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===[[Arts and Culture of The Philippines]]=== | ===[[Arts and Culture of The Philippines]]=== | ||
===Featured Philippine News=== | ===Featured Philippine News=== | ||
*'''Lawmakers to visit Spratlys on fact-finding mission''' | |||
:Manila: July 19, 2011: Five Philippine lawmakers have scheduled a short trip to the eight-island chain claimed by the Philippines on the contested Spratly Archipelago that sits on the South China Sea. | |||
:The trip will be a fact-finding mission to help government kickstart strong maritime defence and sustainable economic activities there, one of the lawmakers said. | |||
:"We will gather data in aid of legislation, leading to the strengthening of defence and the creation of more economic activities at the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the Spratly Archipelago," Congressman Walden Bello said....[http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/lawmakers-to-visit-spratlys-on-fact-finding-mission-1.840008 <font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>] | |||
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*'''Kidnappers of 2 Americans contact family''' | *'''Kidnappers of 2 Americans contact family''' | ||
:MANILA, Philippines, July 17 (UPI) -- The kidnappers of two U.S. citizens in the Philippines have contacted the husband of one of the victims, officials said. | :MANILA, Philippines, July 17 (UPI) -- The kidnappers of two U.S. citizens in the Philippines have contacted the husband of one of the victims, officials said. | ||
:Celso Lobregat, mayor of Zamboanga City, said Saturday evening the kidnappers telephoned Hiko Lunsmann, whose wife Gerfa and son Kevin Eric, were abducted from a vacation home Tuesday by a dozen armed gunmen, the Philippine Inquirer reported....[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/07/17/Kidnappers-of-2-Americans-contact-family/UPI-26451310912437/?spt=hs&or=tn <font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>] | :Celso Lobregat, mayor of Zamboanga City, said Saturday evening the kidnappers telephoned Hiko Lunsmann, whose wife Gerfa and son Kevin Eric, were abducted from a vacation home Tuesday by a dozen armed gunmen, the Philippine Inquirer reported....[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/07/17/Kidnappers-of-2-Americans-contact-family/UPI-26451310912437/?spt=hs&or=tn <font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>] | ||
===Featured Sport Event in the Philippines=== | ===Featured Sport Event in the Philippines=== | ||