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Filipino nurse hailed as role model in Obama’s State of the Union address

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Filipino nurse Menchu Sanchez (2nd from right, front row) is flanked by US First Lady Michelle Obama to her right and Ms Jill Biden, wife of the US Vice President, to her left minutes before President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address in Washington DC Tuesday before a joint session of Congress. AP PHOTO

A Filipino nurse who led the rescue of hospitalized infants as superstorm Sandy battered New York last year was hailed by President Obama as a role model in his State of the Union Address Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) in Washington DC.

Posted: February 13th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

World celebrates Obama victory

President Barack Obama smiles after delivering his victory speech to supporters gathered in Chicago early Wednesday Nov. 7 2012. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

From his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens to share his name, people around the world cheered President Barack Obama’s reelection on Wednesday and expressed hope that he would help allay global conflicts and economic woes.

Posted: November 8th, 2012 in Americas,Features,Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Obama courts Fil-Ams

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President Obama PHOTO/ELTON LUGAY

US President Barack Obama’s administration on Thursday created a working group to look into the plight of Filipino veterans whose claims for benefits from their World War II service have been denied.

Posted: October 19th, 2012 in Banner Story,Editors' Picks,Headlines | Read More »

Obama invites Aquino for state visit to US next year

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US President Barrack Obama . AFP FILE PHOTO

US President Barrack Obama has invited President Aquino for a state visit to the United States early next year.

Posted: November 16th, 2011 in Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Aquino to tell Obama, others about Filipinos’ ‘integrity pledge’

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President Benigno Aquino III and US President Barrack Obama. INQUIRER and AP file photo

President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday he would tell US President Barrack Obama and other leaders about the integrity pledge for good governance entered into by both government agencies and private enterprises in the Philippines.

Posted: September 14th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

US takes hardline on North Korea, West Philippine Sea

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a meeting of the Lower Mekong Initiative, with representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand, during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Friday. AP

BALI, Indonesia—Tentative steps by North and South Korea to repair relations are not enough to warrant a return to multination nuclear disarmament talks, the Obama administration said at an Asian security conference Saturday, where it also took a tough line on resolving heightened tensions in the West Philippine Sea. Declaring the United States a “resident [...]

Posted: July 23rd, 2011 in Asia & Pacific,Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories | Read More »

Filipino Pulitzer-winning reporter reveals he’s in US illegally

Jose Antonio Vargas

A former reporter for The Washington Post who shared a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre has written another extraordinary story: his own.

Posted: June 23rd, 2011 in Americas,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Global Nation Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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