert Foucrault speaks at a news conference at the California Highway Patrol headquarters in Redwood City, California, Monday, May 6, 2013. A newlywed bride from the Philippines and four friends died desperately trying to scamble out of a rented limousine that burst into flames en route to a party in California celebrating her wedding, Foucrault said Monday.  AP PHOTO/JEFF CHIU

A bride and four friends died desperately trying to scamble out of a rented limousine which burst into flames en route to a party in California celebrating her wedding, a coroner said Monday.

Posted: May 7th, 2013 in Americas,Features,Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Filipino bride’s limo: What went wrong?

A limousine in which a Filipino bride and four friends died when it erupted in flames was carrying more passengers than its normal limit, an official and reports said Monday.  AP FILE PHOTO

Investigators are trying to determine why a stretch limousine burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, trapping and killing five of the nine women inside on a girls’ night out, including a newlywed bride.

Posted: May 7th, 2013 in Americas,Features,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Filipino bride, 4 others killed in California limousine fire

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A woman and four members of her bridal shower burned to death in a horrific accident, when their rented limousine caught fire en route to a party in California celebrating her wedding, US media reported Sunday.

Posted: May 6th, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Kabang undergoes plastic surgery but can’t have snout replaced

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FRIENDLY hero with UC Davis student Heather Kennedy. Photo by Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis

The adage “You reap what you sow” has been proven to be true once more even if the one committing the good deed was just a dog.

Posted: April 6th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

PH coast guard ends search for missing Myanmar ship crewmen

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The Philippine Coast Guard on Wednesday said it already called off its search and rescue operations for the 14 missing crew members of a Myanmar ship that sank off Bolinao, Pangasinan on Saturday night.

Posted: February 20th, 2013 in Headlines | Read More »

Palace confirms stranding of US minesweeper in Tubbataha

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Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Malacañang on Friday confirmed that the US Navy warship, USS Guardian, that ran aground on Tubattaha Reef had come from Subic Bay for a “regular port call,” but the Palace was shunning any discussion this early on seeking indemnity from Washington for coral damage.

Posted: January 18th, 2013 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

US authorities to interview injured Filipinos in oil rig blast

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Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia Jr. FILE PHOTO

The Philippine embassy in Washington on Friday said that federal authorities were expected to interview three Filipino oil rig workers who sustained burn injuries in the November 16 oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico.

Posted: December 7th, 2012 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Agency: Gulf of Mexico oil firm needs to improve offshore safety

This aerial photograph shows damage from an explosion and fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which took the lives of three Filipino workers and injured three others. Close to 100 Filipino workers have joined a class action suit against a Louisiana-based company Grand Isle Shipyard, charging it with exploitative working conditions, a migrant rights group said Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 (Monday in Manila). AP PHOTO

A federal agency told a Texas-based oil production company Wednesday it needs to improve safety at its offshore operations, days after a deadly explosion and fire on one of its platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that left a Filipino oil worker dead and 11 others injured.

Posted: November 22nd, 2012 in Headlines | Read More »

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