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1. Chinese scrap Manila travel after hijacking
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

Travelers from Hong Kong and mainland China have cancelled more than 1,000 Philippine package tours after eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, state media said on Mon

2. NO NEED FOR MORE APOLOGIES
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...slators seeking apology from Manila and compensation for the families of the fatalities. Hong Kong, CHINA: Attendees pay their respects to tour guide Masa Tse Ting-chunn in a funeral parlour in ...

3. Manila to pay victims’ kin
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...iving compensation, only that the committee was in constant touch with the governments in Hong Kong and China. “It is a question of timing. What is important is we are prepared, we have option...

4. Zhao rules Campo Cup, So in 7th
(Sports/Sports)

...master (GM) Wesley  So became the best Filipino player  in seventh but it was GM Zhao Jun of China who took the spotlight by ruling the FIDE President Florencio Campomanes Memorial Cup ch...

5. So, Laylo bounce back in Campo Cup
(Sports/Sports)

... are in an eight-way tie for second to 10th places, a full point behind solo No. 11 seed GM Zhao Jun of China who has a 5.5-point production in six games. Zhao overpowered compatriot GM Li Chao to ...

6. Church warns vs. whitewash
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...chhunt on who should be blamed for the bloody outcome that shook relations between the Philippines and China. The Manila vice mayor, during an interview over ABS-CBN’s morning show Umagang ...

7. Ramon Magsaysay Awardees ‘selfless’
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...lippines, both physicists; A.H.M. Noman Khan of Bangladesh; and Huo Daishan, Pan Yue and Fu Qiping of China. Pan and Fu did not attend the presentation ceremonies, having begged off earlier. In ...

8. Taiwan set to deploy cruise missiles
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

... end of this year, a lawmaker and military pundit said on Tuesday, reflecting continued tension with China despite warming ties. Taiwan began mass producing the Hsiungfeng 2E cruise missiles af...

9. So absorbs first loss in Campo Cup
(Sports/Sports)

...ir respective matches. Laylo thumped IM Barlo Na-dera; Gomez split the point with GM Zhou JIanchao of China; Bitoon drew with GM Tamaz Gelashvili of Georgia; and Barbosa toppled IM Yves Ranola. S...

10. 3 RP chessers slide to third in Campo Cup
(Sports/Sports)

...ss Federation of the Philippines . Nolte and Nadera also split the point with sixth seed GM Li Chao of China and fifth pick GM Chanda Sandipan of India, respectively. So, Nolte and Nadera are half ...

11. China coach hails proud, young team
(Sports/Sports)

China coach Bob Donewald hailed his team’s courage after an 87-73 win over Ivory Coast helped erase the memory of an opening night defeat to Greece at the world basketball championships. Yi

12. RP is online video-watching capital
(Business/Business)

...s number, 98 percent watch videos over the Internet, or higher than the global average of 82.8 percent. China and Spain followed with 89.1 percent and 84.1 percent respectively. Filipinos also enjoy...

13. Carter leaves North Korea with freed American, nuclear pledge
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

... with Aijalon Mahli Gomes, an African-American who was jailed for illegally crossing into the North from China on January. Gomes, a 30-year-old former English teacher, was first detained on January a...

14. RP is online video-watching capital
(Business/Business)

...s number, 98 percent watch videos over the Internet, or higher than the global average of 82.8 percent. China and Spain followed with 89.1 percent and 84.1 percent respectively. Filipinos also enjoy ...

15. First Campomanes Cup starts today
(Sports/Sports)

... Ghaemmag-hami (ELO 2585) of Iran, GM Kivanc Hazne-daroglu (EL0 2501) of Turkey, IM Yu Lie (ELO 2447) of China, IM Sadikin Irwanto (ELO 2419), Tirto (ELO 2360) and Taufik Halay (ELO 2358) of Indonesia...

16. Surveys show SMEs turning more upbeat
(Business/Business)

...jor concerns. According to the HSBC survey, one of five SMEs has international trade operations, with China and the US/Canada being the top trading partners at 56 percent and 42 percent, respectiv...

17. Imports growth hits 8-month low
(Business/Business)

...t year. This was followed by Singapore, the United States, Thailand and the People’s Republic of China. Payments for imports from the top ten sources for June amounted to $3.278 billion, or 7...

18. Reyes-Bustamante ready to defend title
(Sports/Sports)

...hrough Reyes and Bustamante is the only two-time winner in the tourney since its inception in 2006 with China (Fu Jian-Bo-Li He-wen) winning the 2007 edition, while United States’ R. Morris an...

19. Aquino sets ‘National Day of Mourning’ for hostages
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...rseas to lower the Philippine flag to half-mast.” Lacierda said that the President also met with China’s ambassador to Manila, Liu Jianchao, also on Tuesday to brief him on the hostage ...

20. China closes factories as green deadline looms
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

BEIJING: China, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool eco

21. FOOD INSECURITY LIST INCLUDES PHILIPPINES
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...30), India (31) and the Philippines (52), while countries deemed at “medium” risk included China, which was placed 96th overall. The most favorably placed countries were the developed...

22. First Asean budget hotel to rise in Manila
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...3 percent for 848,518 tourists staying in accommodation facilities. The East Asia market composed of China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan is the region’s major source market, ...

23. PSC allots fund for training of wushu, boxing athletes
(Sports/Sports)

...al P7-million approved fund for the Philippine athletes competing in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, it will also give financial assistance to the Wushu Federation of the Philippines (WFP)...

24. PSC to investigate Little League fiasco
(Sports/Sports)

...acolod City team including paying the $9,000 tournament fee that saved their participation in Guangzhuo, China last year. “We have to conduct our own investigation because we have been supporti...

25. No end to PAL row in sight
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...sia, 11 in the United States and Canada, 25 in Europe, 12 in the Middle East, three in Japan and 10 in China. Ortega, however, warned that PAL would not be able to fill up the slots of the 1,600 fl...

26. India expands offensive against Blackberry to Google, Skype
(Manila Times News/Latest News)

...dquo; according to a RIM statement. Analysts have noted that other security-conscious countries such as China and Russia appear to be satisfied over their intelligence agencies’ level of access...

27. Local bourse bucks Asian rebound
(Business/Business)

...l bank said the local currency also took support from the positive outlook on Asia’s exports and China’s announcement to allow some flexibility in the movement of the yuan. KRISTA ANGE...

28. Markets slump on fresh global woes
(Business/Business)

... week, while investors also shunned risk on signs of slowing industrial growth and rising inflation in China. A sharp widening of the US trade deficit added to the gloom, triggering fears of a dou...

29. Retail sector sees low double-digit growth
(Business/Business)

...oing global,” he said. In the case Golden ABC, its Penshoppe by yearend would have three shops in China and five in Saudi Arabia, Liu said. “There’s a lot of potential for growth [...

30. Electronics exports grow at a record
(Business/Business)

...on. Rounding up the list of the top export markets in June were Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, Germany, the Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Taiwan. Sales to these count...