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China has urged the Philippines to ban online gaming to support its crackdown on cross-border gambling, which it said foreign criminals had used to embezzle and launder funds as well as illegally recruit workers. When Diokno was asked if he thinks online gambling firms were being used as money laundering conduits, he replied "not necessarily". Benjamin Diokno, who is governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and head of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, has ordered the agency and the central bank's financial stability team to "put some sense to this online gambling". The Philippine gaming regulator has stopped issuing licenses to online gambling firms, and lawmakers and some ministers have called for tighter controls on Chinese visitors, saying many are illegal workers whose presence raises security concerns. Gambling is officially illegal in China, and Chinese officials know that these firms target the mainland and thus skirt the core of the Chin...

Mayroong dalawang matandang mag-asawa, at marami silang anak at puro malalaki na at mayroon ng kanya-kanyang pamilya. pagkaraan ng maikling panahon ay namatay ang matandang babae, at sa sitwasyong ito ay kinakailangan ng matandang lalaki na tumira sa isa sa kaniyang mga anak upang mayroon siyang kasama at mayroong mag-aalaga sa kanya. Kinuha siya ng kanyang panganay na anak at pinatira sa kanilang bahay kasama ng kanyang pamilya, at dito sa malaking bahay ng kayang anak ay nagsimula ang kanyang katandaan, lakad ng lakad, ikot ng ikot sa bahay, nagtatanung sa lahat ng bagay atbp… Dahil dito ay naisipan ng kanyang anak na doon siya ilipat at manatili sa kwarto ng kanilang driver sa gilid ng kanilang bahay, at pinalipat naman ng kwarto ang kanilang driver. Ang matanda ay hindi nakipagtalo pa, dahil alam niya kung bakit siya ililipat ng kwarto ng kanyang panganay na anak. Dumaan ang panahon at minsan ay dinadalaw siya ng kanyang anak, isang beses sa isang araw, isang beses sa i...

The Senator was smiling, looking fit and trim and feeling jovial to be sure. After the 37-year-old ring warrior retired on April 9 following his third fight with Timothy Bradley — an impressive victory — he knew, possibly in a matter of minutes, that he had made a mistake. “First, when I hung up my gloves and I realized, I feel lonely because when you are thinking that the sport you love, you’re no longer active, I felt lonely and thinking about it over and over that boxing still likes me. Boxing loves me and I love boxing,” Pacquiao said. “So why should I stop my boxing career? That’s why I changed my mind. So I decided to continue my journey as a boxer.” This will not be a one-shot deal, either, says the man who knows Pacquiao better than most, longtime trainer, friend and confidant Freddie Roach. “Working in the Senate is not easy while you’re training,” said Pacquiao, a freshman senator in the Philippines. “You manage your time and that’s what I did in training for this f...

*Si Juan ay matatanggap na sana sa bago nyang trabaho bilang Janitor* Manager: Congratulations Juan! tanggap ka na bilang janitor dito sa XYZ COMPANY, prepare mo na lahat ng gamit mo, mga papers na kaylangan, pati pahingi ng email address mo. Juan: Sir, lahat po ng papers meron na po ako pinagawa ko sa asawa ko, kaso Sir, pasensya na po wala akong email address. Hindi ko po kasi alam kung paano mag computer at internet, high school graduate lang po kasi ako. Manager: Ha?? wala kang email?!!! makabago na ang panahon ngayon! Eh kung wala kang email at hindi ka marunong mag-computer. HINDI NA KITA TATANGGAPIN BILANG JANITOR! Juan: Sir? hindi na ako tanggap dahil sa email?? maawa na po kayo wala ng makain ang pamilya ko.. (umiiyak) Manager: OO!! sa iba ka na lang mag apply Juan dela Cruz!! (tinapon sa basurahan ang application form ni Juan) *Walang magawa si Juan, wala na siyang kapera pera, yung huling pera nya pinanggastos niya para sa application form. (isip siya ng...

Sen Lito Lapid lead by 4% over incumbent Mayor Ed Pamintuan in the latest local preference survey conducted by Bloggers Partylist Philippines. In a media release on Friday, Bloggers Partylist Philippines announced the results of its latest local preference survey in Angeles City indicating that Lapid (scoring 43.78 percent) and Pamintuan (38.68 percent). It said the rankings of the local candidates in the January study remain basically unchanged in the survey it conducted from February 22 to 27 this year. Vice Mayor Vicky Vega scoring only 9.56 percent. Meanwhile, 43.88 percent of the respondents backed the candidacy of Councilor Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno, Mamac scores 26.02 percent, Suller got 10.42 percent, Rivera 9.98 and Madlambayan scores 1.35 percent. Bloggers Partylist Philippines said the study involved a multistage probability sample of 4,970 registered voters 18 years old and above, with biometrics, and that the survey has a ± 2% error margin. On the other hand, ...

A survey by the IPolls Research Group shows Vice President Jejomar Binay is leading the presidential race based on the trust and approval ratings gathered by students here during a 10-day survey from December 12 to 21. The survey did not focus on the winnability of the candidates but on their acceptability by voters, based on the lone question "Sino sa mga sumusunod na kandidato ang inyong pinagkakatiwalaan?" (Whom of the following candidates do you trust?) In the random survey conducted on 3,360 respondents in the city's 27 barangays, Binay garnered 738 or 22 percent followed by Liberal Party bet Mar Roxas with 682 or 20 percent. Senator Grace Poe came in third with 573 or 17 percent; Rody Duterte with 544 or 16 percent; Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago with 505 or 15 percent; while 318 were undecided. Among the candidates for vice president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. topped the survey with 842 or 25 percent followed by Senator Francis Escudero with 763 or 23 percen...

I was just at the right place, at the right time. I was heading to Midsayap recently on board the van of my friend.  Since he knew that I’m looking for human interest pictures, he just navigates his van at a speed of about 40-50kph so that it would be quick for us to halt should we’d spot some interesting subjects. That’s always our drill whenever we travel together. He knows what I need, he knows how to spot human interest pictures,too. He’s an experienced driver, he has been ferrying journalists , especially TV crews, around Mindanao during major events — war, disaster,etc. As we were approaching, the junction of Paco (Kidapawan City) and Pres. Roxas, he slowed down to allow some motorcycles to cross the highway. Besides, there were barricades on the side of the road. First, the construction of a gas station at the corner caught my attention. And then the giant billboard. In my mind, what is this giant billboard doing here. When I turned my head to see what’s on that bill...