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- eTelecare Announces Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Ayala Corporation and Providence Equity Partners for US$9.00 per Share in Cash
- SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. & MANILA, Philippines -- eTelecare Global Solutions (NASDAQ: ETEL) (PSE: ETEL), a leading provider of complex business process outsourcing BPO solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement by which affiliates of Ayala Corporation and Providence Equity Partners will commence a tender offer in the...
- Research articles 2008-09-19
- US Navy ship arrives to help locate crashed Philippines plane
- DAVAO, Philippines AFP — A US Navy vessel has arrived to help search for the wreckage of a Filipino military transport plane that crashed at sea off the southern Philippines, an official said Tuesday. The oceanographic survey ship USNS John McDonnell arrived in the Davao Gulf on Monday for...
- Research articles 2008-09-02
- Pacquiao eyes three more fights before retirement: reports
- MANILA AFP — World lightweight champ Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao of the Philippines is to hang up his gloves after three more fights and make another bid for political office, reports said Tuesday. Pacquiao, considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world at any weight, has a mega-payday...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Philippines' first family planning programme faces church hurdles
- MANILA AFP — In a country where three babies are born each minute and the Catholic Church exerts heavy influence, the long battle for a family planning programme could finally be reaching its climax. Philippine congressman Edcel Lagman, who has introduced a Reproductive Health Care Act that appears to...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
- World briefs: Blast explained
- AUSTRALIA: Investigators say the "sudden and complete release" of a pressurised oxygen bottle caused the explosion that blew a 5ft hole in the fuselage of a Qantas jet last month, forcing an emergency landing in the Philippines capital, Manila. The Boeing 747-438, which was carrying 365 people, immediately lost...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- New HIV infections up 45% in Philippines: official
- MANILA AFP — AIDS-related infections are rising rapidly in the Philippines although the ratio of those afflicted out of the total population remains low, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said Tuesday. An average of 29 cases a month of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV have been reported in 2007 and...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Fighting intensifies in southern Philippines: military
- ZAMBOANGA, Philippines AFP — Fighting between Islamic rebels and Philippine troops intensified Sunday, dimming hopes of renewed peace talks with the southern separatists, government and military officials said. More than 100 Muslim fighters have been killed in four days of clashes with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF on...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- Five dead as Typhoon Nuri slams into Philippines
- MANILA AFP — Five people were killed as Typhoon Nuri slammed into the northern Philippines Wednesday, triggering heavy rain and warnings of possible storm surges, officials said. Packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres (86 miles) an hour at the centre and gusts of up to 170 kilometres per...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Rebel commander declares 'all-out war' against Philippines
- MANILA AFP — A Muslim rebel commander behind deadly raids in the southern Philippines on Wednesday declared an "all-out war" against the government, saying his fighters were willing to die in battle. Abdurahman Macapaar of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF, also known as Commander Bravo, taunted the military...
- Research articles 2008-08-19
- Talks in peril as Philippine troops hunt Muslim rebels
- ILIGAN, Philippines AFP — Troops on Tuesday stepped up a manhunt for Muslim separatist rebels after a murderous rampage in the southern Philippines left 38 people dead and threw peace negotiations into chaos. Hundreds of Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF rebels attacked towns in Lanao del Norte and Sarangani...
- Research articles 2008-08-18
- 16 civilians killed in Muslim rebel attacks in Philippines: AFP
- ILIGAN, Philippines AFP — At least 16 civilians were found dead Monday, many with their bodies hacked by machetes, after Muslim separatist rebels launched a wave of attacks in the southern Philippines, AFP reporters said. Nine bodies were lying bloodied by a roadside in the village of Lapayan in...
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- Red Cross moves aid into southern Philippines after Muslim clashes
- COTABATO CITY, Philippines AFP — The Red Cross began moving aid into the southern Philippines on Friday in a major relief effort three days after government forces expelled Muslim insurgents who had stormed the area. As some residents trickled back to their deserted villages, the National Disaster Coordinating Council...
- Research articles 2008-08-14
- Cholera kills 21 in Philippines: Red Cross
- GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines AFP — At least 21 people have died and more than 60 others are in hospital following a cholera outbreak in the southern Philippines, the local Red Cross said Wednesday. The outbreak began more than a week ago among Manobo tribesmen in an isolated area on...
- Research articles 2008-08-06
- Scientist says feathers are future of Asia construction
- MANILA AFP — A Filipino scientist says he has created a new composite building board made of chicken feathers that could be a major breakthrough for the construction industry in Asia. The new material would be resistant to the region's armies of termites, and could also solve a major...
- Research articles 2008-08-03
- Filipina weightlifter dreams of country's first Olympic gold
- MANILA AFP — For as long as she can remember, Hidilyn Diaz has been carting five-gallon jugs of water to her home in a poor Philippines village. It was only a matter of time before she started lifting real weights. Now, the stocky, bashful 17-year-old is one of 15...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- NTSB sends team to assist in investigating Qantas accident
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The US National Transportation Safety Board NTSB announced on Friday (25 July) that it plans to send a team of investigators to the Philippines to help investigate the Qantas accident. A Qantas aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in the...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- Experts examine jumbo jet in blast scare
- EXPLOSIVES experts have been examining the mysterious gaping hole which de-pressurised a jumbo jet and forced it to make an emergency landing. Police in Manila, Philippines, where it touched down, said they had offered to help in the investigation, but airline Qantas had so far turned them down. ...
- Research articles 2008-07-26
- 'E-jeepneys' make debut on Philippine capital's roads
- MANILA AFP — Electric-powered versions of the popular Philippine smoke-belching jeepney made their debut in Manila on Tuesday in a bid to lessen pollution in the capital's congested streets. Three "E-jeepneys" were launched by Jejomar Binay, mayor of the financial district of Makati, who said passengers would travel free...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Philippines inquiry opens as 800 feared dead in ferry disaster
- SAN FERNANDO, Philippines AFP — Philippine investigators began an inquiry Wednesday into a ferry disaster feared to have killed nearly 800 people as rescuers said there was little hope of finding survivors. More than 100 US and Filipino divers combed the wreckage of the 24,000-tonne Princess of the Stars,...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- 12 killed, thousands evacuated as typhoon strikes Philippines
- MANILA AFP — Flash floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Fengshen have left at least 12 people dead and forced the evacuation of thousands of others in the Philippines, officials said Saturday. The Risao river in the town of Upi in southern Maguindanao province overflowed and washed away at...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
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