GenevaLunch » Philippines http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Manila gets no. 7b baby, but worries over All Saints Day http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/manila-gets-no-7b-baby-but-worries-over-all-saints-day/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/manila-gets-no-7b-baby-but-worries-over-all-saints-day/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:23:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63001 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Philippines is focusing more than usual on births and deaths with the UN declaring a girl born in Manila 30 October shortly before midnight, Danica May Camacho, 2.5 kg, to be the symbolic 7 billionth baby in the world. Meanwhile police in the city are gearing up to protect cemeteries during [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/manila-gets-no-7b-baby-but-worries-over-all-saints-day/feed/ 0 Kidnapped: French woman’s release fails, US woman released in Philippines http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/kidnapped-french-womans-release-fails-us-woman-released-in-philippines/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/kidnapped-french-womans-release-fails-us-woman-released-in-philippines/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:20:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62027 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The rescue of a French woman kidnapped last week in Kenya failed Saturday 1 October and 2 Kenyan Navy officers died in the attempt. In the Philippines, there was good news as Filipino-American Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann was released early Monday 3 October after two months. Abu-Sayyaf rebels still hold her 14-year-old son [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/kidnapped-french-womans-release-fails-us-woman-released-in-philippines/feed/ 1 US and Wipo put money behind push to fight counterfeits (correction) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/us-and-wipo-put-money-behind-push-to-fight-counterfeits-correction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/us-and-wipo-put-money-behind-push-to-fight-counterfeits-correction/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:00:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57029 GenevaLunch.com Correction  Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The US has granted Wipo, the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, $50,000 for a six-month programme in Kenya, Morocco and the Philippines to help local authorities raise awareness about the risk of counterfeit products.  The programme, to be administered by Wipo, which is matching the grant, will involve a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/28/us-and-wipo-put-money-behind-push-to-fight-counterfeits-correction/feed/ 0 Philippines-China tensions rise after executions http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/philippines-china-tensions-rise-after-executions/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/philippines-china-tensions-rise-after-executions/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:59:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55954 GenevaLunch.com Three Philippine nationals have been executed in China for drug trafficking, despite months of efforts by the Philippine government to have their lives spared. The three were accused of carrying at least 4 kg of heroin into China. They were arrested separately, all of them in 2008. Their own government argues they were most likely [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/philippines-china-tensions-rise-after-executions/feed/ 1 Mayor arrested over Philippines massacre http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/mayor-arrested-over-philippines-massacre/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/mayor-arrested-over-philippines-massacre/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32374 GenevaLunch.com Andal Ampatuan Jr, the mayor of Datu Unsayalso, who is also the son of a provincial governor on the Philippines island of Maguindanao, has been charged with multiple murders in connection with the cold-blooded massacre of 57 unarmed civilians by a large group of armed men Monday 24 November. The massacre has sent shock waves [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/26/mayor-arrested-over-philippines-massacre/feed/ 0 Kidnapped Irish priest in Philippines released http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/kidnapped-irish-priest-in-philippines-released/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/kidnapped-irish-priest-in-philippines-released/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:28:52 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31479 GenevaLunch.com Kidnapped Irish Catholic priest Michael Sinnott has been released unharmed in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. The army commander in charge of the region, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Muhammad Dolorfino, said no ransom was paid, and praised the assistance of the armed separatist group Moro Islamist Liberation Front (MILF) in securing his release. Sinnott disputed [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/12/kidnapped-irish-priest-in-philippines-released/feed/ 0 Tropical storm Mirinae sweeps towards Vietnam http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/02/tropical-storm-mirinae-sweeps-towards-vietnam/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/02/tropical-storm-mirinae-sweeps-towards-vietnam/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:22:18 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30780 GenevaLunch.com Vietnamese authorities ordered people in southern and central coastal areas to evacuate as tropical storm Mirinae approached the Vietnamese coast, Sunday 1 November. Fishermen were advised to get out of the path of the storm. The storm was expected toreach land in the afternoon 2 November. Typhoon Ketsana last month killed more than 160 people [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/02/tropical-storm-mirinae-sweeps-towards-vietnam/feed/ 0 New supertyphoon approaches Philippines http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/19/new-supertyphoon-approaches-philippines/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/19/new-supertyphoon-approaches-philippines/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:55:01 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29997 GenevaLunch.com The typhoon called Ramil locally, and Lupit internationally, is gathering strength as it steadily makes its way westward across the Pacific Ocean with winds of 175km and gusts up to 210km. It is expected to make landfall on Wednesday 21 or early Thursday 22 October on the northern tip of the Philippines’ main island, Luzon, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/19/new-supertyphoon-approaches-philippines/feed/ 0 WMO says early warning of extreme weather does save lives http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:10:31 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29782 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Eight countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus and five in Southeast Asia are implementing early warning systems to protect against weather-related events, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Today 14 October is International  Day for Disaster Reduction, and the agency is highlighting how early warning and disaster risk reduction [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/14/wmo-says-early-warning-of-extreme-weather-does-save-lives/feed/ 0 Swiss aid, money and experts, sent to Philippines Red Cross for flood victims http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/swiss-aid-money-and-experts-sent-to-philippines-red-cross-for-flood-victims/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/01/swiss-aid-money-and-experts-sent-to-philippines-red-cross-for-flood-victims/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:27:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=28990 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland is giving CHF450,000 to the Philippines Red Cross as emergency money to help victims of the floods provoked by tropical storm Ketsana, Bern announced late Thursday 1 October. It is also sending two experts from the Humanitarian Aid corps to help assess needs.

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